graphics card help

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  1. sotofish, Dec 3, 2004

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    Hello, just a quick question that I should be able to answer but not sure about. I purchased the dual 2.0 G5 when it came out about a year ago and added on the nicer graphics card (I think it was a $50 upgrade). I remember it being 128mb, rather than the 64mb card it came with standard. I never worried about the graphics card, and never checked to see what I had, stupid of me yeah, but have never had a problem because I'm mostly doing work in photoshop. My brother is trying to get me playing Warcraft, so I was checking out my system profiler last night and I think it says I have a 64mb card. So now I'm not sure what I have in here and I'm wondering, did Apple rip me for $50 bucks? And is there anything I can do about it now? I guess I should've checked it right when I got it. Thanks for any help/advice. Am I reading the System Profiler right? It says:

    ATY,RV350:

    Type: display
    Bus: AGP
    Slot: SLOT-1
    VRAM (Total): 64 MB
    Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
    Device ID: 0x4150
    Revision ID: 0x0000
    ROM Revision: 113-A13601-126

    Display:

    Type: display
    Display Type: CRT
    VRAM (In Use): 64 MB
    Resolution: 1280 x 960 @ 75 Hz
    Depth: 16-bit Color
    Main Display: Yes
    Mirror: Off
    Online: Yes

    ATY,Simone_B:

    Status: No display connected
     
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  2. varmit, Dec 3, 2004

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    If this is a ATI 9800, they came with a 64 MB version and a Pro 128 MB version. Hope you kept your slip that had the information on your computer when you purchased it. You might have at the time upgraded from a Geforce card to the ATI card which I could see as a $50 upgrade, and I believe back then there was a $100 upgrade to go to the 128 MB card from 64 on the 9800 then. You just might not have read what you pruchased hard enough.
     
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  3. jsw, Dec 3, 2004

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    Also, FWIW, WCIII and World of Warcraft will both play just fine with that card.
     
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  4. sotofish, Dec 3, 2004

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    On my invoice from Apple it says, "ATI Radeon 9600 Pro". Was that a $50 upgrade in November 2003 when I bought it? I'm getting confused as to what I have vs. what I bought. Maybe it's the same, I dunno...
     
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  5. MisterMe, Dec 3, 2004

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    All you have to do is to go to the Apple Store. You will see that the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro is a $50 upgrade over the standard NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra w/64MB DDR SDRAM. You got what you paid for. You paid for what you ordered.
     
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  6. Mav451, Dec 3, 2004

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    There is a significant difference in the letter V here:

    RV350 >> that denotes the 9600-series core

    R350 or R360 >> would denote the 9800-based core, the latter being the 9800XT core.
     
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  7. varmit, Dec 3, 2004

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    http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9600/radeon9600prome/specs.html
    It is a 64 MB card.
     
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