What is the problem whit 6800gt / FW800?

[roninsw]

What is the problem ?

Is the FW800 ...........
my option are

www.pny.com/products/verto/discontinued/performance/6800gt.asp
and
www.xfxforce.com/web/product/listConfigurationDetails.jspa?productConfigurationId=1059


I work fine whit 9600XP ATI,9800Pro ATI and Radeon 7000 pci
(G3 266 "gossamer" /Fw800 G4 1mhz and G5 2.0 dual Agp)


Maybe is the my G4 FW800 is the problem whit 6800GT ?.

Thanks....................

[aquamac]

Hi Roninsw,

I saw you post on Strangedogs, about the same question. Gotoh is correct, many people have had problems with the MDD and GF 6800GT. For this reason it is now difficult to recommend for the MDD, but works well in the G5 and Digital Audio/Quicksiver. Maybe the reason I did not have the same problems as others is because my card was actually an Ultra, which I changed to a GT! It was also Dual DVI with 1 TMDS chip, which meant when flashed with Arti's rom gave Dual DVI outputs. It is thought that the GT'S generally have a problem with the MDD northbridge. The Ultra that I used has not been available for sometime, however there are now some much better options around for the MDD anyway, both Ruby or Gotoh at strange dogs can supply you with a 7800GS, WHICH IS A FASTER CARD ANYWAY! I think the suggestion you made using the 9800 in the MDD & the 6800GT in the G5 seems a better option.
There are also the X800 XT alternatives if you don't need DVI, AS THEY ONLY WORK WITH Dual VGA.

I hope this sorts out the confusion,

Regards,
Steve.

[roninsw]

Hi Steve

Thanks for your great web page (nice upgrade) .

What is the "northbridge"? In your opinion what is my best option for flashing

"gotoh" write me that 7800GS rom is not public ! In this moment I have

ATI Radeon 9600 XT:

Modelo de chipset: ATY,RV360
Tipo: Pantalla
Bus: AGP
Ranura: SLOT-1
VRAM (total): 128 MB
Fabricante: ATI (0x1002)
ID del dispositivo: 0x4152
ID de la revisión: 0x0000
Revisión de la ROM: 113-A13602-121
Pantallas:
G75f-3:
Resolución: 1024 x 768 @ 100 Hz
Profundidad: Color de 32 bits
Core Image: Compatible
Pantalla principal: Sí
Duplicado: Desactivado
En línea: Sí
Quartz Extreme: Compatible
Rotación: Compatible
Pantalla:
Estado: No hay ninguna pantalla conectada

nformación del hardware:

Nombre del equipo: Power Mac G4
Modelo de ordenador: PowerMac3,6
Tipo de CPU: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Unidades de CPU: 1
Velocidad de la CPU: 1 GHz
Caché de nivel 2 (por CPU): 256 KB
Caché de nivel 3 (por CPU): 1 MB
Memoria: 1.75 GB
Velocidad del bus: 133 MHz
Versión de la ROM de arranque: 4.5.7f1
Número de serie: XB31100UN1W

Thanks for your time

RoninSW

[aquamac]

All computers have a Northbrige chip & Southbridge chip on the motherboard/logicboard.In Northbridge/Southbridge chipset architecture designs, the Northbridge is the chip or chips that connect a CPU to memory, the PCI bus, Level 2 cache and AGP activities. The Northbridge chips communicate with the CPU through the FSB.
The Northbridge chip is one of two chips that control the functions of the chipset. The other is the Southbridge. The Northbridge can consist of more than one discrete chip while the Southbridge is typically only one discrete chip.

On the matter of the best card for a MDD, there are the following choices:

Nvidia GF7800GS, Both working DVI/VGA Only currently available through Gotoh(Europe) Ruby Tuesday(US) & Tome Japan(Asia). All can be contacted through Strangedogs to buy a card.

Nvidia GF6600GT, Can be Dual DVI or DVI/VGA depending on the card chosen. These again are available from the strangedogs crew.

ATI X800XT, Dual VGA OR VGA/TV, You can flash this yourself using the reduced rom from strangedogs downloads area. Read the large thread on flashing X800 at strangedogs.
You can use X800GT & flash to XT, I have one of these for sale if you are interested, fully tested. PM me if you are interested.

ATI Fire GL X3, Perfect for the MDD Dual DVI, can be flashed with the reduced X800XT rom from strangedogs, fully functional, but, being a PRO card it's £500!

ATI 9800, You can flash yourself.

That's about it for the MDD, It's possibly the G4 with the most potential, but annoyingly it is limited with processor upgrades & the 6800GT still remains an enigma.

Hope this helps,

aquamac.

[roninsw]

Thanks very much for the information!!!

My problem is where I am ,Chile Sud America and I whant to have the 7800gs is not dificult to buy in chile +/- 300 $Us but the ROM for Mac is the problem (I understand the good Team STdogs to buy them but I am In Chile, shipping and send the money is the problem ).-

Thanks any way

Rodrigo