Radeon 9600 For Mac

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RADEON® 9600 technology is available in four product configurations built by ATI: RADEON® 9600 XT, RADEON® 9600 PRO, RADEON® 9600 and RADEON® 9600 SE. For more details on differentiating features of the four products, please see the comparison chart for these products. ATI Radeon 9600 Pro (AGP 8x, 256MB) overview and full product specs on CNET. All the best products. Award Winners Versus. PC & Mac Edition.

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A few days ago after many months of saving money and anticipation, I ordered a new dual 2.3 Ghz Powermac from the Apple Store with a 23' apple display. I'm VERY excited and can't wait till it comes!!!
However, as one of my options, I chose the ATI Radeon 9650 graphix card figuring that 256MB is better than 128 for gaming etc. Since then I have seen comparisons that show the 9650 to be less than stellar, and it has caused me great concern about how my new machine will perform (yeah I know, counting my chickens before they hatch...)
I get the impression that Apple offers this card as a cheaper way to give 30' display support to their computers. 30' display support isn't a factor for me, as I have no desire (or money) for a 30'. Did I waste my money on an 'upgrade' that I don't need, or will this card outperform the Radeon 9600?
FYI: I plan on playing Doom 3, Halo, UT2004, X-plane and doing some light photo/video stuff with Photoshop and Lightwave as my most graphic-intensive apps.

The Radeon 9800 Pro is an AGP 8x card compatible with AGP 2x and 4xslots. It was a build-to-order for the 2003Power Mac G5, 2004 Power Mac G5, and2005 Power Mac G5. Apple's version of thecard included 256 MB of RAM.

Flashed AGP 8x video cards are not compatible with theMystic/Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio, Cube, Quicksilver, and MirrorDrive Door Power Mac G4 without modification. As explained by The Mac Elite, Appleuses pins 3 and 11 on the back of the card to power ADC monitors. Thesepins must be disabled or your Mac will not boot with the cardinstalled. Full details and instructions are on the Mac Elitewebsite.

This video card requires more power than the AGP slot provides, soyou will need to tap power from your Power Mac's power supply, whichmay require a power splitter.

ATI's version of the card shipped with 128 MB of RAM, 256 MB in theSpecial Edition.

Benchmarks published by Bare Feats show theRadeon 9800 has about twice the frame rate of the Radeon 9600.

Details

Radeon 9600 For Mac Os

GPU speed: 380/400 MHz
Video memory: 128/256 MB
Memory speed: 680 MHz
Memory bus: 256 bits
Resolutions: 640 x 480 to 2048 x 1536
Ports: DVI-I and ADC on Apple version; DVI-I, VGA, and S-video onATI version
Dual monitor support: yes
Cooling fan: yes
Minimum OS: Mac OS X 10.2.5
Compatible with: Sawtooth, Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio, Quicksilver, Quicksilver 2002, Mirrored Drive Doors, FireWire 800, Power Mac G5 models with AGP(excludes Power Mac G5 Dual and G5 Quad, which use PCIe)

Online Resources

ATIRadeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition, ATI
ATI Radeon 9800Pro, Inside Mac Games, 2003.09.18
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, MacUser UK, 2004.02
PC CardConversion to Mac: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Thomas Perrier. How toflash the PC version for use in a Mac.

Radeon 9600 For Mac Windows 10

Benchmarks

ATI Radeon 9800Pro: Killer Graphics for the Rest of Us?, Bare Feats, 2003.07.17.AGP Radeon 9700 and 9800 in Mac and PC vs. Radeon 9000 and GeForce 4Titanium in Mac. 'The first thing I noticed is that the Radeon 9800Pro Mac Edition (or 'ME') is no faster than the 9700 ME.'
The ATI Radeon9800 Pro Special 256MB Mac Edition versus Other Radeon GraphicsCards, Bare Feats, 2004.06.09. Various versions of 9800 vs. Radeon9600 and GeForce 5200.
Shootout: FiveGraphics Cards on One G5/2.7, Bare Feats, 2005.05.05. The Radeon9800 SE benchmarks quite a bit better than the 9600 XT, but well behindthe Radeon X800 XT and GeForce 6800 UL.
Question: Can YouUpgrade a G4 Power Mac To Go as Fast as a G5 Power Mac?, Bare Feats,2005.09.22. Short answer: No, and with dual 800 MHz G4 CPUs, there'slittle difference between the Radeon 9600 and 9800. But put in dual2.0 GHz CPUs, and the 9800 easily runs ahead of the 9600.