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ATI graphics and 10.6.4
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iMac 27 Intel Core 2 duo 1 TB HD 4 GB RAM 256 MB VRAMReally? I have the same machine but stayed on 10.6.3 because I had read that there were issues with ATI cards and the 4850. (Although maybe that was talking about under bootcamp Windows. I forget now - do you use bootcamp on your machine? Getting normal video, 32bit colors etc etc?)
Ok well that's useful to know, thanks. I guess I should try 10.6.4 then.
Offtopic but - what is a "flashed 4870"?
I purchased a 4870 from XFX, a company that only makes the PC version of the 4870. I got a 4870 with 1GB or RAM (as opposed to Apple's 512MB) for $150 a year ago.
Some kind people on the MacRumors boards have created some ROMs that contain the code necessary to turn a PC-only 4870 (and other cards) into ones that will boot OS X. You "flash" the PC card's firmware with the new ROM image by booting into DOS and running a special program, and *poof*, it works in OS X....for half the price and with double the video RAM.
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