[G4] what type of video card?

[c m]

I am considering the 2GHz upgrade unless I can get a Mac mini for the price of this processor. :)
I have never had problems with my G4 sice i bought it used 7 years ago. so maybe I'll luck out?


--- On Mon, 1/26/09, Eric Wood <ewood at izoom.net> wrote:

> From: Eric Wood <ewood at izoom.net>
> Subject: Re: [G4] what type of video card?
> To: dachamp_11226 at yahoo.com, "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 5:52 AM
> Am 26.01.2009 um 08:06 schrieb c m:
> 
> > No one?
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 1/8/09, c m
> <dachamp_11226 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >> I want to upgrade the video card in my AGP as
> video playback
> >> is choppy and freezes a lot. i will not be playing
> games on
> >> this machine so will I need a AGP or PCi card with
> 128MB?
> >> 
> >> I am trying to keep costs as reasonable as
> possible. And I
> >> also have ruled out flashing a PC card since I
> have no
> >> skills to do so.
> >> 
> >> my specs:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Machine Name:	Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
> >>   Machine Model:	PowerMac3,1
> >>   CPU Type:	PowerPC G4  (2.9)
> >>   Number Of CPUs:	1
> >>   CPU Speed:	400 MHz
> >>   L2 Cache (per CPU):	1 MB
> >>   Memory:	1.5 GB
> 
> I thought this had already gotten responses? Your CPU might
> be as much to blame as your graphics card if you're
> working with very high quality video files. So, you might
> consider finding, shall we say, mid-level upgrades for both
> your CPU and graphics card. As I recall, your current card
> is a Rage 128? Anything Radeon-class would suffice, since
> that's about all it takes to have quartz extreme, and
> that should be a good benchmarking factor for playing video.
> As for the CPU, maybe get some kind of G4 chip over 1 GHz.
> You'll then have a very capable system going forward.
> 
> If you end up buying upgrades, I hope the computer will
> last long enough to make them worthwhile. You never know
> with older systems.
> 
> Eric W.