Byrd
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Hi all,
I've been experimenting with adding an additional PCI graphics card into my TAM for fast external video and desire to play 3D accelerated games. First I started with a MacMagic 3DFX Voodoo 1 card, which works well, however runs very hot in the cramped innards of a TAM. Better cooling is an option, but thought I'd try something else next. The TAM runs an ATI 3D Rage II 2MB graphics chipset, which is to be considered a very basic 2D accelerator.
My next card to try is an ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition card, the TAM is running OS 9.1 with the required official ATI driver extensions installed for the Radeon card (compatible with OS 9 - later ATI drivers required OS 9.2.2 which I thought overkill for the TAM).
Playing games, I'm experiencing a constant tussle with Mac OS being indecisive on what display or graphics it should use. With the primary display/menu bar set to the external Radeon 7000 card, games keep switching their output to the TAM's LCD, or continue to be run in software mode - I've never seen RAVE acceleration.
I assume the TAM's poor PCI controller or driver issues are at fault, but does anyone know a work around/extension to force RAVE acceleration/better solution?
TIA
JB
I've been experimenting with adding an additional PCI graphics card into my TAM for fast external video and desire to play 3D accelerated games. First I started with a MacMagic 3DFX Voodoo 1 card, which works well, however runs very hot in the cramped innards of a TAM. Better cooling is an option, but thought I'd try something else next. The TAM runs an ATI 3D Rage II 2MB graphics chipset, which is to be considered a very basic 2D accelerator.
My next card to try is an ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Edition card, the TAM is running OS 9.1 with the required official ATI driver extensions installed for the Radeon card (compatible with OS 9 - later ATI drivers required OS 9.2.2 which I thought overkill for the TAM).
Playing games, I'm experiencing a constant tussle with Mac OS being indecisive on what display or graphics it should use. With the primary display/menu bar set to the external Radeon 7000 card, games keep switching their output to the TAM's LCD, or continue to be run in software mode - I've never seen RAVE acceleration.
I assume the TAM's poor PCI controller or driver issues are at fault, but does anyone know a work around/extension to force RAVE acceleration/better solution?
TIA
JB
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