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From: SM on 7 Mar 2010 04:36 Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: > > You're using the 4870 with dual screens - are they DVI and is everything > > OK apart from the Aperture 3 glitch above? > > I had to buy the single mini display to DVI adapter for the second > screen. > > Yeah, except for the one panic I mentioned that had its kext in the > path. That's encouraging > > The second is the GTX 285 being not much more expensive but with 1GB. > > Anyone here using a EVGA GeForce GTX 285? > > > > A big plus for the 4870 is people using them seem happy which isn't > > always the case with G5 and Mac Pro cards. > > Yebbut, to be clear, mine is a Pro 1,1 (1st generation 2.66Ghz dual > dual) which Apple still says the 4870 is not intended for. Seems it's a stroke of luck that the 4870 has the 32bit and 64bit EFI so it'll work in 1st gen *and* later Pros. My Pro is a 2nd gen - I think I'll start a thread about the GTX 285 in the hope someone will have one in use. Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: eastender on 7 Mar 2010 08:48 In article <0001HW.C7B8354F013935E7B02919BF(a)news.individual.net>, Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > It's got 5 USB ports! They're rather fiddly though as they're so close together and if you've got an audio splitter plugged into the headphone socket it gets rather crowded... E.
From: Rowland McDonnell on 7 Mar 2010 16:05 Debbie Wilson <djmaizels(a)mac.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > They're a lot less bother if you stick 'em under the desk, and then > > apply carpet off-cuts here&there underneath the desk as a > > sound-deadener. The high-frequency nastiness gets clobbered pretty well > > that way. > > It is already under the desk :-) Ah, but it's the added carpet that clobbers the higher frequency components that make the noise really /really/ annoying rather than just really annoying. I first played the trick on an old external HDD - a cunningly ducted carpet plinth (nothing but carpet and Copydex, with ducts, honest) for air intake and outflow; and internal application of sound deadening foam did wonders. > This is the G4 model that Apple actually issued new fan units for as the > first one sounded exactly like having a vacuum cleaner operating next to > your ear. Yeah, I had one of them. > This has the so-called 'improved' fan installed. The replacement fans had a less intrusive noise, but not much quieter, I always thought - main fan and replacement CPU (with two fans built in), yeah? > I think I > would have to put it inside a carpet-lined cupboard in the next room to > shut it up completely :-) Not necessarily in the next room - I seriously considered putting mine in a carpet-lined box, but the effort involved in arranging for a decent quiet external blower to maintain air flow struck me as too much to bother with. [snip] > > I wish my old 2G4 had lasted this long... > > I'm amazed this one has, TBH. I've had a small handful of 'grey screens > of death' over the years, replaced the battery once, maxed out the RAM > and added a 2nd HD and new graphics card. Plus used it 14 hrs/day, every > day. Hoovered out the cat fur and dust from time to time. It's certainly > been value for money. Good-oh. Mine worked (mostly) until one day the graphics card fan packed up and took out a CPU and lots of RAM in the process, who knows how? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 9 Mar 2010 04:20 On 5 Mar 2010 10:45:05 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > >> With Valve's Steam rumoured to be appearing on the Mac soon, there >> will >> be more Mac games and they are more likely to be up to date in future. > >Am I correct in thinking that if I bought Portal through Steam running >in a VM, then when (if) Steam comes to the Mac, I can just redownload >Portal with the same account and without re-paying? YES! http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/08/valve-confirms-mac-support-for-steam-and-source-engine/ Happy happy joy joy. Cheers - Jaimie -- "I didn't do much of that sleep thing last night, so I only hope the above makes some sense." (A generically applicable wish, but this one by W Hyde in rasfw)
From: Gavin Lawrie on 9 Mar 2010 11:21
On 2010-03-06 14:08:19 +0000, Gwynne Harper said: > Gavin Lawrie <gavin.lawrie(a)2gc.co.uk> wrote: > >> I've not tried, but apparently you can get some PC versions >> of ATI 4870 card to work in MacPro - but AFAIK Apple no longer sell an >> upgrade card that works in MacPro 1,1 (something to do with the 1,1 >> having 32bit EFI, and later versions having 64bit or some such). So if >> latest graphics cards are your thing probably not best option. > > It appears that the Mac version of the 4870, although unsupported, works > well in a gen 1 MacPro. This is not a theoretical interest for me, as > my X1900 is overheating again - fed up with it, to be honest. > > <http://store.apple.com/uk_edu_5000702/product/MB999ZM/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OT> > > There are performance comparisons all over Barefeats.com > > > Gwynne Thanks all for the info on 4870 in 1,1. Encouraging. I'll go looking for one - maybe one will crop up on eBay or some such sometime soon. Springing �250 for a card from Apple itself seems alot... Gavin |