IMac :: Faster Video Card/higher Power Drain?

Mar 23, 2009

Just wondering, if I were to go for a higher specd Imac with a more powerful video card (thinking possibly the refurb with the 8800), would this be a significantly bigger energy drain, or does the card not kick in to full force unless a task requires it to do so?

View 12 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

MacBook Pro :: Higher Performance Affecting Things Other Than Video Card?

Jul 2, 2009

Is that setting effecting the processor as well? or anything else?it'd be great if when put on the "better battery life" it would down clock a bit to squeeze more battery life.

View 4 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Battery Drain Faster After Snow Leopard Update?

Jun 25, 2010

I'm a happy owner of a MBP 2010, 15" i5, 2.4GHz.

Before some days I noticed that Snow Leopard installed its update 10.6.4.

Well no big problem but I have a sense that the time remaining without using AC adapter has slightly fell. Before, using only firefox for example I could see about 6 hours remaining (some minutes after powering on my mac). Now it hardly shows about 4+.

Has any other noticed that?

View 1 Replies View Related

Hardware :: Unable To See Video Or Anything / Fans Spinning Faster And Faster

Aug 7, 2009

My father owns one of the original G5s, so its power pc not intel. Today while browsing an excel spreadsheet he says part of the screen turned black, then the monitor shut off, then the monitor came back on but not video. Mean while the fans started spinning out of control. Now when he tries to turn it on, he gets power, but all that happens is the fans spinning faster and faster and faster until he turns it off. No video or anything. Just speeding fans. He fears the CPUs died since they control the fans. Any suggestions? He also says the fans were spinning unusually fast these last few days.

View 4 Replies View Related

OS X :: Additional Power For Video Card In Mac Pro?

Jan 29, 2008

,A friend just recently purchased a NVIDIA Video Card and went to install it in his new Mac Pro but could not find a source to hook up additional power to the card. He called Apple and they weren't able to tell him how to connect to the Mac power supply.

Does the motherboard provide the necessary power so that he doesn't need to hook up the extra power cable to the card or does he need a booster cable etc?

View 8 Replies View Related

Power Mac :: Compatible Video Card For G5?

Apr 22, 2012

so apparently my G5 needs a video card. I was not booting and wouldn't shut down. I reinstalled tiger but no difference. it will boot in safemode but I get lines across the display. they are in "groups of three" small squiggly lines.  

Apple store says they think its video card but they will not support it because its "vintage"... I guess "computer years" are similar to dog years the card it came with is GeForce 6800 Ultra with 256mb ram. OWC has a Radeon 5770 with 1G of ram for 270.00 but this card is not compatible with my machine. it says it needs 10.6 or later... but I cannot upgrade the OS cuz leopard requires Intel processor. 

so my question is, if a 1G card is 270.00... one that is compatible with my machine should be less I would think? also, even If I could find a compatible 1G card, I think it would be like having a Ferrari and only using 1st gear you know? cuz I would be bottle necked at the processors.. I would think? so what is compatible with the G5 but more ram than the current 256mb? 

Info:
G5 Power Mac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 2x 2.6Ghz DCPs, 8GB Ram, 4+TB storage Acer X243W

View 14 Replies View Related

Power Mac :: Swapping Video Card In A G5?

May 28, 2012

I have a g5 which will not connect to my monitor as my monitor is adc and the g5 has 2 dvi connections its a 1.8ghz single processor g5 with 2gb memory. My friend has a dual processor mac with a dead hard drive and he says I can swap the video card as his has one dvi and one adc connection. He says its a nvidia card but he's not sure what one (came new on the g5 dual). Will this card work in my g5? Will save me getting an adaptor (expensive) or a new monitor.

Info:
PowerMac

View 2 Replies View Related

Power Mac :: PCI-E Video Card Options For G5?

Jun 28, 2012

I'm thinking of buying a G5 with a pci-e slot, does anyone know which cards, Apple original and PC flashable, can be used in this machine?

Info:
Mac OS X (10.5.8), Gainward Ultra 6800GT

View 2 Replies View Related

Power Mac G5 :: Mac Pro Video Card In Dual 2.0 With Pci - X Slots?

Oct 2, 2007

Will the stock Mac Pro video card: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, work in a PowerMac G5 Duallie 2.0 (mid 2004 model) with the pci-x slots? would a Cube G4 Rage 128 video card work in thePM G5? (I bought a G5 without a video card and I need to test it and find a cheap video card for it).

Information:
17" MacBook Pro 2.16/120/2gb ram
Mac OS X (10.4.10)
Mac Pro 2.66, 250 & 80gb hdd, 2 DL-SD, 7gn ram, APX & BT

View 1 Replies View Related

Power Mac :: G4 Gigabyte Ethernet Video Card Upgrade?

May 5, 2012

I'm looking to upgrade my 400mhz PowerMac g4 Gigabyte Ethernet's video card but not quite sure what it's limited to or what should i use.

Info:
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

View 2 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Intel Hard Drive Graphics Card - Drain Battery?

Jul 11, 2010

I keep seeing different anecdotes about people having lagging issues with the Intel HD graphics card. Is it really that bad? It would be a real pain to have to keep it on the nVidia card all the time, even when unplugged. I'm afraid that it will really drain the battery a lot faster than having the Intel on. Anyone have any estimates of this? It's one of the more worrying things about the Pro.

View 24 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Power Drain Quite Fast After I Turn On Java

Apr 22, 2012

My macbookpro power drain quite fast after i turn on the java, I am using OS X lion. How do I fix it?

Info:MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

View 12 Replies View Related

IMac :: 512mb Versus 1Gb Ram In Video Card

Jul 29, 2010

I'm not a gamer at all, but I will be attaching a second 1920x1080 monitor to a new iMac. Does it matter for general purposes if I have 512 vs 1Gb of RAM in the video card? Will, I dunno, Expose suck on two HD monitors if I only have 512?

I do some infrequent video editing, and I have one specialized program (not video-related) that supposedly gets a boost out of extra video RAM (though no one has provided benchmarks on different setups.)

View 1 Replies View Related

IMac PPC :: Can Update Video Card On Computer

May 17, 2012

Can I update the video card on my computer?

Info:
iMac

View 1 Replies View Related

IMac :: Minecraft Artifacts - Video Card Messed Up?

Jan 5, 2011

Why does Minecraft look like this on my iMac? Is my video card messed up or something? It all flickers and changes as I move and look around. And it's not the mods, it did this stock, before I install the MrMMods.

View 7 Replies View Related

IMac :: Better Video, Graphics Card And Memory Options?

Mar 3, 2009

If I bought the cheapest iMac at base model right now, in a month or two could I buy more RAM for it? Then could I later buy a better video/graphics card and get that put in And could I have these things done by official Apple peoples. Not that I care much - I'd just like to know if official people do this.

View 4 Replies View Related

IMac :: Video Card For Snow Leopard And Adobe CS3?

Jun 11, 2009

I'm selecting my wife's new iMac and I'm uncertain which video card to get. She uses Adobe CS3 professionally and will upgrade to Snow Leopard. But she doesn't edit video, watch movies, play games on her Mac. And her CS3 work seems not too heavy, since it still works well on a 6-year old dual G5 system. But I understand Snow Leopard has support for GPU acceleration. For graphic design work, are the GT130 or ATI 4850 worth the upgrade price over the GT120?

View 12 Replies View Related

IMac :: Strange Graphics - Video Card Dying?

Jun 11, 2010

Recently my 20" iMac has been showing some strange graphic problems when starting up, it doesn't happen all the time. Its hard to explain, what it looks like so I was able to capture a video of it on my iPhone, it happens near the end of the boot cycle; Here's a link to the video; [URL:...] I've tried clearing the PRAM etc and no luck. The iMac will be two years old this August, I don't have AppleCare. Do you think the video card is dying?

View 9 Replies View Related

PowerPC :: G4 Ethernet Port - Get Faster Card?

Sep 17, 2009

Is the etherent port that's on the powermac g4 a gigabit or whatever port? Or should I buy a new faster ethernet card for it?

View 4 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: What Differences With The Faster Graphics Card Of The MBP?

Mar 23, 2010

Under average useage (browsing the web, typing a letter, writing an email, editing photos in iPhoto, using Photoshop Elements etc.) what difference would the user see by switching to the 9600M GT card over the 9400M?

I ask cos, in the nine months I've owned this MBP, I had never bothered switching to my 9600. I've now done it and notice no difference whatsoever.

View 7 Replies View Related

IMac :: Do Macs Not Need Extra Video Power?

Dec 16, 2009

Well my desktop just crapped out on me and I really don't want to invest money to rebuild it. I was looking at the IMacs but my one concern is about gaming. I really only play WoW but I also want the option to maybe play something newer. I am a little concerned with Macs lack of video cards and in order to get at least 512mb I have to spend 2k. Do macs not need that extra video power?

View 5 Replies View Related

IMac :: Upgradation (video Card - NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800) Of 24inch?

Mar 3, 2009

I have an Imac 24in that I purchased last June with the upgraded video card, NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GS W/512MB. Anyone know if it might be possible to upgrade it to one of the newer cards just released with the new imacs?

View 1 Replies View Related

Intel Mac :: Upgrade My IMac 27" Late 2009's Video Card?

Apr 22, 2012

I've got an iMac 27" late 2009 with these: Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory  4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB and I would like to upgrade my "ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB" to something higher with 2 GB. My question is: is it possible? Like taking off the screen and display and replacing the old video card with a new one without any issues?

Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

View 6 Replies View Related

Mac Pro :: Will 4890 Card Be Any Faster In Aperture 3 Than My Current 4870?

May 28, 2010

With the recent Steam for Mac release, I have been thinking about getting a new video card again, however I am looking for reasons to get it. So I am just wondering will I see any speed improvements if I used a better video card on Aperture 3 (running 32bit because I use nik software)? I also use FCP, Photoshop quite often.

View 1 Replies View Related

Desktops :: Need A Video Card/Replace A Video Card?

Sep 4, 2009

Ok so I have a old Mac Performa 640CD/Dos that I am trying to to get up and running again. I had a monitor for it but it fell off the couch and broke. So I thought maybe I can use an adapter with it in order to use PC VGA monitor. Well after getting the first adapter and trying it, no luck, then I tried one that had dip switches on it. Tried 640 x 480, 800 x 600, almost all the dip switch combination with no luck on getting anything on the screen. Could it be that I might have a bad video card and it needs replaced? Or is this particular model not compatible with PC VGA monitors?

View 4 Replies View Related

IMac :: Playing Total War With Boot Camp Installed / Any Video Card Recommended?

Jun 4, 2009

Being a history enthusiast of that era, I've been waiting for Empire: Total War to come out for quite a while. I'm also a bit of an enthusiast as well and would really like to get a new iMac. I'm just wondering if anyone out there is playing E:TW on an iMac with Boot Camp and how well it's been working. Any particular video card recommended over the others?

View 1 Replies View Related

IMac :: When In Sleep Mode, Does It Still Drain The AA Batteries

Nov 21, 2009

When Imac is in sleep mode, does it still drain the AA batteries?

View 16 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Works Faster If Plugged To Power Otherwise Slow Down

May 30, 2012

I have a 13 inch Macbook Pro that sometimes it works fine, but it always suddenly slows down and doesn't fix itself, but the moment I plug it into the electrical power it normalizes itself and works fast without a problem.

Technical specifications:
Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz,
1.3 GB free memory.

Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

View 9 Replies View Related

Hardware :: Speed Of Downloads From Memory Card Faster To External Hard Drive Or To Computer?

Dec 2, 2010

which is faster & more efficient? to download photo & or video content from a memory card directly to an external hard drive? or to the computers main drive & then move to the external hard drive?

I am after faster transfer/download speeds with less hang ups

View 1 Replies View Related

Desktops :: Cores Or Faster Processor For Video Editing?

Jun 16, 2009

I am in the market for a Mac Pro for all my FCP editing. I found a guy who can get me a great deal on a brand new 8 core 2.8GHz Mac Pro, but it is the older version before the "Nehalem" chips.

This computer will be right around the same price as purchasing a brand new quad core 2.93GHz Nehalem Mac Pro.

So what I need to figure out is, what is more important, more cores, or faster newer processor?

View 1 Replies View Related







Copyrights 2005-15 www.BigResource.com, All rights reserved