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Quartz Extreme on prior hardware
Authored by: pecosbill on May 20, '02 05:12:11PM

I think everyone should take a chill pill until Jaguar (Jagwyre if you're a Register fan) is released. Then, evaluate how your hardware does. Yes, Apple has said that the optimal memory is 32M but less will still work.

AGP is the most important (and if my feeble memory is working, minimum 2x speed) as that will permit overflow from VRAM into main RAM if needed. Apple's spec sheet on the iBook 500/600 (dual usb & late 2001) states that the video interface is AGP 2x. Unfortunately, there's only 8M VRAM. The nail in the coffin for iBooks is it's a Rage chipset which Apple has stated Radeon is minimum. Still, if you like the way X runs on your iBook now, you'll still have that when Jagwyre is released.



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