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NVIDIA GeForce 6600 + Motion?
Is this card any good? I have the Quad G5 with 2.5 RAM, but Motion seems kind of slow to me.
For example – playback is kind of choppy with the Golden Cam particle emitter + Slit Scan filter. These are the only two things I have on my canvas.
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No, that card is pretty poor all around. If you want to be productive in Motion you will want a better card.
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Bummer. Any recommendations?
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BTW – I have the Dell 24″ widescreen monitor. Not sure if that makes a difference.
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ACtually, it makes a big difference. The video card is driving yoru monitor and providing assistence to Motion. The higher the resolution on them onitor the more it’s tasking the video card. I would plan on getting the 7800GT.
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I typed “7800GT” into newegg.com’s search engine – came up with 25 different brands, all around $300. Does it matter which one I choose? I don’t know a whole lot about video cards. Plus I’m a “newbie” on the Mac!
Thanks for the help George.
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You have to get the 7800gt that is made for Apple. The problem is that I ahve not seen it for sale anywhere. It’s a BTO item on Apple’s site but that is the only place I have seen so far. I will let you know if I come across someone selling it.
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Heya,
BTO graphics cards often get treated by Apple as a “part”, rather than a regular item, so they sometimes don’t appear on the Apple Store website. Try calling an Apple Store (retail) or a reseller that does repairs, and ask how much it would be for a Mac 7800GT, which they should be able to order from Apple. I saw the same deal with the 6800 Ultra card. Apple didn’t have it on the web site, but you could buy it in an Apple OEM “Graphics Upgrade” box.
Getting a 7800 into your system will make it fly. Good luck!
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I just talked to an Apple dealer here in town – he said that the 7800 is not available … it’s only BTO.
What a drag. With my old PC I was used to ordering parts whenever and wherever I pleased, always shopping around for the best deal. But not with Apple. The Apple dealer told me that the 7800 would probably cost $500. Newegg.com sells it for $300.
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Well, I wouldn’t fret too much. ATI was showing the X1800XT at Macworld so they will probably be offering that soon. That, I believe, will then push the 7800gt into better availabilty status. I do agree that the general lack of options is frustrating a times. OTOH, there are cases where TOO MANY options is also less than helpful. On my own PC workstations, I tend to get a H/W combo I like and stick with it.
BTW On the PC I am an avid Nvidia fan due to their superior OpenGL drivers. On the mac however, both ATI and Nvidia seem hampered by the OS X OpenGL drivers so there is no real difference at this point. The Quadro suffers the most because of this. That may change in the future.
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