Help... whats a good video card for PowerMac upgraded to G..

In article <slrnbtrnkn.ba6.agreenbu.RemoveThis@nyx3.nyx.net>,
andrewunix <agreenbu.RemoveThis@nyx.net> wrote:

 > Sun, 14 Dec 2003 04:23:41 GMT, dloyd.RemoveThis@wilddogfurniture.com suggested:
 > : Just wondering what a good choice would be...
 > : Also.. Can a PCI card for a PC work in the PC slot of the Mac?
 >
 > Nope, has to be a Mac-compatible card. They have special firmware.
 > The only PCI card currently on the new market is the ATI Radeon 7000 PCI
 > Mac Edition, which is a good card, but expensive for what it is.

Well, it *is* possible to buy a PC Radeon 7000 (or clone) and flash it
in a PC with the Mac ROM. I have done this with 2 cards - an ATI
Radeon 7000 32 meg DDR, and a PowerColor Radeon 7000 64 meg DDR. Both
work just fine. The ATI card cost me $45, and the PowerColor card cost
me $60. So, I have 2 Mac Radeon 7000 cards for $100 instead of $240!

HOWEVER, this is becoming more difficult to do. It seems that the
EEPROM chips on the PC cards are beginning to be only 64K - which is all
the space that the PC 7000 ROM needs. The Mac ROM needs 128k of space,
and hence will not fit. But there are already-flashed cards being sold
on eBay for $70. Still better than the $120 most places want for the
Mac version. Do a search on "Radeon 7000 PCI" on eBay to find them.

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