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ATI 2600 + 30"ACD + google earth

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babboxy

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I've just dicovered that with the standard ATI2600 card and 30"ACD display GOOGLE EARTH at full screen is pretty much unusable ... the more I downsize the window the better it gets ... but that's obviously not what I got this 30" thing for:mad:

can I assume that this problem will ENTIRELY dissapear as soon as I get the 8800GT?!
 
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babboxy

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great!

great! ...so if I buy the quadro I will be able to run the window double size then what my screen is :p
 
Mackilroy

Mackilroy

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Frankly, the later builds of Google Earth under OS X are horrible. The Windows counterpart on the same hardware is far smoother.
 
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babboxy

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Peace said:
Ya..I personally think the video card that comes stock in the new Mac Pro sucks.

That would be the ATI Radeon HD 2600 w/256MB of VRam.
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i think if it can't handle google earth "it sucks" is the right term ... unless it's a google-mac-version problem.

just wanted to try Nasa World Wind but I see that that's windows only ... Nasa sucks too :p
 
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conancn

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Peace said:
Ya..I personally think the video card that comes stock in the new Mac Pro sucks.

That would be the ATI Radeon HD 2600 w/256MB of VRam.
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wow, when the word "think" is an experience? my English sucks i know.

OP, could you post a print screen? Thanks!
 
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echoout

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What is it doing exactly? Mine works fine on my 23" ACD driven by my 2 year old MacBook Pro. No resolution lost that I can see. Is your video card worse than my old Radeon X1600 mobile?
 
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babboxy

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echoout said:
What is it doing exactly? Mine works fine on my 23" ACD driven by my 2 year old MacBook Pro. No resolution lost that I can see. Is your video card worse than my old Radeon X1600 mobile?
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the problem is not with resolution... it's when you move/zoom around fast... if you stop scrolling/zooming it just goes on and on...way beyond of where you wanted to stop. As I said, the smaller I make the window the better it gets... when I reach about 1/4 of the screen It starts to display fluid motion.
 
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jemo07

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:eek: I jut ran some test on the 30" ACD (Aperture and CS3) and there where some serious slowdowns in the system when opening a large TIFF (1.5GB).

This was not the case when doing the same test on a 23" ACD. Having to refresh the 30" at full resolution will slow you down on the ATI 2600xt, that is for sure.

Funny things is that have a 7300 (slower on paper) and it handles these files quite well with dual 23" ACDs :confused:

It could be a driver? Or bad card?

BTW, some people might not realize that G-Earth is a professional App... someone could be using it to earn a living. I know it's funny at first, but it is a legitimate question been asked... :).

Anyone out there with dual monitors and a 2600, or should I say a new '08 MP?
 
Mackilroy

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I'm willing to bet that you'll have the exact same problem as before, because I've used GE with two different graphics cards and had the exact same problems.
 
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am running 2600 on 30" ACD and 1080p LCD TV, and i find the card is adequate and does its job... but i can see the 8800 is going to improve a lot of situations for sure.. the 2600 seems to be the weakest link at the moment when you consider the rest of the components!

ran Crysis on the 30", i was lucky to run it 1440 at medium settings!! :p
 
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babboxy said:
I've just dicovered that with the standard ATI2600 card and 30"ACD display GOOGLE EARTH at full screen is pretty much unusable ... the more I downsize the window the better it gets ... but that's obviously not what I got this 30" thing for:mad:

can I assume that this problem will ENTIRELY dissapear as soon as I get the 8800GT?!
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Out of curiousity, what do you use Google Earth for? ;)
 
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babboxy

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:p hehe looks like the graphic card is not so bad after all... I've installed XP and google earth runs much smother under bootcamp/XP :p
 
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