This forum is for Mac Emulation. Ask old hardware questions in Marvin.

collector wrote:

This forum is for Mac Emulation. Ask old hardware questions in Marvin.

sorry. its not made real clear. "mac hardware" is mentioned in the subtitle and scrolling through the topics a few seemed to having nothing to do with emulation. such as "best OS9 and earlier exclusive games" and so forth, not really an emulation specific topic. Add to the fact that theres pretty much no talk of anything mac in the marvin forum and it can make where to post such questions a little foggy.

can a mod please move this then?

Lemme qualify: I'm not a Mac person either.

I don't think the Voodoo5 supports dual-monitor; if I remember right the DVI output on the Mac cards is an "either/or" proposition with the VGA connector. Have you tried connecting to the other output from the one you're on? Do you have another machine to test the card in (or can you otherwise confirm the card itself is properly working)?

As far as the Mac goes - the last time I used an older Apple system I know there was some sort of "system properties" that was fairly easily accessed that let you setup things like display resolution and outputs (on OS X it is called "Displays" under System Preferences; on OS 8 you should find it in "Control Panels" under System Folder) - anything in there showing multiple monitor outputs running? Or that lets you adjust which is primary?

obobskivich wrote:

Lemme qualify: I'm not a Mac person either.

I don't think the Voodoo5 supports dual-monitor; if I remember right the DVI output on the Mac cards is an "either/or" proposition with the VGA connector. Have you tried connecting to the other output from the one you're on? Do you have another machine to test the card in (or can you otherwise confirm the card itself is properly working)?

As far as the Mac goes - the last time I used an older Apple system I know there was some sort of "system properties" that was fairly easily accessed that let you setup things like display resolution and outputs (on OS X it is called "Displays" under System Preferences; on OS 8 you should find it in "Control Panels" under System Folder) - anything in there showing multiple monitor outputs running? Or that lets you adjust which is primary?

I only have one machine I can try it in. I'm almost positive the card works fine because its function just fine only as a second monitor output (seemingly)that's actually a good I idea I didn't try about the 2 outputs on the card. I only tried the vga port not the DVI post. I mean I just assumed they were the same and that the vga was primary. I'll open it up later and try outputting from the dvi port. I just hate the cases on these old macs. the plastic is so brittle by now and there virtually all plastic with plastic tabs and what not. I think every time I open up one of these things or put it back together another little plastic tab gets snapped off somewhere.

does anyone know if the Radeon 7000 is more powerful then a v 5500? even PC wise.

I think your problem will vanish once you find a way to disable primary video card.