GFX card HELP!!!

I'm using OSX 10.4.6 on a G4 Dual 500mhz agp machine.
Was given a Radeon9800pro card but the machine doesn't like it.
I've got FCP Pro 5 - but obviously it doesn't like the piddly ATI card that is in the machine.
Does anyone know which, if any of the compatible cards will work in my machine? The list of gfx cards compatible with fcp pro 5 is here: http://www.apple.com/uk/finalcutstudio/specs.html?finalcutpro
or if there is a card not listed that will work?

Motion requires the standard graphics card found in any Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, iMac Intel Core Duo, Power Mac G5, iMac G5, a 1.25GHz or faster PowerBook G4, or a 1.25GHz or faster flat-panel iMac
Minimum supported graphics cards: ATI Radeon 9800XT, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, ATI Radeon 9600XT or 9600 Pro, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700, ATI Mobility Radeon 9600, NVIDIA GeForce 6600 and 6600LE, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, NVIDIA GeForce Go5200 or FX 5200 Ultra
Recommended graphics cards: ATI Radeon X1900 XT, ATI Radeon X850 XT, ATI Radeon X800 XT, ATI Radeon X1600, NVIDIA GeForce Quadro FX 4500, NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL or 6800 GT DDL
I use a nvidia 5500 that will run all the 10.4.8 video treats. It came out of my PC, I bought it to vo all the tricks with Visra. I had a guy at www.strangedogs.com flash it for the MAC total cost of $50., card 25, flash 25. This would work with your Mac, it is a minimum approach, but works great, it does the Quartz extreme thing with revolving 3D windows in Tiger, etc.
I suggest you go to the strange dogs forum, they seem to really know the Mac and the Video cards. With what you want to do, I suggest you go high end, Radeon 800, 850. In the long run you will be better off.
If you are a gamer then you will always be chasing a faster card.

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New GFX card, Quartz Extreme error, and suddenly FCP 6 will not run. Help me fix this problem please!

Model Name: Mac Pro Model Identifier: MacPro1,1 Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 3 GHz Number Of Processors: 2 Total Number Of Cores: 4 L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB Memory: 7 GB Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
My old GFX card nVidia GeForce 7300GT which is busted.
I replaced it with a nVidia NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 from a Mac Pro of the same generation.
I'm now getting a Quartz Extreme error whenever I try to run Final Cut Pro 6 or Compressor. "This system does not meet the following minimum requirements: Final Cut Pro 6 requires that your system have a Quartz Extreme capable video card."
Well, I checked the specs of the card and it does support Quartz Extreme. So why isn't FCP 6 running?
Looking under the System Profiler > Graphics/Displays, it doesn't say the Cinema HD Display supports Quartz Extreme, but how could that be, because the Quadro 4500's specs online says it does?!! This was the better GFX card made for the same generation of Mac Pro but somehow doesn't work!
This is also effecting my DVD player App with an error: "A valid video device could not be found for playback: -70017". Which has never happened before either.
I've researched online and can't find anything that works.
The card has power running to it and the monitor is hooked into the closest DVI port to the logic board which most of people with the same problem have done to fix this. I've also gone into the Disk Utility and ran both Verify and Repair permissions and the same for the boot disk.
Nothing. I'm stumped. Short of trying to flash the ROM on the GFX card I'm not sure what to do. And I'm not comfortable doing that. Help please?
I'm using Final Cut Pro 6 and subsequent older versions of Motion and Compressor, not FCP X or companion series.
HELP!!!!

You should go to the Mac Pro community to get a better audience.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/desktop_computers/mac_pro

How do you hook up a TV monitor to a second GFX card?

hi - after i learned that the Nv7800GT GFX card I ordered with my G5 dual core doesn't output to S-Video, i ordered and installed a 6600 card (which allegedly does). However now that it is installed, i can't seem to get it to recognize the TV monitor i've hooked up using the apple DVI to S-Video adapter. the system profiler just tells me "no display connected" on both of its ports.
Can someone please help me to set this up correctly? I want to use the 6600 to drive an external monitor or beamer.
thx for any help in advance!
fj

Did you hit "Detect Displays" ?
yes. i notice that in the sys prefs only my cinema display (the one connected to the 7800GT) is shown. in my experience of using "extended desktop" mode, i would see a second display listed, along with several resolution options.
but in this case, i am not using a single gfx card with a second monitor hooked up. so why do i not "see" the second card in the control panel? (it shows up in the system profiler)

Gfx card problems

Ok some of you might have seen my post on the problems with raid that i am having. well this morning i went to boot up my system and it says that the power connecter is disconnected from my gfx card but it isn't??? i tried using different cables etc but no joy! the fan on the card is spinning and it worked fine yesterday so is going on please help guys

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Originally posted by Wonkanoby
why dont you post full specs and psu info
my bets your psu is not up to it
Ok full specs as requested:
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MSI K8N Neo Plat
2 X 512mb Kingston Hyper
X800 Pro
Nec 2500A
2 X 36gb Raptors (still can't get them to work in a raid setup)
Audigy 2 ZS
Tagan Truepower 480W PSU
THIS IS ALL CONNECTED NOW!!!
Below is what is not connected (yet)...
7 X 120mm fans + 5 X 80mm fans
another 2500A
160gb Deskstar
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I need a new gfx card

Hi
I have an ati 5870 card and i use 3 screens with DVI ports incl 1 display port adapter for the third screen.
And now i want a new gfx card but i dont know what to chose because i need to connect my 3 screens with DVI
The card i am looking for must have the following port.
2 DVI
1 HDMI
1 display port
But all the new cards seems to have 1 or 2 dvi and 4 mini display ports.
I have looked on this card MSI R7970 Lightning
http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R7970-Lightning.html
Can i use these mini display ports and some kind of adapter that makes a HDMI and Displayport ?
Or can i get some adapter that makes my DVI screen ports to mini display port ?
Can i plug in 4 monitors on same time with the 4 minidisplay ports ?
Im a bit confused here..so please help me out

At the moment i have 3 samsung syncmaster 245B with DVI ports
So can i conenct 2 of my screens to the DVI ports on the card and use a "minidisplay port adapter to display port"
and then connect my third screen with this adapter i have. It needs a display port.
http://tommynation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Sapphire-Active-DP-to-DVI-Dual-Link-Adapter.jpg
Or can i replace the sappire adapter with this adapter
http://www.amazon.com/Accell-B087B-006B-DisplayPort-Single-Link-Certified/dp/B004071ZXA

Gfx card problem

i got window tells me more than once
((directX function "device -> CreateTexture2D( &texDesc,desc.subResourceCount != 0 ? reinterpret_cast<constD3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA*>(desc.subresourcedata)
: 0, &texture->m_texture3d)" failed with E_OUTOFMEMORY: Ran out of memory. GPU "Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000", Driver: Unknown. Free virtual memory: 2751408kB / 4194176kB. Total resource memory: 0kB. Make sure you have a supported graphics
card with at least 512 MB))
i have dell inspiron 5520 i5 processor.. 4 ram.. and gfx hd graphics 4000 and amd 7670 i searched for the
solution some say update gfx card but when i try to update one.. the other one automaticly disable so is there is any solution.
notice that this message up is not mine i copied from google but it is the same content ..
thnx

Hi @thegame1998
Thank you for your query.
I understand that you are unable to install the latest graphic drivers for your notebook from the manufacturer's site.
This in not a uncommon difficulty with switchable graphics which you have.
Here are two links on switchable graphics.
HP Notebook PCs - Overview of Switchable Graphics or Dual GPUs
HP Notebook PCs - Switchable Graphics on Notebooks Configured with Intel and ATI GPUs
To regain the functionality of the switchable graphic I would reinstall the original drivers using the recovery manager.
Using Recovery Manager to Restore Software and Drivers (Windows 7)
If this does not work I suggest you do a recovery back to factory.
HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Performing an HP System Recovery (Windows 7)
You will have an opportunity to backup your personal files to prevent data loss.
HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Restoring Files that were Backed Up Using HP Recovery Manager (Windows 7...
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X-Fi + 2 GFX-Cards = high CPU-Load, slow Mouse, hanging system

>X-Fi + 2 GFX-Cards = high CPU-Load, slow Mouse, hanging systemA Hey guys,
I'm running 2 GF 8800 GTs (PCIe .) cards on a MSI Eclipse SLI board. My Audigy2 ZS PCI runned fine in this system.
I just replaced the Audigy by a PCIe X-Fi (EMU20K2 audio processor - not the xtreme audio from MSI).
Now I'm dealing with the following issue:
- System startup is slow
- in Windows, Mouse is slow, stuttering
- high CPU-Load
- very slow system response
!!! Attention !!! I had this problems allready at the st boot with the X-Fi, when the driver from creative wasn't installed (the card was recognized as "HD Audio" bei Windows 7). Installing the drivers didn't help.
If I install only one graphics card, the system runns fine and I can use the X-Fi and it's Software without problems.
If I replace the X-Fi by the PCIe Xtreme Audio from MSI, System runns fine.
If I use Win XP with the two GFX cards and the X-Fi, System runns fine.
Can you help me?
Regards from snowy Germany
User....

Hi there,
got the same problem if i use my two Nvidia GTX260.
My system:
Asus P6T
I7 920 @ 3,8GHz
2GB ram
Gigabyte GTX260 OC Edition
Nvidia GTX260
X-Fi XtremeGamer
-System (Win7x64) takes ~0min to start.
-Stuttering mouse, keyboard everything >.<
Deactivating the onboard sound doesnt help.
Newest Nvidia and Creative driver too =(
The system runs fine without the X-FI and two GTX260 no errors ect...
One GTX260 runs also fine with the X-FI
But two graphic cards and the X-FI..... **bleep** =/
I use debian as my main OS and it run still fine with both graphic cards and the x-fi...
so i think its just a driver problem.
Hope it will be fixed soon =/
If someone have any sugestions...please help us.
Greetings from Germany also =D
Syro

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help.
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Yes, but now the subject is a lot less descriptive.
With the original post, forum users could see what my problem is just by looking at the message list.
Now only those who open my message can see what problems I have. By this I lost a lot of potential helpers.
I personally would probably not open a message with such unspecific title as "MSI 745 Ultra problems"
I'll try to change the subject ...
regards,
stein

Disabling GFX card driver

Hello,
I am having some issues working with Apple Color.
The issues are generally caused by Color not liking 2 GFX cards in my system.
I have a GT120 used as a main card and also a Quadro 4000 that is needed as a GPU for grading software.
To make a long story short:
After installing 10.6.7 Combo from apple website Apple Color works fine, but I can't get DaVinci Resolve to work as there are no up-to date Quadro 4000 drivers.
When I install proper Quadro 4000 drivers, I can run Resolve, but this ***** up the Color installation.
I have isolated files that are responsible.
These are files in System/Extensions folder starting from NV… and GeForce…
Now questions:
*Question 1*
Is there anything like creating sort of configuration that would somehow switch between 2 sets of files so that I can restart the computer in some way and use one set of files and then easily switch between the second set? The best way would be to do it w/out the restart.
*Question 2*
Is there any way of installing extensions manually in other way than running an installer?
Basically I would love to check file by file if I can create a mix of versions of these driver files so that I could check if there's any magic combination where both programs run?
*Question 3*
Is there any way of disabling some hardware or exclude it from a running system?
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Yes, this update makes Quadro work fine and I can run a Resolve which makes use of it, but as I said - it spoils my color installation and Color won't work.
What do you mean by a dual boot system?
Separate drives? Or multiple systems on a drive?
Any guidelines? I am not a Mac Geek.

GFX card has died, what new cards will my P965 Platinum support?

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Do I need a new GFX card for FCS 2?

"An AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)"
I don't speak this language. I have a Power Mac G5 Quad. When I go to "About this MAC" it says that I have PCI something, but nothing about "Express Quartz Extreme". Will I need to update my graphics card before installation.
Many thanks, and pardon my ignorance.

If you have the basic Power Mac Quad G5 it came with the Nvidia GeForce 6600 with 256MB memory.
You have no need to worry about your GFX card.
You can see that you have "Quartz Extreme" supported by looking at the Graphics/Displays tab in System Profiler.
(the "Express" part belongs with PCI, not Quartz Extreme. You have a "PCI Express" card.)

Why does this mavericks start on its own? even after downloading GFX card status it keeps on restarting. Fix it Apple. I'm going Banana.

The laptop says kernel error, but after downloading GFX card status the laptop keeps on getting restarted. Oh why did i buy a macbook?

Either your Mac is broken, or you have something installed which isn't compatible. Hard to tell without the kernel panic log.

GFX Card) Intel(r) 82815 Graphics Controller

when i play counter strike or other games my fps drops i have tryed every thing even down to reformating
i think i got a onboard gfx card but when i look in bios i theres no option to disable it (GFX Card) Intel(r) 82815 Graphics Controller.

If you are using the integrated VGA of an i815 chipset it's really not worth anything.
Have a look in the device manager what display adapter is installed.
If the integrated VGA is in use it will be disabled the moment you install an AGP card, there isn't a manual disable option.

Does an upgraded graphics card help stability within FCP?

I have been having some issues, working on a documentary about two hours long shot on Sony EX-1. The timeline contains a mix of footage (24 1080p, 30 1080p, 24 720p, 30 720p) all rendered to 30fps ProRes 422. No effects at this point, mostly just the transcoding during render.
It crashed when I export through compressor to DVD, and will not render the whole project without crashing. Sometimes, when I select just a portion of the project to render, within the main timeline, once it is done renedering that section, it looses the rest of the render for the entire project.
All this points me to some hardware issues, probably ram, but i have been advised to purchase a high end graphics card to carry the burden of exporting. (currently using the stock ATI Radeon HD 2600) As far as I have known, a graphics card holds no bearing on this process. I know a new graphics card helps a lot in Motion, AE and such, but I am only concerned about editing in FCP at this point.
Thanks for any thoughts you may have.

Are you mixing formats and resolutions in the timeline? If so, you might consider converting all the the same format before editing.
Try exporting a selfcontained quicktime and then bringing that quicktime into compressor.
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