ATI Radeon 7000 64mb PCI to work Mac

[mikepctp]

A friend of mine told me there is "a way" to "flash" a PC Video Card and fool it into Mac format... Is this true?

Maybe I don't have the terminology correct but the essence being the ability to run an old 7000 ATI card, pulled from a PC and have it hum away in a PCI Mac. (anything up to G4 Yikes)

Any ideas? Many thanks for your input. MP

 

[MoparShaha]

Yeah, it is possible to flash some PC cards. Do a search in google for flashing PC cards to mac. There are many sources of information on doing this. Many people have done this successfully, but there is still risk involved.

 

[mikepctp]

Thanks Mopar;

Checked it all out and I find the 7000 I have has the "wrong" type of RAM to work.
It appears the card must have DDR RAM and mine is SDR... oh well... BUT...
Does this mean I could grab any PCI card (ATI) with DDR RAM and zap it?

This is now my new quest...

If anyone knows off the top, let me know... if not, I will return with my results.

Thanks again... MP