Ati X800

[jasonrudolph]

http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/01/05/x800/index.php

Will this be compatible with catalyst???

[Spam Butterfly]

No idea yet, as it hasn't been released as far as I am aware.
I'll get one when it has and do some testing.

Hugh

[samsc]

no mac compatible x800 boards exist as of yet.

will require pci-express to be implemented in any new g5 hardware.
i have a pc version

[jasonrudolph]

no mac compatible x800 boards exist as of yet.

will require pci-express to be implemented in any new g5 hardware.
i have a pc version

Actually Richard, if you follow the link provided in my original post, you will see that ATI debuted this new card specifically for the G5 system at Macworld.

[samsc]

sorry jason,

you are right,
i have not had web access for a couple of weeks.
i thought that the x800 would need pci-express.
wonder when ati will actually get one on sale though.

this should work with catalyst.
wont increase playback performance at the moment as the bottleneck in not in the graphics card.

[jasonrudolph]

this should work with catalyst.
wont increase playback performance at the moment as the bottleneck in not in the graphics card.

Right, but might we be able to get some new effects out of it?

[samsc]

X800's are starting to trickle out to mac users, but there is a lot of driver confusion.

The current ATI web download, doesnt support the x800, there are apparently new drivers on the cd's that ship with the software.

and these people have reported some screen corruption after wake from sleep.

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/