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DESCRIPTION
As of 10.4.3 or so, this hack stopped working and started rendering machines unbootable. Please do not try to run this software on 10.4.3 or above. If you have and you want to get your machine working again, you need to take:
PCI Extreme 3.1/PCI Extreme.app/Contents/Resources/CoreGraphics
and overwrite:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/CoreGraphics

You can do this in single user mode with the CP command, with a boot CD like DiskWarrior or TechTools, or you can boot the sad Mac into FireWire disk mode and use another Mac to copy the file over using the Finder.

PCI Extreme!... PCI Radeon users rejoice! This hack will enable hardware accelerated features in CoreGraphics any PCI video card with the proper hardware. Easy, eh? The patch PCI Extreme! performs will not allow older cards, such as the Rage II, Rage 128 Pro, Nexus, or any Voodoo or nVidia cards to utilize hardware acceleration. Unless the AGP counterpart to your card can power a feature, the PCI equivalent will not be able to, even with this patch. That is the bottom line.

Unfortunately, because Apple hardcoded the setting into CoreGraphics, I'm not aware of a way to enable both AGP and PCI graphics quartz acceleration at the same time. If you know a way, please let me know.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.1: Improved Tiger support. No longer relies on binary difference patches or MD5 sums. No more "binary unsupported" messages. Certified safe for 10.4.0. At your own risk for future releases (unless this is updated by then, of course!)
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS 10.2 or later, except for 10.3.7


Developer:Zack Schilling
Downloads:22,850
  - Version d/l:9,005
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:30 Apr 2005
Platform:PPC
RATING
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    PCI Extreme! User Reviews (39 posts)Write A Review
    Nov 16 2007

    OCJB  I think I misunderstood the use of this file. I have an AGP PowerMac G4. It also has an ATI 9200 Mac Edition in a PCI slot. I was trying to enable Quartz Extreme by using this hack. My system will not reboot. Get grey screen, then blue screen. Nothing else, so I cannot get in to remove the changes made. Please help...  (Version 3.1)

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    Jul 11 2007

    JASONC  I tried to download this file and it is no longer available. Googling the file provides many sites with links to download the file but all from the same location. Does anyone know where I can get this file? Thanks. Jason  (Version 3.1)

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    Jan 13 2006

    BARONROBOT  Worked like a charm under OS X 10.4.3 on my (upgraded to G4@800 by Sonnet) Yosemite, using an ATI Radeon 7000 64MB. Today, after updating to 10.4.4, I'm not able to use it and getting a kernel panic (grey screen asking to restart). Am I the only having this problem?  (Version 3.1)

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    Nov 2 2005
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    ANONYMOUS  Stable with 10.4.2

    Stop working with 10.4.3 ???  (Version 3.1)

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