MDD G4 1.25GHz 9600 Pro 256Mb ATI Radeon Card is this the best?

I have MDD 1.25GHz want to upgrade to new AGP graphics card and keep running two monitors both Apple Studio Displays (ADC connections?)and if possible get rid of the Apple DVI-I to ADC Adapter current card is ATI 9000 pro (64Mb).
Is this card the best it has dual DVI which is no good for my monitors, how do I get over the connectivity issues?
Really don't want to change monitors as these are still great.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Flashing the ROM on a PC card to make it Mac-usable typically requires the process start on a PC. There are sites around that have instructions--I don't have any bookmarked at the moment. Google "flashing Mac video card" and see what you get. I got this:
Google results
The ATI 9600 is supposed to be a cross-platform card with ROM for both Macs and PCs. However, that only applies if the card is a retail ATI-branded model. If it was a card once sold with a PC, it may not be cross-platform.
I've used only retail ATI cards or the cards that shipped new in a Mac, so my understanding of flashing cards is limited to what others have posted in these forums.

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ATI RADEON 9600 PRO 256MB AGP VIDEO CARD PC/MAC

This card is available from:
https://www.directdial.com/100-435065.html
My X800 XT blew up my logic board.
This was the best 256MB card I could find.
They had 30 of these when I ordered today at $209.

That sounds attractive except for me, living in Canada.
The handling and brokerage fee charged by the US delivery service,
UPS or FEDEX, make the Canadian store's price more attractive.
Plus I ordered it Monday and get it today.
BTW stock is back to 29 as of today.

Ati Radeon 9600 Pro to Ati Radeon X800 XT Upgrade?

I am a videographer on a G5 2ghz with Apple Cinema Display and the Ait 9600 Pro card. I ordered Final Cut Studio 2 and have upgraded my equipment to HDV from SD.
I am not sure about how much performance gain is to be had when upgrading video cards. Is it worth it between the 2 I mentioned. It says I have an AGP bus in my system profiler, so I assume I can only use the X800 card.
Performance for color-correction, encoding, and rendering is important to me, so I was wondering if anybody could explain what kind of gains I would see. I don't understand how the specs would translate efficiency-wise.
Here are the specs for each card:
9600: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/469250-REG/ATITechnologies_100435065_Radeon_9600_Pro256MB.html
X800 XT: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=details&kw=ATRX800XTM&is=REG&Q =&O=productlist&sku=469237

I have had the X800 for over a year now and have been loving it.
You will notice the most increase in Motion. The more GPU you can give FCP the better it will run.
Enjoy

ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB 8x Dual (DVI/DVI) (AGP) Video Card for PC/Mac

We want to be able to use our 30" cinema display from the G4 and was advised in a previous discussion to buy the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB 8x Dual (DVI/DVI) (AGP) Video Card for PC/Mac. It doesn't seem to be available anywhere. Does anybody know of an alternate video card that's currently available that will get us there? (We had the display running from a G5 that quit / logic board failure).
Many thanks,
Philip

The Nvidia 7800GS is a flashed card, runs a 30" with ease.
BruinMacs on Ebay is a great place to get one, you support the guy who wrote the original ROM for these.
He doesn't seem to have any for sale right now, but if you email him, maybe he will list one.
There are also flashed X800s that work on your MDD and can run a 30". They are pricey but will offer dual DVI while the 7800GS is single DVI with VGA for second display.
There are also flashed 6600GT AGP cards which will work, but harder to find.
Any of the above 3 will run circles around a 9600.

ATI Radeon 9600 Pro / 256MB + Leopard

Hello i have problem to install correct my ATI Radeon 9600 Pro / 256MB. I Installed ATI Radeon 9600 Pro / 64 MB on my mac, because i could not install Logic Pro 8, and I Installed succesful. Install programm said by ATI Radeon 9600 Pro / 256MB that Quartz extreme are not supported, and I have 0 MB VRAM. That's not right. I Tried install update for ATi, after no display. I install Grafic update for OSX and the same. I was found that in system / Library / Extensions/ are ATI Radeon 9700.kext . When I delete this file i can run my Cinema 30'' display, but I cannot run Quartz Extreme. But this card are supported for Quartz extreme. When I put my old card
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 64MB - is supported for Quartz Extreme but my display Cinema 30'' can only 1280 x 800. What can I do ?
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Das Problem ist gefunden. Der Mac wurde 2003 gekauft, und wie viele von dieser Serie waren Motherboard fehlerhaft. Ich habe 2 davon. Die Motherboards waren dann 2004 ausgetauscht zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten. Der 1. in April andere November. Dann war alles scheintbar O.K.
Erst jetzt haben wir gesehen durch den Austausch von Grafikkarten das etwas nicht stimmt.
ES WAR MOTHERBOARD DIE FEHLERHAFT IST. In 2. G5 von 2003 geht die Karte einfach wunderbar. Ich hofe das Ich damit helfe den Tausenden da draussen die gleiche Problem haben vor allem in Apple forum, und keiner hat Lösung.
Vielen Dank an die Firma Colormatch - die Jungs sind einfach Klasse Schlau.

No sleep after upgrading to a radeon 9600 pro 256MB graphics card

I swapped my original radeon 9600 pro 64MB with a 9600 pro 256MB card and now my G5 dual 2.0 tower will not sleep. Should I download the 9600 pro drivers that are on the ATI support site, they only list these drivers for OSX 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 and since I have 10.5 I am hesitant to do so. There seems to be a definite increase in graphic speed with the 256MB card and since I will be doing a lot of iphoto and imovie on this computer the upgrade would be a big help.
Ron

Can you find your model here? http://support.apple.com/specs/#powermac
Well, if you think you saw the PMU button near your RAM that would be it, just hold it down for a second or two.
Well, I'm not surprised that the PC is faster. You're running a very new OS on a very old machine. But Macs of any vintage are great, aren't they.
When you got your video card did you install the software from the disk that came with it?
One thing you might try if not sleeping is really bugging you would be to download and reapply the entire full 10.5.5 Combo Update. That has a way of correcting things when they've become corrupted.
It's pretty massive so if you're using a modem it would take quite awhile.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_5_ComboUpdate
Edit and PS: Do you have your data backed up on a drive you can start up from? Like firewire or another internal? Here is a great app, free for it's basic job, that makes perfect copies of your system and everything on it.
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ATI radeon card on mega 180

Is anyone using a radeon card with the mega 180 ?
Which model would fit ?
I was thinking about the sapphire 9600 xt ultimate edition
since it has passive cooling, but the cooler seems a bit big at the back of the card ?
AND does the ati TV out work better than the nvidia tv out ?
Is it possible to finetune the height /width of the picture ?
Please post any model of ATI that will fit.
I'm tired of this piece of nvidia onboard card.
Dst

I don't have a 180, I have an 865 that has an ATI Radeon card. Works great with my Mega 865, but it's one huge beast.
It took up the AGP slot, and both PCIs. I don't suggest getting this card unless you are willing to make some modifications to it straight out of the box.
HIS ATI Radeon Excalibur 9800 Pro IceQ

Will Apple be updating the Mac Pro with updated graphic cards such as the Nvidia GTX 680?

Hey Apple! And a big Hello to the Apple community!
I'm looking to buy my first Mac Pro and i'm very excited about it!
I haven't bought it yet because i'm waiting for Apple to upgrade their current graphics cards that are available in the current line up.
The ATI Radeon HD 5770 or the ATI Radeon HD 5870. Altough they are very good graphic cards, I feel that they are very outdated.
Would there be any chance of Apple upgrading their current line up to Nvidia GTX 680?
Thanks again in advance!

Hope springs eternal:
GTX5xx GPUs
GTX580 3GB running in 10.7.3.
Card shows EFI boot screens on either DVI port.
Also have GTX560 going. Will announce GTX570 separately.
Requires external PSU, but this GTX580 kicks AMD/ATI 5870 to curb, leaves for dead, and never looks back.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1360927

What do i need to connect my mac book pro to the tv with the thunderbolt on the mac to hdmi? I have the newest macbook pro. I'm wanting to have the best picture I can get from my 1080p tv. thanks

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Thanks Community! I solved the problem. In fact it was not a problem but lack of understanding. These guys at Apple are way ahead in thir thinking. I will try to explain as short as I can.
In Lion, ihe Prefferences/Display show only two choices: 6-7 steps of resolution and some color tab. No two screens, no two display to overlap, nothing for us to do. "That was the problem"! Everything is automatic.
When I connected the HDMI cable to the Miniport into a T-bolt slot, the TV screen showed the "spiral galaxy" how Zyriab is calling it. In fact he gave me the best clue. That shows the connection is good. But where is the Mac Book image?
You have to drag it to the right out of the Mac Book display area, and "voila!" it will continue on the TV screen. The same with the mouse pointer, push it out ofthe Mac Book display area and you see it on the TV sreen. Good image, you can keep the max resolution, etc. The sound is still on the Book's speakers. I have to figure that out.
Thank everybody, especialy Zyriab, ne was the closest.
High regards to everybody

ATI Radeon Card with 2 DVI LCD Display

At last, I made a big step forward by purchasing the new MP. I already have a 23" Apple Display and intend to buy another DVI display (non Apple). How do I connect both LCD screen to the ATI Radeon card? Do I need to purchase any adaptor?

Hi SamsonSimon;
Here are the specs on the ATI Radeon card;
ATI Radeon HD 4870 includes two video ports: one Mini DisplayPort and one dual-link DVI port. This allows you to connect both the 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Display or another Mini DisplayPort-based display, and a DVI-based display such as the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display. Display adapters are available to connect VGA displays.
Since it says it has two ports, one Mini DisplayPort and one dual-link DVI port, it would seem you are going to need an adapter for the second LCD screen.
Allan

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It's ok to do this even though you are already running v10.6.8 (according to your profile).
Restart your Mac after the combo in installed, try the App Store.
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New mac pro with ATI video card & 2x 24" displays??

is it possible to connect two 24" apple displays to the new mac pro using the ATI video card?

2 nVidia cards doesn't buy you any performance increases. They don't talk to each other to improve performance in Mac OSX. Multiple cards is mostly for supporting multiple displays. How many displays do you have?
Apple has some initial performance benchmarks:
http://www.apple.com/macpro/features/graphics.html
Scroll down to see the graphs. The HD4870 destroys the GT120
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Satellite Pro M50: ATI Radeon Mobility 200 - Blue Screen error

Hi,
My girlfriend has a Satellite Pro M50, she bought it around 3 weeks ago, recently it has begun freezing while in general use (playing music, browsing web over wifi etc) and then it blue screens. The blue screen only stays on for a fraction of a second before disappearing and restarting the machine.
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any ideas anyone (machine specs below)?
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cheers
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K7N420 Pro AGP ATI Radeon 7200

Hi,
This may sound like a stupid question to many - forgive me my ignorance.
I have a K7N420 Pro and I was thinking of fitting my ATI Radeon 7200 (64MB SDRAM). This is a "3 Golden fingered" AGP card 3.3V and 1.5V 2x/4x compatible.
I noticed my motherboard's manual says that only 1.5V AGP cards can be used.
All I really need to know is, can I fit this card to my MoBo without damaging it - Electrically (I know it fits physically).
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Hello Again
Actually I did use the onboard video - and found that text on screen (WinXP) was barely readable - my Radeon however has no such handicap.
Thanx for posts so far
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I'm thinking of buying the macbook pro with the 256 ATI graphics card, but I'm concerned that this card may not be enough to last me for the next 5 years. I'm not a big gamer, but I do occationally play Half-Life 2 and Diabo 2, and I'll be getting Diablo 3 when it is released. I also develop moble apps as a hobbie and plan on using this computer for other software development (but nothing graphically intensive). Would this card fit that profile, or should I throw down the extra cash and get the ATI 6750 with the additional RAM.

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MDD G4 1.25GHz 9600 Pro 256Mb ATI Radeon Card is this the best?

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