Radeon 9650 windows compatible?

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I've got a spare Radeon 9650 which I pulled out of a Mac G5.

I was hoping to use it in the 8x AGP slot of a Wintel machine I've just
bought, in order to be able to connect it up to my Apple 30" cinema
display via a KVM switch. However I called ATI and they said it won't
work as it's a mac product, but it's listed on their XP driver download
page so I'm tempted to try it...

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=22492

Anyone know if I'm going to blow up PC or graphics card by trying this
combo? Anyone heard of such a card working in a Windows machine?

TIA - Jon
 
Two possible scenarios:

1) It works fine using the Windows drivers.
2) It doesn't display a picture, due to the Mac Edition card's different
BIOS.

In any case, you won't damage the card or your motherboard by trying.

If (2) occurs, you may be able find a hacked BIOS to run the card on the PC.
 
I've got a spare Radeon 9650 which I pulled out of a Mac G5.

I was hoping to use it in the 8x AGP slot of a Wintel machine I've just
bought, in order to be able to connect it up to my Apple 30" cinema
display via a KVM switch. However I called ATI and they said it won't
work as it's a mac product, but it's listed on their XP driver download
page so I'm tempted to try it...

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=22492

Anyone know if I'm going to blow up PC or graphics card by trying this
combo? Anyone heard of such a card working in a Windows machine?
Click to expand...

I belive the only difference is the firmware on the board. It could be
that you could use a firmware a 9650 from a PC. The 9650 ain't that
common. Havn't checked, but I think it's preatty much a Radeon 9600
with dual DVI and support for Dual Link DVI, which it need to have
since it's delivered for the Apple 30".
 
In that case, flashing the card with a PC 9600 BIOS may disable one or both
DVI ports... which is why it's always advisable to have a spare PCI video
card handy when flashing.
 
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