Radeon 9200 Dual Monitor Setup

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Radeon 9200 Dual Monitor Setup

Hello! I have a powermac G4, 466 digital audio that has the default graphics card on AGP. I also have an ATi Radeon 9200 series that is PCI. Would I be able to use both cards at the same time? The Radeon isn't the mac edition, but would the drivers for the mac version work?
Thanks, Ben

iMac 20' with 2Ghz intel processor, Powermac G4 Dual 450, and 466 Digital Audio, Mac OS X (10.5.5), Imac 20' Intel (10.5.5) Powermacs (10.4.11)

Posted on Nov 20, 2008 8:41 AM

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Limnos

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Nov 20, 2008 11:02 AM in response to tenorsaxman

Running two cards and having two monitors is a great setup if you have the room for it on your desk.

I am not sure about your specific card. Mac-compatible cards have software on the card which I believe acts as the driver, and putting a pure PC card in your Mac will not work (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). I have seen reference to "flashed" PC cards where somebody took a PC card and then wrote Mac firmware to the card so they would now work on a Mac, but you'd need to check if that had been done with your card.

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DPArt

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Nov 20, 2008 1:01 PM in response to Limnos

Only a few VERY specific versions of 9200 PCI cards are flashable as Mac ones. Many 9200 AGP cards can be flashed but there is also an issue as to whether you have a dev id 5960 or 5961.

You need to do some digging at STrangedogs or Cubeowner.com regarding the 9200.

Without a Mac ROM flashed to it, you will get a black screen.

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