[G4] Nvidea Geforce 3 Vs. ATI 8500

[Stefan Daehler]

Original Message:

>I am looking into upgrading the video card in my Gigabit G4/400, so I'm 
>looking for some advice.  I am currently looking at either a ATI 8500 
>64 Mb AGP card or a "flashed" Nvidea Geforce 3 64 Mb AGP card.  The 
>Nvidea is $20.00 cheaper, and they are both guaranteed.  I am running 
>only one monitor, so dual display capabilities are not important to me. 
>  I will mostly be watching DVD's or playing some games.  I would really 
>loke to get Halo which requires a 32 Mb card but recommends a 64 Mb 
>card.  Which do you think will be best?


With both of these cards you drop support for ADC, which the machine 
basically provides. If this does n't matter to you, I'd recommend ATI 
8500. Otherwise, I'd opt for a ATI Radeon 9000 Pro.

Steff