I just came back from the Apple Store (Manhattan Village, CA) where I had an appointment at the Genius Bar.– I had been asked to bring computer with card (x1900xt) inside.– I did not bring any startup drive on grounds that I wanted them to use their system and not worry about my OS – I have three drives, using SnowLeopard of various versions...that was ok with them – they used small monitor and never bothered to even look at the card...
I told that card would start up fine and all would look normal, but after a couple of minutes, screen would go black without warning...
That didn't happen to them and I commented that their small mono-color monitor hardly taxed the card. they agreed.
Their diagnostics tools found no problem.
In other words – a total waste of time...I now know personally that the Genius Bar proposition is not worth bothering with.
What should I do...? – I need to run Photoshop on one 32" monitor at full HD (1920-1080) – The x1900xt could barely handle that– at any time – I would eventually get the rolling cursor after which no recovery was possible.
Is there a "golden cross" where economy meets performance...? – ...the Apple geniuses let me know that replacing the x1900xt with another (!) would cost me over $600....outrageous...
Grateful for constructive suggestions or recommendations...
gunnar in LA
I told that card would start up fine and all would look normal, but after a couple of minutes, screen would go black without warning...
That didn't happen to them and I commented that their small mono-color monitor hardly taxed the card. they agreed.
Their diagnostics tools found no problem.
In other words – a total waste of time...I now know personally that the Genius Bar proposition is not worth bothering with.
What should I do...? – I need to run Photoshop on one 32" monitor at full HD (1920-1080) – The x1900xt could barely handle that– at any time – I would eventually get the rolling cursor after which no recovery was possible.
Is there a "golden cross" where economy meets performance...? – ...the Apple geniuses let me know that replacing the x1900xt with another (!) would cost me over $600....outrageous...
Grateful for constructive suggestions or recommendations...
gunnar in LA