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Radeon 9000 Pro for Macs available at retail

updated 09:10 am EST, Mon January 6, 2003

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ATI today announced that the is now available at retail outlets worldwide for $170. Based on the Radeon 9000 Pro visual processor, the graphics card features a "high-performance quad-pipe rendering engine with robust OpenGL support and advanced programmable pixel and vertex shaders...One of the special features is its ability to support two independent digital flat panels simultaneously, including Apple Cinema HD Displays at resolutions up to 1920 x 1200." The card has an single ADC connector, one DVI connector and includes a DVI-to-VGA adapter. It is capable of driving dual CRT's, dual flat panels or combinations of each with the appropriate adapters."

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Better then my GF4MX?

Worth upgrading to?

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8500

I have been debating whether I should get this or the 8500? Any thoughts??

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Better then my GF4MX?

Worth upgrading to?

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radeon 9000

This is my only option with an ADC connection. The other option would be an apple geforce4 ti which would run me $400. I have a dual 450 with an ATI 128 Rage Pro for now. I'd rather buy a new machine than to pump in another 400 big ones on my current system.

For the past 6 months, I've attempted to upgrade my video card with a Geforce 2 that never arrived due to inavailability and a Radeon 9000 in back order. The PC is looking more and more attractive to me with its cheaper upgrades and availability.
Hey. all my graphics apps are on the PC and the 3ghz more than makes up what AltiVec can dish out

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Finally, ADC support!

Finally, we have ADC support in a (relatively) cheap third party card. Before the only option for pre-August 2000 Mac owners who wanted to buy an Apple display was to either buy the $399 NVidia card or search on eBay for a used OEM card.

I may upgrade to a new flat panel now. Here's hoping we see revised models tomorrow.

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9700 When ATI?

ATI is tailoring everything for the PC now. We'll never get the high end (9700 Pro) cards from them at the same time as the PC. (not like we ever did) NVidia on the other hand has been debuting their best stuff on the Mac since they came aboard. That's the type of support, and enthusiasm we need, and should support IMHO.

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Only option?

Several locations have been selling the OEM Geforce4Ti for $250-270. A far cry cheaper than Apple, who still sells them for the same price they were on debut.

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Performance comparison

I was wondering whether or not this card was worth upgrading to. I have a DP800 with a Geforce2MX and a PCI Radeon Card. Is it going to give significantly better performance than the NVidia offering? I already know one advantage it will have is Quartz Extreme on both displays. How much faster is the 9000 over the Geforece2MX?

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:Hey. all my graphics apps are on the PC and the 3ghz more than makes up what AltiVec can dish out :

Spoken like someone who has never had to make a living as a graphic designer.

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8500 vs. 9000

The 8500 is a better card than the 9000, but if you must have an ADC connector then the 9000's your only option.

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Re: 9700 When?

I thought the 9000 was a better card then the 9700. Or was it just the 8500 was better than the 9000? I just remember reading someplace that one of ATI's cards was not as good as a lower-numbered card.

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not again

WhyTF are the Mac Editions of these cards always such an incredible rip-off??? PC 9000 Pros are going for $85 right now and once again we pay double... do they think we're f@!*ing stupid!?

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why?

because your used to paying premium prices for no so premium hardware, (you bought a mac, right?) so when good hardware does come out, you shouldn't blink when it sold for more than what the pc version is priced at, plus they have to write new drivers for the card and being that the user base of the mac is sooo much smaller than the pc base, more costs go into each card to pay for driver development...

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Re: why?

The same supposedly goes for software (Intuits reasoning behind their much higher prices for Quicken and TurboTax than the PC version).

I sometimes wonder, though. They could be just gouging. Or just want to charge higher prices because then no one will buy it, then they can cancel development because of no demand, rather than blame it on their own laziness.

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Lack of demand

The higher prices to cancel development argument doesn't work. The can already easily cancel development, saying that 5% (or whatever) of the market is simply not worth the development effort and move to Windows-only.

ATI charges higher prices because they can. NVidia only sells their cards via OEM arrangements with Apple. ATI is selling the only off-the-shelf version of Video cards. If NVidia decided to start selling their cards in retail packaging, you would soon see prices fall due to competition.

It's not every day a hardware manufacturer can keep earning profits by taking near-obsolete PC hardware and start selling it for the Mac as an upgrade.

NVidia and Apple must be laughing all the way to the bank now that they're selling Geforce4 Titanium cards for $400.00, the same price they were going for when they were first released. One (or both) of these companies are making a killing on these, now that the PC version of the card *sells* for about 1/2 of that price.

Luckily a crack showed up in the distribution of these cards, and OEM versions (the only versions) are now showing up for $250-275 on the net.

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WAKE UP MAC HEADS

SMELL THE DAMN COFFEE. HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS? THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS APPLES GOING TO BE ASSED OUT IN 2003. DONT GET ME WRONG, I LOVE MY MACS, BUT THIS PRICE GOUGING BY THESE COMPANIES. THE 9700 PRO IS WALKING TALL ON THE PC AND WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING THE 9000? GIMME A BREAK. h***, IM STILL WAITING FOR UNREAL 2003.
WHILE DUMB a** APPLE IS PLAYING FAVORITES WITH DEVELOPERS, DURING THIS "2 YEAR TECHNOLOGY DROUGHT" THE PRO'S HAVE GOTTEN A LOT ANGRIER AND THE CONSUMERS ARE QUESTIONING VALUE. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE BUYING A MAC RIGHT NOW ARE PEOPLE WITH OLD MACHINES. BUT THESE STOPGAP UNITS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO FOOL THE PROS, AND 800MBS FIREWIRE IS USELESS TO ME.
im begging mac users around the world to tell apple to get with the times....i hate sounding like a mainac amognst my peers.

to any who even consider a 9000, i am already laughing at you.
what a sad bunch.

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64MB vs 128 MB

The PC Radeon 9000 has 128 MB memory, while this new Mac version has only 64 MB. One question: Why?

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Radeon 9000 Pro for Macs available at retail

updated 09:10 am EST, Mon January 6, 2003

Better then my GF4MX?

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radeon 9000

Finally, ADC support!

9700 When ATI?

Only option?

Performance comparison

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8500 vs. 9000

Re: 9700 When?

not again

why?

Re: why?

Lack of demand

WAKE UP MAC HEADS

64MB vs 128 MB

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