[G4] video card

[lavode at comcast.net]

Personally, I have heard that anything over a Radeon 7000 is a waste of money for the older G4s.  Of course, I have a Yikes!, and I may be confusing specific info about my computer.  I plan on getting one of the 64mb 7000 cards, as it will still support dual monitor, provide a ton of VRAM compared to the 16mb in there now, will allow me to run QE, and doesn't have wake from sleep issues withe the Yikes.  What more could I need?

YMMV,
Lavode

> > Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:39:45 -0500
> > 
> > What is the best, video card now, that would work in my older Sawtooth
> > G4?
> > 
> > 
> > Tks-
> > Richard
> 
> 
> The best that provides dual monitor support would be the Radeon 9800 with
> DVI and VGA, 128MB of RAM, followed by the Radeon 8500 with DVI and VGA,
> 64MB RAM. 
> The problem with the Sawtooth is that it can't use ADC, so any video cards
> with ADC ports are "wasted" - though naturally if you only need 1 monitor,
> you could always use the DVI (or VGA) port, so at that point any ATI video
> card should be okay, as well as most nVidia cards (though there may be
> trouble with 8x AGP cards, you'd have to check for info on that).
> 
> I like the Radeon 8500. You could also try a PC version of the Radeon 8500
> and flash it with Mac firmware, which might save you $50 or so.
>