Re: PCI video adapters?
Hi,
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:16:05 -0200
Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra <ldutra@prefeitura.sp.gov.br>
wrote:
> I tried to buy extra a 4MiB SGRAM SO-DIMM for my Apple Power
> Macintosh
> G3 beige desktop, but they are too expensive. So the reseller
> recommended me a PCI ATi Radeon, but it is still more expensive.
>
> So my question is, can one use some cheaper card than the ATi
> Radeon
> for the Mac? Perhaps a PC part? Obviously, preferrably
> well-supported by GNU/Linux and XFree.
If you need this as output-device for OpenFirmware, you won't be able to
use a PC card : OF needs some code to open it.
IIRC the beige G3 has a Mach64 (RageII / Rage Pro) -- maybe you'll be
able to find a Rage128 (ATI) ? I _think_ those have a bit more VRAM.
Simon
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