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Please have paitence with a newbie! i am new to macs, and not even a strong computer user to begin with. i am having difficulty understanding the graphics arrangement between macs and protools. from what i can gather, it is neccessary (or at least recommended?) to have an AGP system as opposed to PCI. now i want to purchase a newer mac and i am finding for example listings such as an ATI Radeon 9000 pro. how do i know if this is AGP or PCI? thanks for your input!
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Tue 31 Jan 2006, 20:04
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My old grey Masc G4-400MHz at work ( I dont use it much ) it must be some seven years old or so is one of the first
AGP-equipped macs. (Advanced Graphics Port???) If your Mac is newer than that it has at least an AGP-port for the graphics. Newer Mac G5:s the one I bought just before x-mas - have PCI-X or PCI Express graphics slots. ( my G5 have the GeForce 6600 PCI Express card) ( PCI-X and PCI Express (PCIe) is not the same standard - confusing I know ) At this link you can find specs on just about any macintosh model you care to name: http://www.lowendmac.com/profiles.htm Here you can find specs for the ATI 9800 Pro: http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9800/rad...e/features.html It's an AGP 4x card btw. Should work just fine with protools Cheers: Dixiechicken -------------------- ==================
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Save if you're a mad gamer or you really want high end performance (where the card can help) on the user interface of the mac, there's no need to run after the latest ATI or Nvidia.
Also look closely if it'll work with both your mac port (which you asked) and the OS you'll run onto it. -------------------- Our Classifeds • Nos petites annonces • Terms Of Service / Conditions d'Utilisation • Forum Rules / Règles des Forums • MacMusic.Org & SETI@Home
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