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Various video cards tested (Mac OS X 10.5.9 & Mac OS 9)
Ncc74656:
Going through a series of video cards using cinebench. PCI and AGP. All testing done on a dual 1.12 GHz G4 with 1 gig of RAM and 150 MHz bus. SSD via IDE adapter.
The lineup; https://i.imgur.com/xsMAT62.jpeg
Starting off with a 9200 Radeon. This is a Mac edition radeon
https://i.imgur.com/f2gvyPq.jpeg
Next we have a 64 meg 8500 Radeon. It's a PC version that was bio swapped to Mac.
https://i.imgur.com/k8jRf3D.jpeg
Now we have the 64 Meg Radeon Mac edition
https://i.imgur.com/QaubCwx.jpeg
Here is the default G4 card, GeForce 2 MX. 32 meg. On a side note this was the original video card I used, although PCI version, back when I was just getting into gaming. Playing SWAT 3 on a 400 MHz gateway that I had overclocked to to 550 megahertz.
https://i.imgur.com/3DE8ja6.jpeg
Here is the Radeon 7000. This is a PC card flashed over to Mac. PCI
https://i.imgur.com/XH6QeNW.jpeg
Finally last but not least
We have the Nvidia TI-4600 Mac edition
https://i.imgur.com/RCgYeIc.jpeg
Rage 128, PCI.
https://i.imgur.com/6417lQE.jpeg
There is additional testing I need to do in games but for a synthetic, this is what I have for now.
Ncc74656:
testing of video cards in macos 9.2.2. test system same as above. 150mhz bus, dual 1.12ghz
strangely the PCI cards had strange lag hiccups at times. mostly in the menu of the game. here is the full photo list https://imgur.com/gallery/XklMDlE
9200 radeon 128meg mac edition. this is running the DVI driver pack - strangely the OS9 update driver pack had instability.
macbench 3.0 @ 851
https://i.imgur.com/FiQSNps.jpeg
Quake III
800x600 72fps https://i.imgur.com/DvrMI8u.jpeg
1024x768 60.1 https://i.imgur.com/OfOsBeS.jpeg
Radeon 8500 using the os9 update driver pack. mac edition
bench 3.0 2332 https://i.imgur.com/jm9b2Cd.jpeg
Quake III
800x600 115.9fps https://i.imgur.com/C0Sg1T5.jpeg
1024X768 98.7fps https://i.imgur.com/IeoyFA2.jpeg
1280x1024 71fps https://i.imgur.com/ayvRaxZ.jpeg
Radeon 8500 PC edition moded
bench 3.0 2124 https://i.imgur.com/Ch5AyN7.jpeg
Quake III
800x600 115fps https://i.imgur.com/AE3yycI.jpeg
1024x768 96fps https://i.imgur.com/aGOQiLh.jpeg
1280x1024 69fps https://i.imgur.com/lGyIobE.jpeg
Radeon 7000 PC moded to mac PCI
bench 3.0 792 https://i.imgur.com/06avGXY.jpeg
Quake III
800x600 37.9fps https://i.imgur.com/ZJTvGNB.jpeg
1024x768 26.9fps https://i.imgur.com/2lm2K5B.jpeg
128x1024 18.5fps https://i.imgur.com/Lsjuth0.jpeg
Rage 128 mac edition PCI
bench 3.0 915 https://i.imgur.com/3Bs19ST.jpeg
Quake III
800x600 8.6fps https://i.imgur.com/j1qxQJf.jpeg
1024x768 4fps https://i.imgur.com/lZ0bBy1.jpeg
1280x1024 DNF
Geforce 2 32meg AGP (factory mac card)
bench 3.0 2434 https://i.imgur.com/SJH7dg1.jpeg
Quake III
800x600 67.9fps https://i.imgur.com/1NMM28P.jpeg
1024x768 45.5fps https://i.imgur.com/3xcSveK.jpeg
1280x1024 29fps https://i.imgur.com/YJ9CwM4.jpeg
Nvidia TI4600 mac edition
bench 3.0 3636 https://i.imgur.com/kt4MgzX.jpeg
800x600 130.3fps https://i.imgur.com/LePKGso.jpeg
1024x768 128.3fps https://i.imgur.com/a6qOTWC.jpeg
1280x1024 120.9 https://i.imgur.com/75SMYcT.jpeg
teroyk:
Those PCI cards would be good starting point for Mac OS 9 G5 booting tests:
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,5531.0.html
DieHard:
--- Quote from: teroyk on December 29, 2023, 09:27:32 AM ---Those PCI cards would be good starting point for Mac OS 9 G5 booting tests:
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,5531.0.html
--- End quote ---
You are like a dog on a bone with getting a G5 OS 9 Machine :)
Ncc74656:
--- Quote from: teroyk on December 29, 2023, 09:27:32 AM ---Those PCI cards would be good starting point for Mac OS 9 G5 booting tests:
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,5531.0.html
--- End quote ---
i didnt know this was a thing. people trying to run os9 on G5's? maybe ill have to pickup a G5 to try it o.O
there was one for sale last year at my pawn shop for 15.00 but i passed on it.
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