Imac 24 inch compatible video cards

What are compatible video cards to update to? I want to use imovie 10. But it needs something from this list
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4664?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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From what we know, your 24-inch iMac has got a replaceable GPU, so you can replace it if you want, and users say it can be replaced by a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS, which is supported by iMovie 10.0.
Apple won't help you do that, so you have to get the GPU yourself and install it yourself

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Dear All,
Wondering to ask about any updated (2Q 2008 or 1Q 2009) link
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http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flashmediaencoder/FMLE_DeviceMatrix3.0.pdf
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So I bought a 20' inch 2.4 Ghz iMac with 2 GB of memory because I knew I'd be playing games... But I downloaded Aspyr's Game Agent and all games came up as unplayable because I had no video card........... Are you kidding me........?

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"was wondering if this card is compatible with my PPC Powermac G5"
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I've been a lifelong Microhell Winblows user and am finally ready to move over to an Apple. I don't have a lot of money to drop on a Mac Pro with a separate screen so I've been thinking either a 20" or 24" iMac. Then, of course, bumping it to 4 gigs of RAM. My question is the video card. I occassionally play with Photoshop and Illustrator (for web site design). I watch DVDs and play some games.
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Dayvidpriddy wrote:
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Hi,
There are many workstation class or high end games laptops and you can change/swap video cards on them. Normal laptops can't.
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Compatible video card?

does anyone know a video card, preferably a 64MB one, but I would go with 32MB, that is COMPLETELY compatible with Solaris x86 v9? incuding the whole webstart installation such that it very smooth and easy like?
what video card do you have running and how did you get it running?
I've got some reccomendations for old ones, and ones less than 32MB, but I would really like something that has some speed
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I don't know why you want to use webstart. It is really, really broken. You are much better
off using disk 1 of 2 for the install. Seriously - Forget it, unless you are only installing
Solaris. Webstart forces you to use 2 Fdisk partitions. Install disk 1 of 2 allows you to
install with one Fdisk partition, which is important for multi-boot systems.
WRT video cards: Generally speaking, the stock solaris drivers, with the exception of the
Matrox G200/G4x0/G5x0 don't perform very well.
Why do you need at least 64MB of video memory? Are you planning on running OpenGL
or some sort of 3D rendering? Is the 3D rendering software even supported on Solaris-X86?
Are you planning on multibooting your system (running Solaris with Linux and/or Windoze
from the same boot drive)?
If you're planning on running OpenGL, then you need to look at which cards are supported
by XIG, (see www.xig.com) because that's the only place to get OpenGL for Solaris-X86, other
than some free GL implementation that some folks in the user community are working on.
See the Solaris resource page at http://www.bolthole.com
If you're not going to run OpenGL, and you can live with a text install mode while you get
your machine installed, I'd look at getting the Xfree86 Kit 4.3 .0. This is a patched set of
Xfree86 drivers which use the Solaris DDX stack, so Solaris can use the drivers from
Xfree86. This allows you to use kdmconfig to configure your video card, as with stock
Solaris video drivers, and things like Display Postscript work. You can find the latest
bits at http://www.tools.de/solaris
Depending on your budget, I'd recommend the ATI 9500 or ATI 9700 series cards.
The drivers at http://www.tools.de/solaris work very well with them. NVidia cards up to
Geforce2 will work, but the later cards are a problem because Nvidia is now doing the
Xfree86 drivers and AFAIK, they only work on Linux.
HTH

Need compatible video card advice

I've got an msi 865pe neo fisr2 mobo. ati radeon 9700 pro has problems and is not compatible with my board. so, what from nvidia will be fully 100% compatible and compare in performance to the ati radeon 9700 pro or be slightly better? I'm thinking for price, $150-$200 at most.

I know it is not compatible cus i tried a GF 3 card with no issues. my brother in law has the same mobo and same card yet had the same problems. so that is incompatible. his card works fine on his older pc with different mobo, same for me. so i bought an nvidia card from leadtek. i dont trust ati and might not ever.
back when i first got the system built, i had the same problems. just i wasn't as upset because it was new. after time the same issues started getting on my nerves. i never not had issues. i always have, just at first it didn't bother me as much cus it was new, then after it got old i was poed at the issue. my brother in law same issues, got a new card for his pc and no problems. i tried an nvidia from my own pc and no problems. so the problem is the ati 9700 pro is not compatible with my motherboard nor my brother in laws. and my card is under warranty, it's already sent back to zipzoomfly, but since they have to wait 6 weeks or so from the date i sent it to them and will not exchange and i pay the difference on a new card or something, i am without a video card in this pc. they had to send back to ati, wait for ati to send them the thing, then send me the card. they said 2-3 weeks 3 weeks ago, and now tell me another 2 weeks or so. screw them. but i can't wait this long, so i got a new card, should be here tomorrow, will never open the radeon 9700 pro once i get it back and i will just sell it. also i know for fact this is fact cus an ati rep said this as well as someone else on these forums long time ago. with cerain radeon 9700 pro, it was not compatible and never would work reliably.
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I just received my upgrade to studio from FCP HD. From what I have read my system should meet the minimum requirements for all components of Studio.
The installer dimmed the FCP, Motion, and Compressor apps. It failed to allow the install of these components. I used the hack listed in these forums to install these apps. I have FCP and Compressor working, but I appear to be missing one of the elements that checks video card compatibility for Motion.
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Thank you.
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It is not just a check because Motion will run too slow. If you were somehow able to bypass the tests, Motion still would not run. It requires specific capabilities within the hardware (specifically pixel shaders) and no - there are no software workarounds.
As to your 9600 - it's not a bad card, I use one in my home system, but it's not very fast either. A while back someone posted about using a project for a benchmark for performance between different gfx cards. The thread is here, but a summary is:
nVidia 5200....1.5 fps
ATI 9600.......4 fps
ATI 9800.......10 fps
nVidia 6800....18 fps
nVidia 7800....21 fps
(check out the whole "Fun with..." series here)
Patrick

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I found a G3 with a ATI XCLAIMVRPRO (model- ATI GT-C), Revision 5C, 8MB.
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IMac 21.5 Video Card Replacement?

Hi all,
I have been searching everywhere to find out if i can replace the graphics card on my iMac. its a late 2009 21.5 iMac and I've tried everything i can to try and get a work around. i currently don't have a keyboard/mouse, and have stripped the screen out of the tower to find more information.
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MichelPM wrote:
There is a new GPU replacement program for mid 2011, 27 inch iMac models.
If your iMac serial numbers end with certain letters, your iMac maybe eligible for a no cost replacement GPU.
Contact either Apple directly at 1-800-MYAPPLE or contact your nearest Apple store and ask about this and make an apappointment at the Genius Bar to bring in your iMac if your iMac is eligible for the free GPU replacement.
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/08/16/apple-initiates-graphic-card-replacement-pro gram-for-mid-2011-27-inch-imac/
Good Luck
That's right, I totally forgot about this program.

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