[G4] Will a newer video card help?

[Vernon LeMoignan]

You would see a HUGE improvement in game playing by going to the  8500.

The whole point to have a video accelerator card is so that the system 
can offload
the video processing to a dedicated graphics CPU. The speed of the G4 
will effect
the graphics speed to a certain degree, but the video card  plays a 
much greater role
in determining frame rates and such.

I don't know if the Geforce4 titanium is compatible with 2X AGP

Vern.



On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 05:39  AM, John Erdman wrote:

> My G4/400 Sawtooth still has the original ATI Rage 128 video card in 
> the video slot. In some games such as "Medal Of Honor" , certain of 
> the fast graphics intensive sequences, are very "draggy". For the most 
> part the rest of the game plays fine even with the graphics options 
> "turned up to max".  Even when I make adjustments on the video options 
> screen to reduce the load on the card the system drags in the fast 
> sequences.
>
>
>  Now I know that the Aspyr recommends the G4/450 as the minimum 
> required configuration, but so far my old soldier has been quite 
> adequate for it.
>
> 	Two questions:
>
> My question is: would installing an ATI 8500 make any improvement over 
> the the stock card for gaming, or am I being limited by the main CPU 
> processor clock? How can I determine which is limiting?
>
> If I choose to upgrade to a GeForce4Titanium will it operate in my 2X 
> AGP slot. The tech spec are a little above my heat but I've an idea 
> thaat the 2X card may not have enough power feed for the card. Is that 
> right?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
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