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post #41 of 43
4/8/05 at 3:12am
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Originally Posted by freestyle
I'm running Motion on a G5 Dual 2.0 with 2.5gb of RAM. The video card is a 9600 though... Doesn't the 9800 limit PCI slot availability?

Also... i didn't know about the X800... I just got another G5 yesterday (Dual 2.5ghz) with the 9600 XT... If the X800 leaves me the same amount of slots, I'd pick that up for sure!

How's it working for you? I think the X800 will be a two slotter.
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post #42 of 43
4/8/05 at 11:59am
It works alright, I wouldn't call it "real-time" though. I have had problems with random crashes and unexpected quits by Motion, but I think I may have had my RAM configured wrong (in the wrong slots... not center out). So far, so god.

On the X800... I found this press release:

ATI’s RADEON® X800 XT Single Slot Graphics Solution for the Mac Powers Apple 30-inch Display

I wonder if the card might be so big that it blocks the other slots...

EDIT: After a little research, it looks like it only does take up one slot and I've read a lot of positive review by owners (1 2). The only draw back is that it cannot run a DUAL 30" Cinema Display setup (which I don't need) and a few have reported a hissing sound when the fan kicks past 50% (other say it is quiet though).

I think I'll pick one up. (here's a pic: ATI Radeon X800 XT)
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post #43 of 43
4/10/05 at 1:15am
I don't know if the radeons can do SLI, but if you got two of the nVidia 6800s you can link them together and improve performance even more.
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