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  1. Re:What about a tower? by pi42 · · Score: 1 · on eMac Video Upgrade

    I believe that Macs need a different BIOS on the vid card in order to boot. So theoretically, it should be possible to just flash a PC card with the Mac BIOS and ta-da.

    Here's a quick link I found Googling for Mac BIOS flashing on the R8500 -- I guess the PCB is actually sometimes different on the Mac too.

    I was looking into this awhile ago, trying to sell my r8500 to a friend with a G4 Cube, but it seemed too risky.

  2. Re:Hey, 2002 is on the phone... by Pope · · Score: 1 · on Radeon 9700 Pro: ATI Ahead
    Flash an 8500 instead :)

    Just remember to unplug the monitor when flashing.

  3. Re:Monitor envy by pangloss · · Score: 2 · on Apple @ MacWorld Tokyo

    visit the WideScreen Wiki

    You'll have to navigate around a bit, but you'll find pretty much everything about hooking up apple lcd's to pc's there.

  4. Re:Got it all wrong re: flat panels... by pangloss · · Score: 2 · on The Ultimate Linux Box 2001
    Apple also makes some excellent flat panels (does anyone know whether there is an adapter to run them on PCs yet?)

    AFAIK, there are 2 adapters to let you go from a DVI to ADC connector:
    I also think Eric is mistaken about high-end flat panels, at least as far as finding a two-page screen with excellent dot pitch/image quality. He's still right that there really isn't anything in the 2x1k resolution range that's remotely practical, but 1600x1024 has been available for some time now. Samsung has the 24" 240T and Sun announced a 24" at Siggraph that should be available RSN.

    Some of the more valid reasons for not going with lcd that Eric didn't mention: some lcd's have issues displaying fast moving images (e.g. first-person shooter 3d games, dvds) and accurate/consistent color reproduction at all angles (even the Apple Cinema Display has some quibbles in that arena). A lot of the GeForce cards that sport DVI-out also don't really support 1600x1024/1200 via DVI (the Hercules GeForce2 Ultra and GeForce3 being notable exceptions). Not sure about the new Radeons. And getting above 1600x1200 via DVI isn't possible right now AFAIK. I think that's at least one reason why the super hi-res $15k IBM flat-panel needs that custom vid card.

    Check out the coffeehaus wiki for more on getting wide screen lcd support on pc's.