What would I gain in terms of defying (deferring) obsolescence by purchasing a top end 15" w/the dedicated graphics card as opposed to the top end 13"? thanks!

I have a circa late 2007 all-black 13" MB with 2.2 GHz Intel core 2 duo, and It still works well
thinking of the 13-inch, 2.6GHz dual vs the 15-inch: 2.3GHz quad core.. and I was hoping to repeat the 2007's longevity
What would I gain in terms of defying (deferring) obsolescence by purchasing a top end 15" w/the dedicated graphics card as opposed to the top end 13"?
thanks! also general pros and cons could help

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My graphic card failed but passes the recall test - surely Apple would replace it? How wrong can you be!

Even though I had read about the product recall on some iMacs, mine had never had an issue, but to be safe, the plan was to take it to an Apple store to have them test and replace it.
A week ago, on occasion, the screen suddenly started going completely gray, everything else seemed to be working fine, and any apps running would continue to do so. Without being able to see the screen, the only options was to power it down, run any diagnostic test and start normally. It passed pro tools tests, with no warnings so I thought it could have been a software issue. After many restarts without anything else plugged in, the iMac appeared to function for maybe a day or so, but gray screen whenever it wanted to.
So I called Apple, they told me to get it into a service centre, and they would do further tests. Whilst on the phone to the engineer, my iMac with the gray screen suddenly refused to power back up. The engineers tell me that the graphic card fails any benchmarking tests with corruption and the same gray screen issue, so it looks promising yes? No. The specific tests that the machine must fail for the recall - passed.
Having spent almost an hour on the phone to a Apple senior advisor today, he tells me that it is not covered by the recall !!
The machine is one of the matching serial numbered machines in the recall, it has suddenly developed a graphic card issue that leaves the machine unusable, it suddenly started having this problem within weeks of the recall being announced - It has the faulty card in it, it has the fault - yet it does not qualify?
Can someone please tell me what I could have done to get this card replaced without the estimated £250 charge to get my machine running again.
I am a die hard Apple enthusiast, I have converted everyone I have been in contact with to purchase from them for their legendary customer services and yet feel perplexed as to what I should do next.
My first reaction is to raise a big fuss about the situation at an Apple store, but I can't blame them too much if my machine does not match the recall criteria - but come on, it can't be a coincident that this card has failed now, can it?
What do I do next. I don't want to take my machine over to proper Apple store and raise a fuss, that would be counter productive. But really Apple
Anyone have a suggestion - would you buy another iMac that could have the same problem and get the same response?
To any Apple engineers out there who can look at a case number my ref number is 500592345, apparently there is a lot of info in there, but nothing that will help me!

Apple engineers do not participate here. The only replies you will normally get are from people who are, like me, just fellow users, and there's nothing any of us can do to intervene in this matter.
If Apple says that your system is not covered by the recall, there's not much you can do. You can try taking your system to an Apple Store and politely - do not "make a fuss"; polite but gently insistent is much more likely to get you useful results - ask for assistance. Or you can call Apple tech support, ask to speak with customer relations, and explain the situation to them and request coverage under the recall program.
If all that fails, though, then you're probably at a dead end and will need to pay for the service if you want it done.
Regards.

HT4664 What is the best graphics card for FCPX?

In the nonstop anti-FCPX propaganda is an article of interest — posted 7/9/12 — comparing the benchmarks of FCPX and PP6.
http://www.streamingmedia.com/Producer/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=83582 &PageNum=1
The system used was a 2 x 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro from early 2009 running MacOS X version 10.7.4 with 12 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 graphics card with 1.5 GB of onboard RAM.
In most cases PP6 outperformed FCPX with this configuration. However, in the comments Ben Balser pointed out that FCP X's A/VFoundation engine wasn't ideal on the NVIDA card:
"Quadro is actually not the best card for FCP X's A/VFoundation engine, but great for CS6's Mercury engine, so the test is amazingly flawed right there. Try both on a 5780 card and watch things drastically change. I've done that test myself. Exporting to Compressor uses a MUCH more sophisticated encoding engine meant for higher level, professional transcoding, not simple outputs, which are faster using Export Media…"
Apple lists this card on its support page: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4664
So,
What is the best graphics card for FCPX?

Ben,
Thanks for chiming in on that article. It would be good to have a benchmark comparison with the two systems each with a preferred card.
I'm hoping to see some other comparisons on this thread. Also, some links to other articles about best practices and configurations.

What's the best graphics card without upgrading PSU?

I know the K430 JU has a wimpy 280 watt power supply. I don't want to go through hassle of replacing the PSU, due to I won't be able to have the front lights or the top speed shifter working.
However, I might be interested in getting a better graphics card. Considering the power supply, what's the best graphics card I could use that wouldn't make the system overheat?

Go here and enter your system details, followed by adding in a graphics card in the range you might like.
If the wattage is too high, keep decreasing the card specs until you get something that falls in the range of 200-240W.
After this, you must check the requirements of the card. Make sure that the +12V rail has enough amperage for your card. My 280W PSU has 18A on +12V.
It would be better if you upgrade the PSU to a good branded one, as it would be more hassle with a new video card that refused to run because of an inadequate power supply.Replacing the PSU is quite straightforward, and will save you a lot of problems in the long run.
The P9 connector is responsible for supplying power to the speedshifter. You could maybe find an adapter, but I'm not sure. By default, turbo is set to AUTO so you shouldn't notice any differences playing in game.

What is the best Graphic Card Option for me?

I have a first generation Quad Core Mac Pro with a Radeon X1900XT with dual DVI Connections for my two older Apple 24" LCD Displays. I want the best card to run Adobe CS5 and support dual DVI for my 2 monitors. I was told maybe the ATI 4870 or 5770. What would be the best card for CS5 and Final Cut Studio?

300 dollars.. 250 for the backplane board(661-5706), and for the single processor tray(661-5707) - your price may vary.. I got mine for 50 dollars.
so, for 300 dollars.. you can make your 2009 mac pro into a 2010.. and yes, you can use the same existing processors.. the good news is that 1333 mhz memory works with the following processors in the new board: W3570, W3580(High end 3.33 2009 mac pro quad which was 1400.00 extra as a configure to order on apple's store from a 2.66 quad-core at 2499.99), and finally the W3680.
I am running still my w3580 with now 8GB of DDR3 1333 mhz memory.. it was 1066, but i got 1333 for a great price..
If you want to know more information about this, please send me a private email.
I can help you if you want..
Please note: if you have the 4870 HD Apple version, and not pc flashed, the sensor reading is too high for the 2010's firmware... you will need the GT120 or the 5770 graphics card.. 5870 is not going to be available for sometime and there is rumor from AMD themselves stating the card might be EOL..

What's the better graphics card?

The Radeon HD 6750M (1GB) from the 2011 macbook pros or the nVidia Geforce GT 650m (1GB) in the current refresh?

Depends what you're going to use it for.
The Nvidia Geforce GT650M will be a faster graphic card.
But the Radeon will have a better video quality.
The way graphic cards are built now however, it's hard to find the difference in video quality since they're all pretty fast.

What's the best graphic card for FCP X and a Mac Pro (early) 2008?

I have a Radeon HD 3870 in my Mac Pro, it seems that I cannot use this configuration with Final Cut Pro X. Then what's the best graphic card for FCP X usable in a Mac Pro (early) 2008?
Thx,
Phil

You can get a 5770 radeon ATI MAC card
Avoid the 5770 cards on ebay and Amazon - many are black market or manipulated cards.
Buy it from Apple online store or B&H photo or Macconection
And in my case, I was able to sell my old 2600 XT card on ebay for $65 and put that money toward a 5770 card (Which was about $230 minus the $65)
I installed the 5770 in my early Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 and it works great

What's the best graphic card i can update my 1.8Ghz G5 to?

Any advice on the best graphic card i could update too (AGP x8 slot i think)? I've had a hard time finding out my available wattage on my power supply (not listed in About This Mac menu). The ATI Radeon X1900 looks good but i can't find any compatability sites for my Mac. I'm thinking around the $200-300 dollar range. I need something to help me get by while i save up for a new mac next year...I need to be able to run all the latest Final Cut & Motion apps. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks.

Best graphic card for your model is the nVidia Geforce 6800 Ultra DDL which is plenty fast for Aperture and Motion and can support two 30" displays.
Second best option is the ATI X800 XT for Power Mac G5 and the 6800 Ultra GT model - both of these can drive only one 30" display.
Forget about the ATI 9600 XT and 9800 XT. I've upgraded from the ATI 9600 to the Geforce 6800 Ultra and I'm glad to have even found one on the market. My scrolling and viewing thru large photos don't lag and I don't have to wait for things to be rendered.
With the price point you are budgeting, I doubt you will find one on the market. I ordered from We Love Macs an ATI X800 two weeks ago and they led me to believe they had one in stock when I spoke to a person. Then when my order went thru I was told they only have it on order and cannot tell me exactly when. In fact I also have on order until now from JR.com another X800 for months already and all they do is just say my order is delayed.
I gave up and bought from eBay instead. The way these cards are even available for our extinct model, I doubt they will produce more.
The cards above are getting rare and unless they find a boatload hiding somewhere all along they will never go down in price. So if you keep holding off like I did, all I saw was prices going up.
eBay has one on sale right now for the Geforce 6800 Ultra DDL for USD400. With only one on sale, I don't think it will last long at that price. When that's gone, you can go the WeLoveMacs route for the same card which they are selling for USD799.95.

I have WRT54GS, but what would I gain from a Draft n Router?

I have a WRT54GS router and I am wondering what would a new Draft N router do for me? Is it worth the upgrade?
Which Draft N model would be an upgrade to the WRT54GS?
How much faster will it be than my existing GS?
Also,
My WRT54GS is very stable, how stable is the new Draft N models?

great_white wrote:
you can go for any of n- routers...the range will be 4 times farther and the speed will be 12 times faster than the normal g standard routers...
I am sure I am not the most knowledgeable person to answer this, and judging from your profile you may be more apt to give a "right" answer than I, but as I stated above if the OP has no current issues with their setup then there would really be no reason to update to an N router.
Who really needs 12 times more speed and 4 times more range if you are never more than 50-60 feet from your router to begin with, not to mention if you still only have a G card in your laptop or PC then you would not get the "benefits" of the N router anyway, am I wrong in this assumption?
I'm not trying to step on anyone's toes I just don't like when someone is told to buy something more than what they will need, unless they are buying something that is going to be outdated in 3 months then maybe they should look to future proof a bit more, in which case maybe an N router would be the best choice, but I personally would just like a little more to come out on the N standard as far as being the final version. Also don't these companies putting out the N routers make the claims that their "draft N" hardware may not even be compatible once a final version is brought to market? Meaning you would have to buy a new N router anyway?
Don't take my post as harsh, it isn't meant that way, just a discussion and some points of interest.

What would I gain by going PRO?

Hi All,
I have an older iMac slot-load 350Mhz G3, which I have QT 7.0.4 installed on. In a previous thread I found out that I could run 7.0 on my machine, just the slow processor could not play back HD vids.
I have also installed "flip4mac" which enables WMV files to be played in QuickTime, sometimes better than using WMV9. Some files I can play back flawlessly, even using the AV control to speed up the movie, but some (those with a high kbit/sec rate) are choppy, dropping many frames, even though the playback rate is a low 30fps or so.
My question is, will buying QT PRO allow me to change the bit rate? The movie in question is a WMV Standard 9, but @ 2135 kbits/sec. In this instance, the WMV9 Application played the vid better than QT did. I'm not even going to attempt to view HD vids on this, but it seems like I could at least view some of the lower quality vids..... any ideas?
Thanks for any help,
Bob

Try NicePlayer, its free, supports full-screen playback (without QuickTime Pro) and playlists.
"NicePlayer
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Uses QuickTime. NicePlayer takes advantage of QuickTime and all of the codecs available to it, but without any of the nag screens. That means that you can play anything QuickTime can, and with our plug-in support even more -- including DVDs.
Easy to Use Interface. With an interface that only appears when you need it, NicePlayer makes it more convenient and easier to play all of your media. Double click on the window to change to full screen. Right click to pause. Use the scroll wheel to change the window size.
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Plugins. QuickTime doesn't support playing the files you want to watch? NicePlayer has an open plugin architecture to support other media playback engines as well. That means that anyone can create a plugin to embed another media playback engine so NicePlayer can be extended past QuickTime (i.e. DVD Playback, VLC)."
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DPS: pinch and zoom function not working on all pages within folio (v30 tools using the pdf setting). What would cause some pages to pinch and zoom fluidly, while other pages appear a bit sticky? Could it be a button on the wrong layer?

What would cause some pages in the same folio to pinch and zoom fluidly, while other pages appear a bit sticky? Could it be a button on the wrong layer that's not allowing the pinch and zoom to work?
I do have a "go to state" button that enlarges graphic to full page on the page. Could this be cancelling the pinch and zoom functionality? Would a box with text wrap ON affect the ability to pich and zoom? What else may be causing this?

What would cause some pages in the same folio to pinch and zoom fluidly, while other pages appear a bit sticky? Could it be a button on the wrong layer that's not allowing the pinch and zoom to work?
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What is the best graphics card compatible with the original Mac Pro?

I have an original Mac Pro with dual 2.0GHz DC Xeons. It currently has a GeForce 7300. I would like to know the best Apple graphics card it can support, and the best "flashed" PC graphics card it can support. I would like to be able to play games, but it doesn't have to be on BEST settings. What are the best GPUs that are compatible with Mac Pro 1,1?
Thanks!!

You may have to work at getting the ATI HD5870 to work with a Rev 1.1 MacPro, but the 5770 should be fine. It's not as good a card as the 5870, but much faster than your original, and also a lot cheaper than the 5870! That said, neither is particularly cheap.
If you're techno savvy, you can have a much bigger choice, and can use a generic PC card and 'flash' it to work with the Mac. If you use Snow Leopard or Lion, you may get it to work straight off, as they have drivers that work on many of the PC cards.

What is the best graphics card that can fit in the hp p7-1003w?

The card that came with my CPU. the ATI Radeon HD 4200 is too weak to run the demanding games such as Arma 2, so I need a good graphics card that would fit and balance my motherboard, so the videocard and the graphics card could keep up with one another.
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CHHeinrich, welcome to the forum.
Before you can upgrade the video, you will have to upgrade the power supply unit (PSU). The existing PSU is only 250W. The newer mid-level video cards require a minimum of 400W to run properly. I normally recommend at least 500W. This will allow for some future upgrades. I like Corsair and OCZ PSU's. Here is a PSU that will work. I suggest measuring the existing PSU and comparing the measurements to the one that you choose.
Now, you can't use integrated video when a dedicated video card is installed. So, you don't have to worry about one keeping up with the other. I like XFX, EVGA, Sapphire and PNY in that order. Here is a video card that should give you a good performance boost. You should stay under 9" in length to assure that the card fits into the space provided. Always read the Customer Reviews on any products that you buy to see what the users have to say about them.
If you decide not to go with my recommendations, these two components will give you a good idea of what you need.
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What is the FASTEST graphic card on AGP dual-proc G5?

I am running a Dual-proc PowerMac 2.3 GHz under OS 10.4.7.
I had a Radeon XT800XT graphics card; I "had" it, since it started after 6 months of usage to freeze my G5. Just isolated the card after a lots of testing as the trouble maker (due to startup problems I thought first the startup disk is defect, but it was not).
Since I need to replace and Aperture performance was not that great with the XT800...:
What is the fastest card I can put in?
Is there a 512MB option?
The card needs also to support the 30" ACD.
Thank You,
Peter
PowerMac G5, 2.3GHz DP; Radeon X800 XT; external G-SATA Mac OS X (10.4.4)

You might try giving your machine more RAM and a RAID
0 pair of 150GB 10,000 RPM Western Digital Raptors as
a working disk.
You'll need to install a Firmtek SATA PCI card
because most of the non-Quad PowerMacs have outdated
SATA interfaces.
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/article
s/firmtek/1eve4/
Big slow +50% filled boot drives serious affect Mac
OS X performance.
Clone your boot drive, visit Carbon Copy Cloner
forums.
Didn't take Apple long to tax a dual processor/core
system with software, got to keep those hardware
sales up you know.
Thank You ds store for your XT800 advice.
This was my concern, yes, the XT800 is still the best I can do.
I have done all of the other upgrades:
- I have 6GB memory
- I have a GSATA 500Mb Raid-0 with the Firmtek card you mention (IO with 130MB/s)
- ...and the XT800.
That means I will have to straight replace the XT800 with another one.
Regarding Aperture performance: Given my already well equipped G5, its really Apple's duty to further improve algorithms in Aperture (or some of the graphics and raw file algorithms in OSX) and not me to throw hardware at it.
If you use adjustments like Highlights/Shadows and zoom into 100% image view in Apoerture, you start seeing the spinning ball.
And I only shoot 8 megapixel files with the Canon-1DII. What if you have 1DS files with 16MP or - god forbid - Aperture would support a professional digital back with 22MP or more...
Regards, Peter
PowerMac G5, 2.3GHz DP; Radeon X800 XT; external G-SATA Mac OS X (10.4.4)

What is the Best Graphics Card for G4 Gigabit Ethernet?

Hi, i use my trusty g4 dual 450 at the moment and i cant help but feel sorry for it.
I think it could do with a bit more ZING
I was looking though some of the graphics card upgrades avalable and i want to make sure i get the best
that i can get for it. I thought the ATI Radeon 9800 pro with 128mb vram was the best i could do but lately
i found better ones that would supposedly work with it.
Can anybody help out a die-hard G4 fan and say whats the best my mac can handle?
Oh yea, I want to see if i can manage to play minecraft well/desently on my mac
and i have my eyes on some 1.6 ghz and 1.8 ghz processors on ebay to help do this, think its a good idea?

I was hoping japamac would reply first, but...
See japamacs page here on the best AGP cards for G4s & G5s...
http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/4B4B7BA2-7ABB-47F1-87AC-B03D379 42BEE.html
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