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Posted by: theos911 on 2012-02-07 16:39:31
This one http://www.villagetronic.com/vtbook/index.html
Would it be possible to run Quartz Extreme on it with PCI Extreme? If so, it would be a neat way for any of us with Rage cards in our Powerbooks to get QE.
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Posted by: Byrd on 2012-02-08 00:30:04
I'd doubt it, these cards work OK but are usually unaccelerated - same goes with the USB video cards out.
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Posted by: Bunsen on 2012-02-08 04:33:16
Worth a try perhaps. Does anyone already have a Cardbus video card who could try it out for us? ISTR there was one other make available.
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Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2012-02-08 11:34:41
As far as I know, Trident XP2 (the chipset in that card,) was never supported by Quartz Extreme, so even with the PCI QE hack, it wouldn't work.
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Posted by: Gorgonops on 2012-02-08 12:09:28
The requirements for Quartz Extreme are pretty specific, and, as noted, the Trident XP2 was never an Apple-supported card in any OEM incarnation. The documentation for this particular card says it supports OpenGL, which is a start, but on top of that there are specific requirements pertaining to texture handling that the hardware has to support. (It's those texture limitations that keep the Rage cards in everything pre-second-rev PB G4's from working.) If the hardware *is* capable enough it might work if the driver itself sets whatever flags it needs to to indicate it's compatible, but... something tells me it's a long shot
(The Trident chip itself seems to be very obscure, hardly used outside of a few very-low-performance embedded applications, and it dates back to at least 2001-ish. The ATI RAGE Mobility was still a current product back then so color me surprised if the 3D accelerator in something made by Trident is more capable than it. Trident has been infamous for producing some of the slowest/worst video cards on the market going back to at least the start of the Clinton administration.)
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Posted by: theos911 on 2012-02-08 13:04:31
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220755036866?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 |
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