Upgrade SNAFU - MDD/ATI 9800 Pro/Flat Panel Display

I've been adding to my MDD and been caught overlooking the fact that my Apple ADC monitor doesn't connect to my ATI 9800 Pro. ADC, DVI, VGA .... whats next
Anyway, is there a connector or adapter I can get to 'bridge' this last hurdle?
Sometimes with Google you need to know exactly what you are looking for in order to get the right results. My results didn't produce what I was looking for.
Thank you

buz wrote:
I've been adding to my MDD and been caught overlooking the fact that my Apple ADC monitor doesn't connect to my ATI 9800 Pro. ADC, DVI, VGA .... whats next
Anyway, is there a connector or adapter I can get to 'bridge' this last hurdle?
Go to the Apple Store, look under "Displays". Then look for the "Apple DVI to ADC Display Adapter". Costs $99. But that's what will do it with LCD ADC displays. Dr. Bott used to make (and may still make) the DViator which accomplishes the same thing. Both have big bricks which supply the juice to your ADC monitor -- in fact the DVIator uses the PSU for a Cube.
I mention LCD monitor with ADC because both don't work the ADC CRT monitor. I know you have flat panel in the subject of your post; I mention that for other who might come across this thread.

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MDD / ATI 9800 Pro - LCD TV connection

I'm thinking. I would like to connect the MDD (with 9800 Pro) to a LCD TV. The 9800 has an available 15Pin out (VGA?) and the TV has a VGA in.
Looking for thoughts on this. Thinking the MDD would be my video library and serve up our collection. Beyond a couple cables VGA to VGA and audio to audio are there any other things I should be considering.
Is there software that enhances this sort of 'Home Theater' type of idea?
Special cables?
Other things I should be aware of? (Picture quality issues, sound issues, .....)
Any thoughts on the concept appreciated.
Edit; Might add the TV also has HDMI and Component connection ports.
Message was edited by: buz

Hi-
Any suggestions for where to get the cabling - Radio Shack? eBay? other online source?
I bought both online, and at a Japanese equivalent of a Radio Shack. Whatever is easier for you, and most economical. I do, however, suggest high quality cabling.
Should the 9800 Pro give me decent resolution?
Yes. The 9800 will support many resolutions. You will want to use the ATI Displays Control panel, so that you can de-interlace the picture for full use of the screen. Play with the settings, and you will understand.
How do you come up with the '1080p'?
That's based on what the TV (and the graphics card) supports.
The display and TV both list in 1024x768 type figures? The TV literature suggests a resolution setting of 1366x768 at 60 Hz
Sounds like the TV is a 720p. Check the chart half way down this page for better explanations of what the resolutions, and the abbreviated "720p", "1080p" etc. refer to.
It is best to go with what the manufacturer suggests, though other resolutions are possible.
I don't think there will be any problems with the 9800 providing the needed resolutions.
The TV literature suggests a resolution setting of 1366x768 at 60 Hz.
This would most likely be the optimal digital resolution for full 720p HD TV.
Thanks again Japamac and Happy New Year!
You're very welcome, and Happy New Year to you!

HT / Displays / Resolution / ATI 9800 Pro for dummies

Hello,
Over the years I've never fully understood resolution other than higher equals more real estate and detail.
Last night I installed 10.5.6 (zeroed the drive first) and customized it with no languages and no printer drivers (saving HD space). I loaded a few movies, photos and music in their respective locations. ATM I've hooked up my MDD (with 9800 Pro video card) to my LCD 32" TV (DVI to HDMI). It appears the TV's best resolution is 720p. But ...... The manual says:
Resolution: 1366 x 768;
Display Compatibility: HDTV (720p)
Signal Compatibility: 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i
When I look at my ATI Displays Preference pane it says 1024 x 768. Also, 'Detect Displays' at first didn't work, and then it did - 'Display Detected' now.
The desktop on the TV screen has narrow (ish) black bars on the sides and the top and bottom are off the screen - i.e. the Menu Bar doesn't show and the dock is partially buried.
I've been through the preferences as best I can and see no options to 'adjust' the desktop to 'fit' better. Perhaps this is the 'way it is' and maybe there's something I haven't figured out yet?????
Any help / clarification / much appreciated.

Hmmmmm!!!
Seems I checked the wrong box in my effort to solve this. On my MBP atm, so have to recall from memory, but there's a check box in the ATI Displays for 'Movie Mode' and moments after selecting that the TV went to blue screen and no signal. Tried combinations of rebooting TV and cp, all it does now is on start up I get the gray screen, the blue screen, the desktop sized blue screen, then the desktop for about 2 seconds and it reverts to blue screen and no signal.
From the MBP I fired up screen sharing and mounted the MDD desktop, opened ATI Displays and the 'Movie Mode' check box was no longer selected, I toggled it on and back off to ensure it was off. Fired the CP and TV back up and same - no signal.
I swapped the HDMI out for the monitor dvi and the monitor came up fine. Opened ATI displays again, and found a different set of options and tabs - must be based on the connected display type. Found a selection to 'downsize' the desktop to 87%, which from what it said, was the answer to having the desktop display properly on TVs, specifically so the menu bar and dock showed properly. Why that was there when connected to the monitor doesn't make sense since it's an option aimed at desktop display on TV.
Back to hdmi tv and no change - still no signal. Back to monitor and looks like the card is fried.
ROTFLMAO!!!!! %#@&

Confused over ATI 9800 Pro

I know this is somewhat off topic for this forum but I didn't know where else to post this question. I want to upgrade my woefully inadequate FX5200 to an ATI 9800 Pro but need dual monitor support (non gaming). I know the 9800 Pro has both a VGA connector and DVI connector but their HydroVision software is required to make a dual monitor setup work correctly. ATI's web site for Hydravision support(http://ati.com/companyinfo/glossary/hydravision/products.html) does not show support for any 9000 series ATI card. Does anyone here know if Hydravision is supported for this card?

If memory serves, the two cards are identical in hardware, the only difference being the bios. Thus, you can turn a pro into an XT with relative ease. Let me note that I have not done this, so I don't speak from specific experience.
That said, you might want to hold out for the new nvidia card if you'll be able to afford it. The reviews of the Geforce 6800 ultra show it to be close to 100% faster than current high end chips. You're reading that right--it's close to twice as fast as anything on the market right now. After seeing those numbers, I had to spend an hour crawling around on the ground trying to find my eyes.

ATI 9800 pro RMA'D got MSI 9800pro

My ATI Radeon 9800 Pro died about 4 months after I got it, so I RMA'D to ATI and they sent me back what I thought was an ATI 9800 pro, but after using live update to check for mobo updates, found out it was a MSI 9800 pro. Normally, I wouldn't care, but I noticed that I had a problem with my games lagging, momentary freezes and overall poorer performance than my original card. I have tried the latest drivers from ATI and went back to before the control panel(hate it) I think it's version 8. I tried calling ATI and they sd RMA dept would call me back..that was 2 days ago..will call again tomorrow. In the meantime...any ideas??

Well partly
MSI is now selling ATI cards. there was only one ATI card in MSI's lineup until about 3 months ago.
They were manufacturing the 9800 pro (green card) for Medion PC in the UK and then started selling them in the retail market. Now that card is actually being phased out of production I believe. You now see the red 9800 with the ATI reference cooler. They are one and the same. MSI just rebrands them and sells them with thier own packaging and label. ATI has a strict QC policy so it's a standard BIOS. I'm assuming since MSI has to keep the Live Update utility current, it's going to recognize that card.
I could be really off base and the RMA department in Canada is working with MSI in RMA's and some chap had too many beers for lunch and got them messed up.
Sometimes the manufacturer will modify the BIOS for reasons like different RAM packages but I don't think MSI is making those cards atm.
I take it this is a Red PCB?

Can I add a ATI 9800 PRO AGP card?

Hello,
I am seriously looking at this cool MEGA PC as HT add-on. I am thinking of adding a ATI 9800 PRO card. Can I do it? :O

I don't know if it will fit, but let me say this about those Flex-ATX 200W PSU's. Don't count the smaller PSU's out. And don't think that a higher number is better. Because when it comes down to it, it's about quality not quantity.
I have a Shuttle SB51G with the ACHME 200W PSU. Just 200 little watts, but yet it runs 100% stable with the following:
P4 3.06G @ 145FSB (3.35G)and polished/lapped heatpipe
Kingston HyperX DDR434 (2x256) @ 2-2-3-5-8 1T
Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB @ 441/371 and Iceberq4 Cooler
Pioneer DVR-105 (1.33b unlocked)
WD1200JB 120GB 8MB Buffer Drive
Atek Pro III flash reader
2 60mm fans (from Coolermaster Dual P4 Xeon coolers)
EL Glowing faceplate
ANTEC Tri-Led fan for heatpipe
Round cold cathode from a cold cathode 80mm fan.
Scores:
Sandra MAX3! CPU: 10290
Sandra MAX3! MEM: 2801
HDTach 2.61: 55MB max, 47MB avg, 31MB min
3dMark2001SE: 17990
3DMark03: 5660

ATI 9800 Pro Mac SE - Screen Artifacts and Anomalies

Hello All,
I was lucky enough to be given a new video card this Christmas (ATI 9800 Pro Mac Special Edition). Unfortunatly I am having some serious issues.
When I frst installed the card in my G5 all seemed well, both my displays appeared to be working properly and I did not notice any problems. The next day I decided to update the ROM on the card to the latest offered by ATI; after doing this I began to notice some horrible screen artifacts and tearing.
Examples:
http://static.flickr.com/39/77612780675feadba0o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/42/7761277964b07c6811o.jpg
As you can tell from the screenshots above this is not normal.
Here are some details of my Powermac:
Dual 2.0G5 w/ 3.5 GB of RAM
Running 10.4.3
Displays:
23" Apple (plastic) Cinema Display connected via ADC
17" Sony connected via DVI
And the ATI card:
Chipset Model: ATY,R350
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4e48
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-A14402-126
I have attempted to downgrade the firmware on the card to the previous ROM offered by ATI; no luck.
I have taken the normal troubleshooting procedures:
- Repair permissions
- Clean caches
- Repair Disk
- Reseat video card
- Install a fresh copy of Tiger on a seperate drive
- Install different versions of ATI's software (currently using the most up to date)
- Remove ATI's software
- Boot into safemode
- Run one display at a time (first ADC then DVI)
It seems ATI support is out till 12/30; does anyone have any advice?
Thanks for all your help....
-Chris
Dual 2.0 G5 w/3.5GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Hey, Chris...
Chipset Model: ATY,R350
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4e48
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-A14402-126
I purchased this card on ebay as a new, unused Apple factory unit, which doesn't require the molex power drop from the superdrive. I've got a 20" aluminum cinema display and a 17" clear CRT studio display connected. My main problem is that I get random app freezing (mostly Safari, sometimes Preview, and occasionally Mail). I can browse with Firefox all day and not have a problem. Console shows nothing unusual, either.
Symptoms: cursor present and movable, but unable to click on anything, Dock icons don't display their names upon rollover, perpetual beachball in frontmost app, high-pitched screech coming from machine somewhere (unless 'Napping' is turned off in CHUD processor pref pane, then normal).
Until this evening, I was under the impression that these were freezes that required a hard restart - I had waited several hours for the symptoms to clear to no avail. Tonight I decided to try something: I pressed the power button on the 20" display, and then pressed the 'S' key to sleep the system (even though I got no feedback on screen). I waited a few seconds and then left the room for a minute or two, and when I came back, the machine was sleeping. I woke it up and found horrible corruption, which corrected itself after another sleep cycle.
I was actually preparing for an archive & install to see if maybe different drivers would be installed that alleviate the issue, but wasn't too hopeful.
Bizarre...
Now I'm not sure what to do. I haven't been able to use Safari for several weeks due to this. I had thought that since it only seems to happen with Apple apps, that maybe it was a core OS thing that 3rd party apps weren't affected by.
Dual 2 GHz G5 (Late 2003) Mac OS X (10.4.6) 1.5 GB RAM, 9800 Pro SE 256MB (OE replacement for original 9600 Pro 64MB)

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Running OSX 10.6.3
All of a sudden, yesterday, the picture became too big for the screen. Bottom, top, and sides of display are all off screen. Moving cursor to edge moves the picture so that you can get to edge of picture. Display enlarges after login. I have had windows hide the top menu bar so that the menu bar can not be accessed. I have had windows get so large that the red, yellow, and green buttons could not be accessed as well as the resize location at bottom right. Had to shutdown by holding down the on button on the computer. The resolution of the monitor is now lower. I am using 1680 x 1050 resolution, but changing to lower resolutions does not solve problem.
Is it a software problem, or is the monitor going bad? What can I do?

That fixed it! I had forgotten all about that feature. I must have done it accidentally with the mouse. Thank you very much!

Mac Mini to G4 iMac Flat Panel display ???

Just scanned some pages back in this forum and couldn't see this as a topic-so I'll ask.
I was wondering, if I had a 17" Flat Panel imac (even the 800Ghz version, or the 1Ghz or the !.25Ghz - or event the 20" [yummmmy] ) could I drive the mac mini via the iMacG4's highly versatile flat panel display ???
[ideally I'd love to be able to re-engineer the Flat Panel's guts with smaller but faster CPU etc - and as machine innards get smaller maybe this will be possible - because the screen tilt and swivel is so versatile; eh!)]
gregg

Hmm - why did myinnermostthoughts sudenly become a hyperlink - or is it a hyperjump into the final frontier of cyber-computing???
Anyway, but I had hoped to just plug a keyboard into 2005 'Twiggy" , use a VGA adaptor/er between the two machines, and use the 1.42 Ghz speed of the 'Twiggy' to display stuff (CS2 etc) on the Flat Panel's display (oxymoronic word usage here - I suppose). The Flat Panels do have an vga port - so why cant the cable go from the mac mini to the VGA port of the iMac ??? Are you saying ti's almost impossible - or are you refering to re-engineering???
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Is it possible to use old Apple Flat Panel Display (62 watt power adapter) with MacBookPro 13" Mid-2012 running 10.8.4? Tried mini display to VGA cable

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quax88 wrote:
11.09.12 22:16:06,148 ClamXavSentry[286]: scan email files
11.09.12 22:16:06,148 ClamXavSentry[286]: I will quarantine infected files
This doesn't have anything to do with your problem, but it will likely cause other issues with your e-mail.
Here's my standard recommendation concerting the use of A-V software to deal with potentially infected messages:
Never use ClamXav (or any other A-V software) to move (quarantine) or delete e-mail. It will corrupt the mailbox index which could cause loss of other e-mail and other issues with functions such as searching. It may also leave the original e-mail on your ISP's e-mail server and will be re-downloaded to your hard drive the next time you check for new mail.
So, if you choose to "Scan e-mail content for malware and phishing" in the General Preferences, make sure you do not elect to either Quarantine or Delete infected files.
When possibly infected e-mail files are found:
Right-click/Control-click on either the infection or file name in the ClamXav window.
Select "Reveal In Finder" from the pop-up menu.
When the window opens, double-click on the file to open the message in your e-mail client application.
Read the message and if you agree that it is junk/spam/phishing then use the e-mail client's delete button to delete it (this is especially important when the word "Heuristics" appears in the infection name).
If you disagree and choose to retain the message, return to ClamXav and choose "Exclude From Future Scans" from the pop-up menu.
If this is a g-mail account and those messages continue to show up after you have deleted them in the above manner, you may need to log in to webmail using your browser, go to the "All Mail" folder, find the message(s) and use the delete button there to permanently delete them from the server.
To fix the corrupted mailbox index(es), highlight each one that was corrupted and choose Rebuild from the appropriate menu.

Supported flat panel displays for an ATI Rage 128 Pro/G4 500

I originally was using an Apple 21" CRT display with my G4/500 until the display's picture tube failed. I am now looking to purchase a flat panel w/DVI, using my G4's DVI video port and the Rage 128 Pro card. I have found conflicting information on resolutions supported by the ATI card. I am looking at a Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW 20.1-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD, and the requirements indicate that my system must be able to support WSXGA+ resolution (1680 x 1050). A 24" version of the Dell monitor requires the support of WUXGA resolution (1920x1200). WIll either of these flat panel monitors work with my G4? If not, what specs do I need to look at to determine compatibility? Thanks.
Apple G4 500 Mac OS X (10.3.1) ATI Rage 128 Pro Graphics Card

Hi JBernstein,
Karl,
I greatly appreciate your efforts to resolve my
question.
No worries, Mate!
To address a question you posed earlier, no, my G4
did not come with a ADC port. I have both VGA and
DVI-D ports on my G4/500 (Graphite) with the Rage 128
Pro ADP card, which is 16 mb and 2x.
From that, I would infer that you computer is not ADC enabled.
It was the Genius at
the Apple Store who mentioned the Radeon 9000 card as
a replacement. but he also suggested that the current
20" Apple display would work with my G4 ... we tried
that today, and the OS would not launch and power the
display. SO, we must replace the card, or live with
small displays.
Yes, the ATY 128 Pro generally does not have enough grunt to power the larger displays.
I did find a number of Radeon 9600 Pro Mac Edition
video cards on eBay, but most had a published spec of
4X, and the response to whether it was backwards
compatible with the 2x capability in my G4/500 is
that it will not work. Is that true?
All the information I have (via the ATI website) does not specifically state that the 9600 card will support AGP 2X. Other ATI cards that do support 2X have this specifically stated in the information. Therefore, there is no garauntee that the 9600 card will support 2X. Until I receive information that someone has used this card in an AGP 2X computer with success, I cannot advise trying to use it.
I have not
confirmed the Radeon 8500 as yet, but as you might
imagine, it is frustrating to get conflicting
responses.
The ATI Radeon 8500 will work in your computer (as, partially, will the 9000 - refer to my earlier posting).
Perhaps you might address a different question ... is
there any place within Apple that I can go, even with
paying a fee for services, that would definitively
provide an absolute solution to an upgrade type
question, complete with exact part number AND
guarantee that the information is quite accurate? Why
wouldn't Apple provide some type of infomration on
replacement/upgrade path for older products (geez ---
the G4/500 Graphite isn't even on the legacy products
list yet) so that the customer can invest and upgrade
without going through a challenging process to get
the right information? The information I've turned up
is vague and not geared towards solutions like this.
Apple, for all sorts of reasons (legal and commercial), is loath to provide "official" advice on the use of any third party upgrade hardware on their products. Moreover, discussions on the morality of this is probably against the terms and conditions of this discussion forum.
I'm all ears as to how to move forward with this G4
with a replacement card, if that is possible.
The way I see it, you need either an ATI 8500/9000 if your only desired upgrade is the capacity to run larger displays, or an ATI 9800 is you wish to do gaming, graphics and be able to make full use of all the new Tiger graphics facilities.
Cheers!
Karl

Problems after Leopard upgrade with ATI 9800 Pro 256MB

I don't know if this is related.. but I've been battling multiple problems ever since I upgraded my G5 to Leopard a week ago. Everything was perfect under Tiger.
The problem that only occurred directly after upgrading to Leopard... is that my graphics now get corrupted and garbled. I've got two video cards running two LCD monitors. The card giving me problems is the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (256MB). What happens is.. first all the window shadows and top menu bar start getting checkerboard patterns.. then the whole screen starts getting variants of different colors and checkerboard patterns. After awhile and refreshing the screen a few times... the problem goes away for a bit. Then comes back.
Again, this card and my entire system and drives were working fine under Tiger. Now, I don't know if I have a bad card? Is there something wrong with Leopard on my G5 2Ghz DP? Did my Maxtor 750GB triple interface drive just go bad with the upgrade?
I don't know where else to look, I'm guessing the "geniuses" at the Apple store won't help me since this machine is out of warranty. Any help would be HUGELY appreciated. I've been battling all these problems ever since I started the Leopard upgrade 4 days ago and have not got much sleep.

I've already reset PRAM with the option,command,P,R keys... letting it chime a couple times... and have already done this many times over the last few days. Doesn't seem to help. I don't know how to reset NVRAM via open firmware and the instructions are vague. But, supposedly a PRAM reset is all you have to do.
If it is a heat problem, why would it only have presented itself directly after a Leopard upgrade? It also does it when I boot off the Leopard disk. Actually does it worse. I'd just get a new card if I wasn't suspicious about the Leopard upgrade... not convinced it's a hardware problem yet. Though the card is mounted on the bottom slot above the CPUs. It has a fan on top that appears to be working but it doesn't look like much clearance between the card and the top of the CPUs case.
I could move it up a slot to give it more air... but it still doesn't explain why until last Monday, it worked fine under Tiger.

OC the ATI 9800 Pro

Hello, I would like to try OC my graphic card the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Mb. But I am not too sure how to do it and how much can I get from this OC. I would appreciate anyone with experience in this card to give suggestions.
Thanks
Current benchmarks :
3D mark 01 ~ 17,500
3D mark 03 ~ 5,750
Aquamark 03 ~ 43,200

Just for some numbers to compare to here is what I have found with my 9800 Pro built by Sapphire with stock cooling & no ramsinks:
Highest attempted OC: 405core/360ram = not good, artifacts begin to appear.
405/345: Perfectly stable, I ran this for several days in real applications but then realized that under a certain few types of rendering such as in 3DMARK'03 water of the nature scene & rhino in the pixel shader sequence there were sometimes many flickering white dots. Small dots, but larger than single pixels, randomly flickering all over those 2 specific areas I mentioned. If not for those 2 parts I would never have realized that the clock should be brought down a little bit, as I saw none of these effects in real games such as EVE-online, Lineage 2 etc...
Balanced core & ram out at 396/351: No problems discovered at all yet. Very moderate OC'ing, probably doesn't make much real difference, but I do feel it is better than stock . This is the setting I'm using for the time being. I choose RadLinker for ease of booting with these settings as if they are factory & no need of secondary program running on startup. Also, it adds a few extra options if you install the entire RadLinker rather than just RadClocker. Either install will blend seemlessly into your ATI control panel with one additional tab.
390/345: Most certainly completely safe, though this is so close to factory it might as well be factory 390/690, just evens out the odd factory setting of 378.5/337.5 or whatever it is.
To get these settings I use 765 max with increment of 3.00. Some other OC utilities will let you set unreal increments, that is why you may specify an exact setting, but then when you apply it your numbers are changed slightly. RadLinker/Clocker will only work in increments that the hardware truly supports.
The Radeon 9800 Pro isn't really much of an overclocker in general, though some people may get lucky with one that is a little better. Most reviews I've read have had very similar limitations as the ones I've discovered with my particular card. The other thing is some people may be overclocking beyond the cards means, but perhaps they have not run the right tests or programs to discover the flaws at their chosen settings.
And Then there is always the aftermarket cooling solutions too. With a good aftermarket core cooler & a set of ramsinks one might ideally be able to reach speeds of 420/360 (420/720), I wouldn't count on it though. Personally I'm quite satisfied with the card's stock price/performance ratio, especially having recently come from a P3 450 with GeForce 2 MX 400 video card...

G4 Sawtooth and ATI 9800 Pro

I just acquired an ATI Radeon Pro Mac Edition video card. I have an Apple 15" flat screen monitor. The monitor cable connector won't fit the video card connector. Is there an adapter or is it that this is the wrong card? The Apple monitor connector snaps on and is a bit wider and the video card usines screws to attach and is just a bit shorter.

Hi-
The monitor has an ADC connector? Confirm here.
The 9800 has DVI and VGA, and will require a DVI to ADC adapter to connect the 15" display.

ATI Radeon1900 XT vs ATI Radeon 9800 Pro + 30" Cinema Display

I bought a used G5 2.5 quad (PPC). It has two graphics cards one is an ati radeon x1900. In order to use my cinema display with this card I have to have that cute extra little white power supply box, oh joy! My G5 1.8 single has a Radeon 9800 Pro and the 30" plugs right in without need of xtra power supply. Can I switch the 9800 in the 1.8 single and the x1900 in the 2.5 quad? Isn't the 9800 Pro a better graphics card than the x1900 anyway? I don't mind using the power supply on the 1.8 as I won't use it that much any more anyway and prefer less "stuff" on my main "new" unit. Most of my work involves flash, photoshop and FCP.
Advice on this would be much appreciated. (PS. Leopard really ROCKS, just got it!)

Thanks tons for you help. I hadn't opened the machine up yet to see what the heck, or done any research on the quad in regards to slots, guess I was too excited about SPEED! The card/slot type would definitely pose a problem. Good thing I had a spare power supply around for the monitor! Thanks for the input on the quality of the card. I don't know my p's and q's around monitors and cards so I really didn't know what I was looking for in regards to this.
Thanks Again.

Upgrade SNAFU - MDD/ATI 9800 Pro/Flat Panel Display

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