TiBook 1Ghz repairs

[Amethyst1]

I wonder if the lower resolution would mean the graphics chip has to work that much slightly less.

It’s 20% fewer pixels so…
But if you’re doing it just because of Garamond, the 667/800 MHz DVI models have that and the higher-res LCD.

 

[Project Alice]

I wonder if the lower resolution would mean the graphics chip has to work that much slightly less. If so, if I ever do get my own Titanium (I lost out on the 1GHz I was going to get), I'd definitely do it 90% just because I prefer the old wordmark, I have a thing for Apple Garamond (and serifs in general).​

I don’t think so. 1280x854 is nothing for a Radeon 9000. At least I doubt there would any noticeable difference other than a lack of screen realestate. But also it has more to do with VRAM than the actual GPU. Something like that would be more relevant to an 8MB Rage 128. The 1GHz TiBook has 64MB (or 32 according to Mac Tracker; but mine is 64). It’s capable of driving a much higher resolution display if you hooked one up.
If you prefer the old font like mine so weirdly has, perhaps just swap the bezels?

 

[Amethyst1]

At least I doubt there would any noticeable difference other than a lack of screen realestate.

It would be interesting to run some benchmarks at both 1152×768 and 1280×854. If you do this on a TiBook with a native 1280×854 display, the GPU will have to upscale 1152×768 to 1280×854, so performance might be lower than on a native 1152×768 display.

On a side-note, that 3:2 aspect ratio of the TiBooks and 15.2" PowerBooks absolutely rules.

The 1GHz TiBook has 64MB (or 32 according to Mac Tracker; but mine is 64). It’s capable of driving a much higher resolution display if you hooked one up.

The 867 MHz model has 32 MB VRAM; the 1 GHz has 64 MB. You mean like a 3840×2400 display? Been there, done that. 😀

 

[Project Alice]

It would be interesting to run some benchmarks at both 1152×768 and 1280×854. If you do this on a TiBook with a native 1280×854 display, the GPU will have to upscale 1152×768 to 1280×854, so performance might be lower than on a native 1152×768 display.

On a side-note, that 3:2 aspect ratio of the TiBooks and 15.2" PowerBooks absolutely rules.

I wonder if I could do this in clamshell mode on a CRT? Or are these DVI-D? I can’t remember.. if they’re DVI-I it should natively hook up to a lower res VGA display.

The 867 MHz model has 32 MB VRAM; the 1 GHz has 64 MB. You mean like a 3840×2400 display? Been there, done that. 😀

Actually yes I was thinking of that as I was typing my response lol.

 

[Amethyst1]

Or are these DVI-D? I can’t remember.. if they’re DVI-I it should natively hook up to a lower res VGA display.

DVI-I.

 

[weckart]

The 1GHz TiBook has 64MB (or 32 according to Mac Tracker; but mine is 64). It’s capable of driving a much higher resolution display if you hooked one up.

Can only concur with what Amethyst1 has said. I have one of my G4 Mac Minis (32MB VRAM) hooked up to a 4K display via DVi to HDMI and it defaulted to 1920x1080, which it runs with aplomb.

 

[Amethyst1]

Can only concur with what Amethyst1 has said. I have one of my G4 Mac Minis (32MB VRAM) hooked up to a 4K display via DVi to HDMI and it defaulted to 1920x1080, which it runs with aplomb.

I’ve had my 32MB VRAM mini push 3840×2400 — at 13 Hz but that’s kinda beside the point, right? 😀