ATI Radeon 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition
from: ATI Technologies
Product Description:
Maximize your creative potential with ATI's Radeon 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition, the first hybrid 256 MB, ultra-high resolution graphics card for both Power Mac and PC users. A perfect upgrade for design professionals and gamers who demand exceptional graphics performance,it delivers stunning 3D capabilities for both Mac OS X and Windows XP users with AGP-based systems.Powering the market's latest, digital flat panel monitors and dual-link DVI flat panel monitors, the Radeon 9600 Pro offers Power Mac and PC users the output capability and performance needed. With an incredible 256MB of high-speed video memory, 128-bit wide memory bandwidth and superior graphics processing, the Radeon 9600 is the ideal upgrade.System Software Support -Mac OS X 10.3.6 and later / Windows XP (Home or Pro), 2000with Service Pack 1 (or later) (XP required to enable dual independent displays on Windows platform)Manufacturers 3-year limited warranty
Maximize your creative potential with ATI's Radeon 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition, the first hybrid 256 MB, ultra-high resolution graphics card for both Power Mac and PC users. A perfect upgrade for design professionals and gamers who demand exceptional graphics performance,it delivers stunning 3D capabilities for both Mac OS X and Windows XP users with AGP-based systems.Powering the market's latest, digital flat panel monitors and dual-link DVI flat panel monitors, the Radeon 9600 Pro offers Power Mac and PC users the output capability and performance needed. With an incredible 256MB of high-speed video memory, 128-bit wide memory bandwidth and superior graphics processing, the Radeon 9600 is the ideal upgrade.System Software Support -Mac OS X 10.3.6 and later / Windows XP (Home or Pro), 2000with Service Pack 1 (or later) (XP required to enable dual independent displays on Windows platform)Manufacturers 3-year limited warranty
Features:
- 3D Graphics Features - 4 parallel pipelines process up to 1.6 billion pixels/second fill rate / 2 parallel geometry engines process up to 200 million vertices/second / 8.6 GB/Sec memory bandwidth / High precision 10-bit per channel frame buffer
- SmartShader 2.0 - Full support for OpenGL 2.0 programmable pixel and vertex shaders in hardware / 2.0 Pixel Shaders support up to 16 textures per pass / 2.0 Vertex Shaders support vertex programs up to 1024 instructions / New 128-bit/pixel floating point color formats / Shadow volume rendering acceleration
- SmoothVision 2.1 - Full-scene anti-aliasing / Processes up to 15.6 billion anti-aliased samples/second / Advanced anisotropic filtering / Supports up to 16 bilinear samples or trilinear samples per pixel
- Video Features - DVD and QuickTime Acceleration / Integrated MPEG-2 decode / Top quality DVD and DTV/HDTV decode / Drive any combination of 2 Digital or analog displays with independent resolutions and refresh rates / Dual integrated 10-bit/channel palette DACs operating at up to 400MHz / VersaVision provides display rotation and scaling
- System Requirements - Power Mac G4, G5 from Apple or PC / AGP graphics slot (Compatible with AGP 8X and 4X systems) / 300-Watt power supply or greater recommended
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- ATI Radeon 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition
Works great on my PowerMac G5 1.8Ghz. This is a recommended product to those who are looking for a budget upgrade.
Rating: - Good Video Card
I have an older Mac G5 and had to replace the existing video card. The 9600 works well - Easy to install, less noise (my last card had a fan), and this card also has 2 DVI outputs which is a bonus.
Rating: - Awesome Video Card!
This is a pretty awesome card. While AGP is sort of a dying card type, this card certainly was a boost from my original video card on my 4+ year old Power Mac G5. So for people like me looking to get a video card that could handle Final Cut Studio 2 better (especially the Color application) this is the card you want. It's a little pricey for only 256mb but worth it. I also recommend you actually load the drivers, as it was a little buggy when I attempted to just plug and play. Otherwise, again, great ... Read More
Rating: - DOES ALL THEY SAY AND THEN SOME !
5 STAR--SO EASY TO INSTALL AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY-IT HAS MET ALL OF MY EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEY SAID IT WOULD DO. I WAS LEARY OF IT AND WHAT THE OPERATIONAL RESULTS WOULD BE BUT IT HAS PERFORMED TOP NOTCH ! WOULD RECOMMEND HIGHLY.
Rating: - Great Upgrade
I use my G5 every day for my graphic design business. As awesome as they may be, I am trying to put off the leap to an Intel-based Mac Pro for a while longer. I have decided to spend a few hundred bucks in upgrading theG5's graphics card, RAM and hard drive.
This is an easy install, both card and software (check the company's web site for the latest, as the CD that shipped had an earlier version) gave me no problems. I think it is an inexpensive way to get another year or two out of a solid ... Read More
- ATI Radeon 9600 PRO PC & Mac EditionWorks great on my PowerMac G5 1.8Ghz. This is a recommended product to those who are looking for a budget upgrade.
- Good Video CardI have an older Mac G5 and had to replace the existing video card. The 9600 works well - Easy to install, less noise (my last card had a fan), and this card also has 2 DVI outputs which is a bonus.
- Awesome Video Card!This is a pretty awesome card. While AGP is sort of a dying card type, this card certainly was a boost from my original video card on my 4+ year old Power Mac G5. So for people like me looking to get a video card that could handle Final Cut Studio 2 better (especially the Color application) this is the card you want. It's a little pricey for only 256mb but worth it. I also recommend you actually load the drivers, as it was a little buggy when I attempted to just plug and play. Otherwise, again, great ... Read More
- DOES ALL THEY SAY AND THEN SOME !5 STAR--SO EASY TO INSTALL AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY-IT HAS MET ALL OF MY EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEY SAID IT WOULD DO. I WAS LEARY OF IT AND WHAT THE OPERATIONAL RESULTS WOULD BE BUT IT HAS PERFORMED TOP NOTCH ! WOULD RECOMMEND HIGHLY.
- Great UpgradeI use my G5 every day for my graphic design business. As awesome as they may be, I am trying to put off the leap to an Intel-based Mac Pro for a while longer. I have decided to spend a few hundred bucks in upgrading theG5's graphics card, RAM and hard drive.
This is an easy install, both card and software (check the company's web site for the latest, as the CD that shipped had an earlier version) gave me no problems. I think it is an inexpensive way to get another year or two out of a solid ... Read More
