IPhoto 08 with ATI X1900

Hi guys,
I just bought an ATI X1900 card yesterday and I noticed that when I adjust the contrast slider in iPhoto, the whole screen goes white. This only happens with iPhoto, while my Aperture works fine. I also downloaded the current drivers for the card and am also up to date with software updates.
Is there a fix for this?
Thx.
Leo

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Hallo again,
I was writing about some problems with ATI X1900 G5 card but nobody tried to help me, so maybe I will try to ask once again.
I am new on the forum but please write me some sugestions/solutions how to have good performance in Motion 2 with an ATI X1900 G5 card.
Does anybody have problems with opening projects in Motion? My projects are opening very long and the rendering time is about 10 percent worst then with NVIDIA 6600 256MB.
I have PowerMac G5 2.0 DualCore PCIe, 4.5GB RAM Mac OS 10.4.8 but after buying this card I am not satisfied.
Nobody has this card? Or nobody want to help a little?

Hello Patrick,
thanks for your reply. After reading some of your post and watching some of your works (globe, presentation on your web site, etc.) I see that you have a lot of experience in graphic cards, in Motion and other PRO apps. So, I hope for the best
I am sorry, I don't take offense about flashed PC cards, because I know that it is possible. But I completely don't know how to do this, and I don't know nobody who can do this properly. So, I decided (even paying more) to buy a card designed for Mac G5. And because of that I am frustrated - this card should work! - without thinking that maybe I did something wrong during flashing, that I had wrong ROM, etc. If I had flashed PC card, card I could say: OK it was my risk, something went wrong and the card doesn't work at full speed. But now, I hope you understand my frustration.
Now, more details:
the auxiliary power connector I hooked up and I checked it is getting power. Without this I don't see anything on the monitors.
I know that all the video memory is shared between monitors, but when I had an NVIDIA 6600 256MB, in a System Profiler I saw 256MB Video Memory. Now, with the same 2 monitors - only 128MB.
The OpenGL Extensions Viewer shows:
Renderer: ATI Radeon X1900 OpenGL Engine
Version: 1.5 ATI-1.4.19
Shading language version: 1.10
Memory: 256MB
and after doing tests (basic tests without marking Multisample, LOD Bias, Anisotropy, Use Fog and Benchmark)
Display Mode1400x1050x32bpp (96Hz):
1.1 (texturing) - 2020 FPS
1.2 (locked arrays) - 2023 FPS
1.3 (multitexture) - 1945 FPS
1.4 (vertex program) - 1861 FPS
1.5 (vertex objects) - 1890 FPS
2.0 (shading language) - 1747 FPS
2.0+ (multi-render targets) - Failed
With everything marked (Framebuffer: Standard, Multisample: 2, LOD Bias: 0,00, Anisotropy: 4) there were:
1.1 (texturing) - 397 FPS
1.2 (locked arrays) - 400 FPS
1.3 (multitexture) - 353 FPS
1.4 (vertex program) - 251 FPS
1.5 (vertex objects) - 254 FPS
2.0 (shading language) - 248 FPS
2.0+ (multi-render targets) - Failed
I didn't have this application with NVIDIA, so I don't know if it is good or bad performance.
Now, your project globe:
First of all when I double clicked it, the Motion needed 48 seconds to open and "prepare" this project to work. "Prepare" - I mean I saw projects after 17 sec. but during the next 30 sec. I saw a coloured circle appearing and disappearing several times. But between one and another circle I couldn't do anything in the project.
When finally project was ready, I played it and I had 21 FPS and 23 FPS in the third run (in full res. of course).
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ATI X1900 G5 - who has this card? Help me please!

Hello,
I would like to know if anybody has this card installed in his PowerMac G5?
Has anybody noticed some problems?
I have it from about a week and I notice few problems.
Can somebody tell me about his experiences with this card, because I don't know if I should exchange it in OWC or the problem is because the ATI (AMD) didn't test it enough with G5.
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Hi,
I have big problem with my ATI X1900 G5 card. 2 weeks ago I received from Macsales this card for my PowerMac G5 2.0 DualCore PCIe.
Before this, I used NVIDIA 6600 LE 128MB. Few weeks ago I changed for a few days to NVIDIA 6600 256MB VRAM for doing rendering tests in Motion. After this change I noticed 2 times better performance - as I expected. So I decided to buy the newest product of ATI.
But after change from NVIDIA 6600 256MB to ATI X1900 I don't see any improvement! Even worse! The Motion 2.1.2, now rendering my projects a little bit longer - about 10 percent longer. And the most strange is very long time needed to open Motion's projects!!
For example:
when I double clicked on ones of my projects - Motion 2 started and opened this project during 50 sec. (with NVIDIA 6600LE card). Now, with ATI X1900, when I do the same, with the same project - Motion starts and open this project in 2min 20sec! Why so long?
And other strange thing:
In system profiler I see:
Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1900
Type: Display
Bus: PCI
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 128 MB
What happened with the rest Video Memory? It should be 256MB.
However, in System Preferences/ATI Displays/Profile I see:
FCode Version: 2.00
NDRV Version: 1.1f39
VRAM Size: 256 MB
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I also noticed that there is a problem with wakeing up the computer after sleep, but I have read about this in some posts here.
Can somebody help me what is going wrong with this card, please?
I found in some posts and some web sites that this card is really fast, but at this moment I am really disappointed.
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hi ! i have a realy tough one for you guys : since 3-4 days i've been getting this realy strange (and scary!) kernal panic screen / crashes / freeze with my macpro dual 2.66 with ati radeon X1900 xt.
the crashes keep coming while doing extensive work (video converting, renders) or just letting the macpro running doing nothing much all night long...
now this is what i found for now : if i disconect my 2nd display (samsung syncmaster 2493hm HD in DVI 1080p) it seem to be stable. when i reconnect it sometime it can run again with this 2nd display for a while but when i leave a render all night long the next morning it will be frozen, nothing on screen (all black).
after rebooting it get this crash report from the system :
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CR3: 0x00e7a000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x24f9bed8, EBX: 0x1a6f198a, ECX: 0x1a6f198a, EDX: 0x004bc870
ESP: 0x24f9bebc, EBP: 0x24f9bf08, ESI: 0x00001e27, EDI: 0x035e1718
EFL: 0x00000006, EIP: 0x0019e9c0
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x439d58 : 0x128d0d (0x3cc65c 0x439d7c 0x131f95 0x0)
0x439d98 : 0x1a42cb (0x3d27fc 0x0 0x35e1718 0x12)
0x439f58 : 0x19c103 (0x439f70 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x24f9bf08 : 0x135888 (0x1a6f164f 0x35e3d40 0x3f91084 0x2)
0x24f9bf58 : 0x1359c9 (0x13d8a2 0x0 0x0 0x19e23a)
0x24f9bf78 : 0x13da53 (0x13d8a2 0x0 0x0 0x0)
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Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386
Model: MacPro1,1, BootROM MP11.005C.B04, 4 processors, Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 2 GB
Graphics: ATI Radeon X1900 XT, ATY,RadeonX1900, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 512 MB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 512 MB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 512 MB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 512 MB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0x87), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.13.1)
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en2
PCI Card: ATY,RadeonX1900, Display, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: ST3250820AS P, 232.89 GB
Parallel ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
USB Device: USB RECEIVER, Logitech, Up to 1.5 Mb/sec, 100 mA
USB Device: Apple Pro Keyboard, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 250 mA
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, unknown_value, Unknown
FireWire Device: GSA-5163D Super Multi DVD Rewriter, HL-DT-ST, Up to 400 Mb/sec
FireWire Device: My Book Device, WD, Up to 800 Mb/sec
here's my complete config if it can help :
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B04
SMC Version: 1.7f8
ATI Radeon X1900 XT:
Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1900
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x7249
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-A52027-140
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.140
Displays:
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Television: Yes
S/M 955SL:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
anyone ever see this problem ? at 1st it seem to be related to my ATI card... but i'm no expert so if anyone can understand part of the crash log let me know ! thanx !!
also forget to say : did all the full apple hardware test + tech tool pro test (app that come with apple care) and nothing was wrong, all ok.
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francis.t
montreal
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Note regarding ATI X1900 XT with Mac Pro, Leopard

To all who are experiencing any of the frequently reported problems with the hardware/software combination listed in the subject heading:
I purchased the ATI X1900 XT as an upgrade fro my Mac Pro in January. I never experienced any issues with the card in OS X Tiger, but several months ago I began to experience overheating issues in Windows XP (Boot Camp) when playing graphics-intensive games. The overheating caused visible graphics corruption/artifacts, graphics system resets and even spontaneous system restarts. The frequency and severity of these symptoms actually increased over time, leading me to believe that the card was either defective or that the overheating was causing degenerative/cumulative damage to the graphics hardware.
I recently upgraded to OS X Leopard, and all **** broke loose. Immediately after upgrading, I began to experience frequent graphics corruption/artifacts (in the form of spurious horizontal lines), system lockups/freezes and spontaneous system restarts. None of these issues were present in Tiger. The system became completely unreliable and essentially unusable.
It was initially a popular belief that Leopard's graphics drivers were somehow buggy or incompatible with the X1900 XT. After my experiences, I don’t believe that’s the case. I think that the issues reported are symptomatic of hardware, not software problems. Leopard is merely a catalyst. Leopard's increased leverage of OpenGL stresses the graphics hardware in ways that Tiger did not, causing an overall increase in graphics hardware temperature. I believe that the glitches/artifacts/system freezes/restarts that I experienced were not due to buggy drivers, but due to the graphics card overheating as a result of the increased load placed on it by Leopard.
I brought my X1900 XT in to my local Apple store today and asked for a replacement. Fortunately, they had one in stock, and they gave me a new card on the spot. The technician was apparently well aware of the issues, and mentioned that they have had a lot of similar problems with new iMacs.
Since installing the new card, I have experienced no graphics corruption, system freezes or spontaneous system restarts, either in OS X Leopard or in Windows XP gaming.
I would urge anyone who is experiencing problems with the X1900 XT (in either Windows or OS X) to have their card replaced by Apple - assuming that their card or system is still under warranty, that is.
I suspect one of two possible scenarios is true:
Theory #1: The Rev 1 X1900 XT is inherently flawed and has problems with overheating, which is exacerbated in OS X by upgrading to Leopard. Due to Leopard's greater leveraging of OpenGL, there is increased thermal stress placed on the card relative to Tiger. The overheating is evident in Leopard as graphics corruption/artifacts, system lockups/freezes and spontaneous restarts. The Rev 2 X1900 XT has (theoretically) corrected the problems inherent in Rev 1.
Theory #2. The thermal management system of the X1900 XT (all revisions) is inherently flawed. The card will slowly cook itself over time, and the effects are degenerative and cumulative. As the age of the card increases, so will the occurrence of graphics corruption, system freezes and spontaneous system restarts, especially when playing graphics-intensive games or running OS X Leopard.
I sincerely hope that Theory #1 is the case. I’ll be watching my system closely as I continue to use the new card, and hopefully there will be no further problems with overheating.
If theory #2 turns out to be true, then Apple has a huge PR nightmare on its hands, as each X1900 XT for the Mac is essentially a ticking time bomb that will self-destruct within months of purchase.
The funny thing is, this isn’t the first time I’ve had graphics card trouble with one of Apple’s “professional” towers. I bought a G5 several years ago when they were first released. I had problems with the stock nVidia graphics card in the form of what came to be known as the dreaded “black screen of death.” This became a commonly reported issue, experienced by many owners of the G5 in its first revision. Apple replaced my card and the problem never reoccurred. I’m hoping that I’ll be as lucky this time around.
I think it’s apparent that Apple’s batting average with graphics cards isn’t exactly stellar. It’s curious, considering that Apple offers a very limited selection of graphics options for their towers. One would think that by Apple only offering 3 graphics options, they would be able to have fairly tight control over the quality of the hardware, and plenty of time and resources to devote to testing. Unfortunately, I’ve had more graphics hardware-related problems on my Macs than any PCs I’ve ever used. That’s embarrassing, and Apple needs to do much better than this.

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Hi everyone,
I use Adobe After Effects 7 a lot and I'm not happy with my current machine (PowerPC G5 2x1.8GHZ, 2GB DDR SDRAM, ATI Radeon X800 XT), it is too slow to work smoothly when I have several layers and effects going on. Previewing the work on the timeline (OpenGL or Adaptative resolution) is painfully slow and takes on my nerves. I believe this is mainly due to my graphics card, and the fact is not 100% compatible with OpenGL on After effects.
I'm ready to upgrade with a Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad Xeon with ATI Radeon X1900 XT, but only if I'm going to enjoy a real improve with After Effects 7, as this is my main editing application right now.
Does anybody have experience with this configuration?
Thanks in advance for reading and replies!
PowerPC G5 2x1.8GHZ Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2GB DDR SDRAM, ATI Radeon X800 XT

I have this configuration, but sadly have had no time to play around with After Effects. AE's realtime playback capabilities are limited (especially when compared with something like Motion), so you're probably still going to be rendering to RAM a lot. I believe the OpenGL support is for things like anti-aliasing, blur, and blending modes -- so a faster video card may not automatically equal huge performance boost across the board. Four Xeon cores and a lot of RAM will help it a lot more (see exception below).
Also, AE 7 still has to run under Rosetta which results in a slower performance than if it was native. Also, be aware that there is a limit placed on all Rosetta processes that do not allow them to address more than 1.5GB of RAM combined. This will most likely limit your render speed and preview lengths. See this thread on Adobe's forums for more info:
http://www.creativecow.net/articles/jonesgraham/AE7_on_IntelMacPro/index.html
EDIT: The above link was to the performance comparisons, but not the original Adobe forum thread. Here it is:
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc2401b
However, if you read the thread, and follow the link in it, the author is seeing huge performance gains with AE7 on his MacPro 3GBs over his old dual G5 4.5GBs.
So most likely, you'll see a performance benefit from upgrading. And when an Intel native version of AE ships, things will really fly.

OpenGL not available on MacPro ATI X1900 XT 512MB with CS4?

Hi,
i have a MacPro (2x2 2.66GHz, OSX 10.5.4) with 12GB RAM and a ATI X1900 XT 512MB graphic card (ROM: 113-A52027-202) and a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT.
When opening CS4 preferences i can NOT enable the OpenGL Drawing. The feature is greyed out. Under "Detected video card" stands nothing - no card detected. I read the TechNote from Adobe but could not locate any problem. The computer, the graphic card and the driver are up-to-date. (TechNote: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.doexternalId=kb404898#driverversion).
I even tried the "AllowOldGPUS.plugin" from Adobe without any change.
Do others have this problem too? Any idea what to change?
Thank you very much.

PShock you are correct I must have been an older model Radeon card I was thinking of but clearly you are correct.
 
 The Blackmagic Intensity and Intensity Pro is not a graphic or display car it is a dedicated Video in and Video out card for capturing HDV and also analog to HDV as well as displaying on a Video Monitor as you capture and edit.
 
 It will not be listed under Display and Graphics in the system profile but rather in the PC slot area.
 
 It has no effect on the Open GL mechanism.
 
 I have it installed as I wrote along side of my Nvidia 880 and it work fine with open GL in PS 4 nothing different what so ever.
 
 Although the poster does not state what kind of Blackmagic card?
 
 Even so I do not see how it could possibly interfere.
 
 here you can see for yourself it is two different types of cards.
 
 
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FCPX compatible with NVIDIA7300 or ATI X1900 XT

Is FCPX compatible with either a NVIDIA 7300 Gt or a ATI X1900 XT card?

You'll need to check if your card is Open CL compatible. It also seems that the appstore will block purchases if it detects unsupported hardware.
mish

Mac Pro, ATI X1900, Apple Cinema, and Boot Camp

Ok so I finally got Windows to install on to my Mac Pro. This is a long explanation because it includes a lot of information for users who may be having the same problems I had. My problem is at the bottom, but for those of you who are still stuck on the blank screen, READ ON!
Many have users been having problems installing Windows on Mac Pros with the ATI x1900 video card.
For Example, after running boot camp and loading XP the screen would go blank.
To get around this use the DVI to VGA addapter and plug a seperate monitor in, once the computer has finshed installing Windows, then install the drivers.
At this point my graphics card was still not installed correctly. I downloaded the driver off of the ATI website, however I kept recieving errors. So I unpakaged the driver and had the computer find a driver in that folder. Once this was done I went back and installed the remaining software without errors!
Now, currently I am still having to use a second monitor because my HD 23 inch was just showing a blank screen. To fix this I,
1. Installed the video card controller from the ATI website for the ATI X1900
2. Opened advanced settings and supported HD 1080i
3. Connected my HD monitor in the second DVI slot
4.exteneded onto that monitor
5. Switched that monitor to primary
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Is there anyway for me to correct this? It is normal in Mac Mode, but in XP i can't correct it. It just seems like there is one problem after another!

so did you install the bootcamp drivers?
because i had no luck with ati's drivers from their web site but apples drivers worked fine.

Strange dual monitor behavior - ATI X1900 XT

I have a Mac Pro w/ ATI X1900 XT. I replaced the GeForce 7300 GT that came w/ the pro with this X1900 XT as an upgrade from Apple, purchased after the initial system purchase.
I have a 30" Cinema display and a 20" HP LP2065 LCD (very nice, LG/Philips S-IPS panel, just like the 30" ACD).
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/macprohp_applelcd.jpg
I have some odd behavior on the HP secondary screen. I never sleep the Mac Pro, but do sleep its screens. When they wake, the ACD 30 lights up right away. The HP does sometimes - but about half the time it takes 2-5 minutes for it to light. The LED goes amber to green right away, but the screen is black (and unbacklit) for a few mins. Sometimes I see random blue lines across the blackish screen of the HP before it goes normal. Sometimes it lights fine but I see a "stuck" mouse pointer - either arrow or the spinning wheel - on that 2nd screen, but the REAL pointer that's tied to mouse control is on the ACD 30. Only when I move the mouse to push the real pointer to 2nd screen (HP) does the "stuck" pointer disappear.
Not sure if this is a problem w/ the HP or if it's some odd ATI thing. I had a 20" ACD hooked up as a 2ndary, before going to the 20" HP, and it exhibited none of these issues.
I am using the HP rotated, in portrait mode, as the X1900 drivers support this.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
blakespot

I have a Mac Pro w/ ATI X1900 XT. I replaced the GeForce 7300 GT that came w/ the pro with this X1900 XT as an upgrade from Apple, purchased after the initial system purchase.
I have a 30" Cinema display and a 20" HP LP2065 LCD (very nice, LG/Philips S-IPS panel, just like the 30" ACD).
http://www.blakespot.com/list/images/macprohp_applelcd.jpg
I have some odd behavior on the HP secondary screen. I never sleep the Mac Pro, but do sleep its screens. When they wake, the ACD 30 lights up right away. The HP does sometimes - but about half the time it takes 2-5 minutes for it to light. The LED goes amber to green right away, but the screen is black (and unbacklit) for a few mins. Sometimes I see random blue lines across the blackish screen of the HP before it goes normal. Sometimes it lights fine but I see a "stuck" mouse pointer - either arrow or the spinning wheel - on that 2nd screen, but the REAL pointer that's tied to mouse control is on the ACD 30. Only when I move the mouse to push the real pointer to 2nd screen (HP) does the "stuck" pointer disappear.
Not sure if this is a problem w/ the HP or if it's some odd ATI thing. I had a 20" ACD hooked up as a 2ndary, before going to the 20" HP, and it exhibited none of these issues.
I am using the HP rotated, in portrait mode, as the X1900 drivers support this.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
blakespot

Mac Pro (ATI X1900) black screen at boot

Hey there,
I've been seeing some problems with my early Mac Pro when booting. Upon the first boot of the day, the machine sounds like it's starting up however the display remains black for upto 15 minutes before kicking in.
The problem used to happen occasionally but it's just been getting worse over the last 6 months.
It's got to the stage that if you put the machine into sleep mode, then come back 30 minutes later I'll have to wait for another 15 minutes before I can log back in.
If the machine has been running for a while and you perform a regular reboot, you can see the system booting and the login window comes up straight away.
I've tried a fresh install of Leopard on an external drive, problem still exists.
I also tried hooking up another display to the system just to check it wasn't the existing monitor and sure enough the problem remains.
Recently the display has been blanking for a few seconds when I've been using the system.
Searching to forums seems to suggest a whole bunch of issues with the ATI X1900 card, which is installed in this system.
Does anyone think the ATI card is the fault here?
In addition, I know the system is out of its initial years warranty but it seems like the ATI card has some known problems, so what's the likelyhood of Apple helping me out here?

You are chasing down the wrong rabbit hole is my best guess, as bad as the X1900 might be.
Rule out marginal RAM, Seagate drives, 3rd party USB/FW devices, controllers (other than X1900), even modem/router. All it takes is a bad USB or FW (or probably RJ45) cable.
No need to reinstall. Now that you have, clone your system for backup and testing with SuperDuper and run Disk Warrior, too, and try that. Might want to rerun the last combo update. And I always run the combo update from another drive than the system being updated.
SuperDuper forces the newly cloned system to rebuild all the temp files, logs, caches and such that are best done by itself when first booted.
Other things to try are reset the SMC RESET button on pre-2008 Mac Pro (on 2008 model, leave it unplugged overnight, no cables attached to clear or reset the SMC) and then zap NVRAM on cold boot.
See this article:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060131080021235

ATI X1900 hold up?

hey so what is the hold up with the X1900? and also the airport? i got a ship date of 9/19 and delivery 9/20 - had it not been for the fact that they shcrewed around with the FX4500 id have mine by now - i got this $1600 graphics card and cant use it on new machine - wonder if i can get re-imburssed some how from apple for this card ? at least something software/hardware gift card ... heck

It won't be Apple's problem. ATI and nVidia will be having probs supplying the cards. It is a new system, be patient; you'll be happy with your purchase! In fact, why do yu want to go with the Mac Pro, when you have a G5 quad already?

IPhoto 08 with ATI X1900

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