[G4] Will a newer video card help?

[DILLOMAN at aol.com]

I've got a sawtooth 450MP that had the same ATI 128 AGP card.  I run OS X [almost] exclusively.  I saw on ebay a nvidia ge4mx(?) (64mb), the same card that's in my QuickSilver 1gb MP, and went for it.

It worked like a champ... overall computer was xbenched @ 20% faster - just with the video card.

The worst part was a couple of weeks later, OWC had/has a comparable nvidia ge3 agp card for $65 or $75 bucks!  That's quite a bit less than what I paid on ebay for the bigger brother.

Anyway, go for the video card, you will see an improvement. 

BTW, I'm also running 2, 17" displays without a speed hit.  It's awesome for PhotoShop and the like.

Good luck!

In a message dated 7/29/2003 7:39:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, John Erdman <jperdman at earthlink.net> writes:

>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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