Will the 9600 Pro work in OS 9?

[Jake0604]

I bought a 9600 Pro to put in my dual 800mhz G4 but when I try to boot OS 9 it doesn't work. Any solutions?

 

[rabidz7]

Does it work in OS X?

 

[Jake0604]

Does it work in OS X?

Yes

 

[MysticCow]

That is because the 9600 needs 10.3.6 or greater.

http://support.amd.com/us/GPU_TechDocs/Radeon9600MAC_UG.pdf

You can try to find a driver here, but I don't think it's going to work 100% like you want:

http://gona.mactar.hu/ATI_Mac/

 

[Jake0604]

That is because the 9600 needs 10.3.6 or greater.

It can't be that because it runs fine in 10.1

 

[666sheep]

What OS 9 version? Try 9.2, but you won't get full acceleration and most likely all color depths.

 

[MysticCow]

It can't be that because it runs fine in 10.1

Well, that's according to AMD/ATI. They said it requires 10.3.6. It's on page 1. If it runs in 10.1, it's unsupported but it will still run or the system is able to recognize it as a graphics card and run it. There is no OS 9 driver for that. Also see http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ru...1312-os-9-drivers-radeon-9600-pro-pc-mac.html

The driver doesn't exactly exist for OS 9. The drivers on the driver link may be able to recognize it as a graphics card and run it.

 

[Nermal]

This doesn't directly answer your question but it might help: The best Apple-shipped card for OS 9 was the GeForce Ti 4600. The best Radeon was the 9000 Pro. Both of these were options on the last OS 9-compatible machine in 2003 (I really regret selling that computer!)

 

[Swampus]

I seem to recall reading a while back that the last ATI Universal Installer (Jan 2005) would help with cards other than what was listed.

It might be worth a shot? Installer requires updating to 9.2 (If 666sheep is correct, that might solve your problem anyway).

http://gona.mactar.hu/ATI_Mac/#CS

I'm surprised that it doesn't work at all. Don't people use their 9800s in OS 9--Just without 3D support?

 

[Nermal]

I'm surprised that it doesn't work at all. Don't people use their 9800s in OS 9--Just without 3D support?

Yes; I was able to use a 9800 in 9.2.2 without acceleration.

Side note: I installed the ATI Universal drivers on a Rage 128 machine and it completely broke rendering in Quake. It's probably best to not install unless you need it 🙂

 

[Jake0604]

Incase anyone searches this in the future. I was able to fix the problem by installing this driver

http://gona.mactar.hu/ATI_Mac/ATI_Radeon_Retail_Installer/ati-retail-9-2-2-jan2005.hqx

using classic mode while booted into tiger.