your graphics card as far as i can read will not support qe-ci because the driver isn't there for it and there is no fix for it at this time
if you want to run leopard and these programs your best bet is to buy a different card

@hey, You are right. iLife & iWork don't work without Quartz Extreme & Core Image. And unfortunately there are many more applications which don't work.

But think about it. It's not possible to use Cover Flow in Finder, it's not possible to see any Graphic Rendering, it's not possible to use many Applications, and after all, the system doesn't run smooth. :(

If you are looking for a cheap & perfectly working graphic card, buy a GeForce 7600 GT. It's cheap and one of the best choices for Osx86 use.

You could also consider to buy a GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS/GT if you need the best performance. :-)

Well I have decided to get a new graphics card. Leopard works well with the one I have it is just certain apps that dont work without the qe+ci. It should be easy to install, right? Just replace and reboot? I hope so because I am tri-booting xp, vista, and leopard and hopefully this wont damage anything. I will order one and will let you guys know how it goes. Really appreciate the help. I have an idea about how I am going to do it, but if you have anything that would help me do this as smoothly as possible I would definitely take it into consideration.

DLing 10.5.2 RC2 now. Hope it works... It's only bad that X11 isn't included in the system, I'm using Crossover. Have to extract it from the old DVD.

Some problems with disk images: Has anyone the problem when he's mounting an .dmg image with the type 'CD/DVD' or older CDs that there are a lot of disks mounted, fe. diskXs0 disXs1 diskXs2... up to diskXs6 and so on. Sometimes it's problematic to eject disk images, you have to eject them from Disk Utility, not from the desktop. Sometimes they are still listed in the drives sidebar, even if they were already ejected.

While I'm just talking about disk images: Try to use them more often, they're great. If you want to archive files you also have to decrunch them always. Using a compressed .dmg you have much easier access to the data. Create with Disk Utility an empty .dmg in the size you need, add about 10-20 MB more. Always select 'No partition table'. There are two types: the normal .dmg which is so big as you selected, or the .sparseimage which only needs so much space on you harddisk as it's using. Put your files into the .dmg, change the Volume name and convert it with Disk Utility to a compressed dmg. If you select compressed (bzip2) it saves a lot of space, more than zip archives.

But they're also great for burning Mac CDs/DVDs: Create with disk Utility an empty .dmg or .sparseimage as above. Now copy files, folders or compressed dmg's to this disk. Now you can give it special disk icons, change the background color or use a picture (for each directory), the icons could be in different size as normal and so on. Looks great, much better as a simple Data DVD burnt with Toast. To create icons you need only the prog FastIcns and the usual Preview program, even 512x512 px Leopard icons. If you have a lot of pics or movies on a DVD, maybe switch off the 'Preview' function, otherwise it could take long if it displays all thumbnails. After this you can burn the disk, also with Disk Utility.

I attached some self-made disc icons, only uing FastIcns and Leopard's Preview.

i am a little confused... The above comment was not for me, right?

yeah i don't think that was for you

@puttabong, i had cover flow when i was using the ati x200 integrated card..:)
@naquuada, i also use crossover on 10.5.2 RC2 but i don't need x11

Hey guys I can get the geforce 7600 gt or the geforce 7900gt. I know the 7600 works but is the 7900 just as compatible, because I would rather get that one. What do you guys think?

@ DoiX:

the X200M is working now? Full CI/QE or only software emulated CI?