Radeon 9650 windows compatible?
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From: jon.sunflower on 20 Sep 2006 15:33 I've got a spare Radeon 9650 which I pulled out of a Mac G5. I was hoping to use it in the 8x AGP slot of a Wintel machine I've just bought, in order to be able to connect it up to my Apple 30" cinema display via a KVM switch. However I called ATI and they said it won't work as it's a mac product, but it's listed on their XP driver download page so I'm tempted to try it... http://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=22492 Anyone know if I'm going to blow up PC or graphics card by trying this combo? Anyone heard of such a card working in a Windows machine? TIA - Jon
From: First of One on 20 Sep 2006 19:19 Two possible scenarios: 1) It works fine using the Windows drivers. 2) It doesn't display a picture, due to the Mac Edition card's different BIOS. In any case, you won't damage the card or your motherboard by trying. If (2) occurs, you may be able find a hacked BIOS to run the card on the PC. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." <jon.sunflower(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1158780785.048097.54720(a)m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... > I've got a spare Radeon 9650 which I pulled out of a Mac G5. > > I was hoping to use it in the 8x AGP slot of a Wintel machine I've just > bought, in order to be able to connect it up to my Apple 30" cinema > display via a KVM switch. However I called ATI and they said it won't > work as it's a mac product, but it's listed on their XP driver download > page so I'm tempted to try it... > > http://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=22492 > > Anyone know if I'm going to blow up PC or graphics card by trying this > combo? Anyone heard of such a card working in a Windows machine? > > TIA - Jon >
From: jon.sunflower on 21 Sep 2006 03:41 Thanks for the advice - will try it this morning. J First of One wrote: > Two possible scenarios: > > 1) It works fine using the Windows drivers. > 2) It doesn't display a picture, due to the Mac Edition card's different > BIOS. > > In any case, you won't damage the card or your motherboard by trying. > > If (2) occurs, you may be able find a hacked BIOS to run the card on the PC. >
From: Clas Mehus on 21 Sep 2006 07:32 On 20 Sep 2006 12:33:05 -0700, jon.sunflower(a)gmail.com wrote: >I've got a spare Radeon 9650 which I pulled out of a Mac G5. > >I was hoping to use it in the 8x AGP slot of a Wintel machine I've just >bought, in order to be able to connect it up to my Apple 30" cinema >display via a KVM switch. However I called ATI and they said it won't >work as it's a mac product, but it's listed on their XP driver download >page so I'm tempted to try it... > >http://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=22492 > >Anyone know if I'm going to blow up PC or graphics card by trying this >combo? Anyone heard of such a card working in a Windows machine? I belive the only difference is the firmware on the board. It could be that you could use a firmware a 9650 from a PC. The 9650 ain't that common. Havn't checked, but I think it's preatty much a Radeon 9600 with dual DVI and support for Dual Link DVI, which it need to have since it's delivered for the Apple 30". -- Clas Mehus - "Den som har flest prylar n?r han d?r vinner..."
From: First of One on 21 Sep 2006 18:24
In that case, flashing the card with a PC 9600 BIOS may disable one or both DVI ports... which is why it's always advisable to have a spare PCI video card handy when flashing. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Clas Mehus" <clas.mehus(a)idg.no> wrote in message news:3st4h2dq4npsci7ati4f46bnsshdrpthtc(a)4ax.com... > I belive the only difference is the firmware on the board. It could be > that you could use a firmware a 9650 from a PC. The 9650 ain't that > common. Havn't checked, but I think it's preatty much a Radeon 9600 > with dual DVI and support for Dual Link DVI, which it need to have > since it's delivered for the Apple 30". |