Description
Up for auction is an Apple Macintosh compatible ATI Radeon 9800 Pro AGP graphics card with 128MB of 256-bit DDR memory. It will work with any 4x AGP G4 (Digital Audio, Quicksilver, Mirrored
Drive Door, FireWire 800) or any G5 Power Mac with an AGP slot. This 3D graphics powerhouse is one of the most highly sought-after video cards for Power Macs, and after you've used one, you'll know why! Ask about our trade-in credit for your old video card or machine.
Compatible machines include:
Features:
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Extremely powerful GPU for immersive 3D gaming
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Functions as a basic display card in Mac OS 9.2.2 - features and available resolutions/refresh rates may be limited
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Fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar - 10.6 Snow Leopard
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Fully supported by the latest version of ATI Displays for extended functionality, including VersaVision monitor rotation
- Quartz Extreme compatible
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Core Image support
- Apple ColorSync support
- Apple Motion support
- Apple Aperture support
- Runs all ATI Radeon 9800 SmartShader tests
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No sleep issues (but installing this card will not fix any pre-existing sleep issues your machine may have)
- Latest firmware (v130) already installed
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Includes DVI-I, VGA, and S-Video (S-VHS) connections
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Dual display capable - this card will drive dual independent displays (aka Extended Desktop) or dual mirrored displays (aka Mirrored Desktop)
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Available display modes include single VGA, single DVI, VGA+DVI, VGA+VGA (w/included adapter), VGA+TV, DVI+TV
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To drive an ADC display, a (spendy) DVI-ADC adapter is required (available for $99 from the Apple Store)
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Maximum available analog (VGA CRT or LCD) resolution is 2048 x 1536 @ 85hz
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Maximum available digital (DVI LCD) resolution is 1920 x 1200 @ 60hz (up to 23" Apple Cinema HD Display)
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Available resolutions and refresh rates will be dependent upon your display's capabilities
- Requires connection to your computer’s internal power supply for operation (12v power splitter cable included). ATI recommends a 300-Watt power supply or greater to ensure normal system operation where a number of other internal devices are installed.
- A slot cooler is recommended for G4 Mirrored Drive Door (MDD) and FireWire 800 (FW800) owners (these machines have poor air circulation)
This video card is a good choice for:
Included with the auction:
Specifications from ATI:
The cinematic revolution continues with the Radeon® 9800 Mac Edition, the fastest and most visually advanced 3D performer on the planet. A supercharged, 256-bit DDR memory interface and 8 thrilling pixel pipelines generate the power to deliver real-time, Hollywood calibre graphics for the most demanding next-generation games.
Specifications
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128MB 256-bit DDR memory
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Dual Integrated 10-bit per channel 400MHz DACs
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Integrated 165MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI compliant)
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Integrated TV-Out support up to 1024x768 resolution
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Multiple display connections
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DVI-I port
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VGA port
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S-Video port
- DVI-I to VGA & S-Video to Composite adapters included
System Requirements
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Mac® OS X 10.2.5 or later
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AGP 8x or 4x capable Macintosh®
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128MB of system memory
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DVD playback requires DVD drive
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Power connection to the computer
- Radeon® 9800 PRO Mac Edition requires connection to your computer’s internal power supply for operation. ATI recommends a 300-Watt power supply or greater to ensure normal system operation where a number of other internal devices are installed.
Graphic Features
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Eight parallel rendering pipelines process over 3 billion pixels per second
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Four parallel geometry engines process up to 380 million transformed and lit polygons per second
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High precision 32-bit per channel rendering
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SmartShader™ 2.1 technology
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Advanced programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
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2.0 Vertex Shaders support vertex programs up to 65,280 instructions with flow control
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2.0 Pixel Shaders support up to 16 textures per rendering pass
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128-bit, 64-bit & 32-bit per pixel floating point color formats
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Shadow volume rendering acceleration
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High dimension floating point textures
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SmoothVision™ 2.1
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State-of-the-art full-scene anti-aliasing
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New technology processes over 18 billion anti-aliasing samples per second for unprecedented performance
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Supports up to 6x mode with programmable sample patterns
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Advanced anisotropic filtering
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Supports up to 16 trilinear filtered texture samples per pixel
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Efficient adaptive algorithm enables this feature with minimal performance degradation
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HyperZ™ III+
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Hierarchical Z-Buffer and Early Z Test reduce overdraw by detecting and discarding hidden pixels
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Lossless Z-Buffer Compression and Fast Z-Buffer Clear reduce memory bandwidth consumption by over 50%
- Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering
Video Features
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DVD AND QUICKTIME™ ACCELERATION:
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Top quality DVD and all-format DTV/ HDTV decode with low CPU overhead
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Seamless integration of programmable pixel shaders with video data
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ADVANCED DUAL DISPLAY SUPPORT:
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Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates
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VERSAVISION™ provides hardware accelerated display rotation and scaling
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