[G4] Video upgrades for PowerMac G4 dual

[Alan Kidner]

Check out this site:
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/compatibility

I have upgraded my 733MHz G4 to a second hand GeForce 7800 GS

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Eric Smith wrote:
> You can use a PCI card but AGP is waaay faster than PCI.
> You don't say why your ATI Rage is inadequate, but I would
> find PCI cards to be inadequate too.
> For more information on the differences, see:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port#Advantages_over_PCI 
>
>
> I upgraded my PM G4 to the Radeon 9800 Pro.
>
> Eric S.
>
> David Gardner wrote:
>> I have a PowerMac G4 dual 500mhz with the standard ATI Rage 128 AGP 
>> card with a measly 16mb video RAM, which is pretty inadequate. The 
>> recommended upgrade is to the ATI Radeon 9000 Pro Mac Edition, but 
>> those prices seem pretty high, as well as it being pretty rare, 
>> especially the 128mb version.
>>
>> Is it possible to forget the AGP slot completely and run a primary 
>> video card in one of the PCI slots instead, and if so, which higher 
>> end card would work best in this system?
>>
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