GeoMoon5
I'm Spartacus!
'ello,
So I've been running Mac OS 10.3.9 on my G3 for a while now (a couple weeks) without issue and I decided to upgrade my video from the onboard Rage II to a Radeon 7000 with 64MB memory and PCI interface. I was hoping to get better internet page scrolling, better QuickTime performance, and much better video capture quality. I know it's not a capture card, but I was hoping that the TV/VCR signals from the existing capture card that came with the G3 would be a little better quality as a result of a better video card. A little far fetched, but it was worth a try, and the computer needed the newer card for the other reasons anyway.
Well I stick in this new video card and now neither Apple Video Player nor BTV Pro can initialize the video input and they suggest making sure the drivers for the video input device are correctly installed. This is while in OS 9.2.2. In other words, as long as my monitor is plugged into the new video card, my A/V personality card is useless for watching TV on my Mac while doing other stuff or playing DVD or VHS media.
My internet scrolling is now faster for both OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.3.9, but I saw no improvement in the performance of QuickTime 7. When I try to play a streaming H.264 format stream, the player is frozen far more than it is playing. The same live H.264 stream plays fine on the same connection on my G5. Do I need to upgrade my G3 processor? It's currently a 266MHz. Is H.264 just beyond the technology of a G3 and upgrading the processor is a waste of time? Do I just need more RAM? I already have 640MB. Is the VRAM (64MB) not enough? My G3 is a Beige G3, Rev.1 motherboard with upgraded Rev.C ROM.
If you can help with either issue: the capture card issue and the QuickTime 7 issue, I would greatly appreciate it and the Charmin toilet paper bear will come and give you a big hug.
So I've been running Mac OS 10.3.9 on my G3 for a while now (a couple weeks) without issue and I decided to upgrade my video from the onboard Rage II to a Radeon 7000 with 64MB memory and PCI interface. I was hoping to get better internet page scrolling, better QuickTime performance, and much better video capture quality. I know it's not a capture card, but I was hoping that the TV/VCR signals from the existing capture card that came with the G3 would be a little better quality as a result of a better video card. A little far fetched, but it was worth a try, and the computer needed the newer card for the other reasons anyway.
Well I stick in this new video card and now neither Apple Video Player nor BTV Pro can initialize the video input and they suggest making sure the drivers for the video input device are correctly installed. This is while in OS 9.2.2. In other words, as long as my monitor is plugged into the new video card, my A/V personality card is useless for watching TV on my Mac while doing other stuff or playing DVD or VHS media.
My internet scrolling is now faster for both OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.3.9, but I saw no improvement in the performance of QuickTime 7. When I try to play a streaming H.264 format stream, the player is frozen far more than it is playing. The same live H.264 stream plays fine on the same connection on my G5. Do I need to upgrade my G3 processor? It's currently a 266MHz. Is H.264 just beyond the technology of a G3 and upgrading the processor is a waste of time? Do I just need more RAM? I already have 640MB. Is the VRAM (64MB) not enough? My G3 is a Beige G3, Rev.1 motherboard with upgraded Rev.C ROM.
If you can help with either issue: the capture card issue and the QuickTime 7 issue, I would greatly appreciate it and the Charmin toilet paper bear will come and give you a big hug.