I will report back in a few days after I have time to see if the shimmering effect has gone away or not, since its so sporadic. I previously used this same display with my old Quicksilver Powermac and had no such issues with it. The problem generally doesn't appear, but when it rears its head it is definitely an annoyance. There is no real repeatable thing that makes it crop up, as far as I can tell its random, and is definitely not heat related since games do not seem to be causing any artifacting or such.
There are certain images that really exacerbate the problem when its acting up, and I have found that dark greys and near blacks are the tonal ranges that show this. I tried to take a photo of the problem and a screenshot as well to make sure it wasn't a buffer issue and neither evidenced the problem. The camera simply for the fact that it is pretty terrible and the pixels on the screen were too small for it to really show. I have considered talking to apple about it but am loathe to give up my machine for any period of time since its my main work machine.
Anyway, I have read reports online about people getting replacement cards that did not fix the issue. For the record I bought my machine August ' The display is running at x native rez through the DVI port. I haven't tried switching to the other DVI port or using the VGA cable, mostly because I can't be bothered to try since the problem is so minor and sporadic.
I also used the DVI connection with my Quicksilver, for the record. Did the QS show the same issue? If so it's not related to the X graphics card specifically. Restarting the computer sometimes solves the problem but cycling the monitor on and off doesn't ever solve the problem. Not sure if you're ever heard of this problem, but I figured I would explain it some in case this crops up with other readers. Great site and thanks for maintaining such a great resource.
Hopefully if one of your readers has found a solution to this problem they can share it with me. You are welcome to post this up. So be careful with updating the new XT Firmware.
What about your experiences? The process was very quick and problem free. I have not had a problem with a scrambled display in bootcamp. I'm using an Apple Cinema HD 23" display though, so perhaps it's related to his display. Dropped the purchase of the Catalyst 7. The cooler is a lot fancier looking on the X, although there is something about chromed plastic that reminds of cheap children s toys. Graphics Driver.
The ATI introduced the video drivers for Windows. I don't see the Catalyst control panel anywhere. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic.
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