[G4] Video Card Upgrade Question

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If you're gonna spend that much money for a processor upgrade and a video card, get a Mac Mini.  You already have the monitor.

Nate
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From: Preston Peek <ppeek at nc.rr.com>
> Hello All -- By way of introduction, let me state that I've used Macs for 22
> years, and know enough techie stuff to just get by -- or get myself into
> trouble. 
> 
> I have a Quicksilver Power Mac G4, 933 MHz, 512 RAM, with a GeForce4 MX
> chipset, 64 MB VRAM. (If this isn't enough info for your response, please
> let me know...)
> 
> I've just purchased a Samsung 22" widescreen monitor, but can only attach it
> to my analog VGA port (no DVI on my G4). The picture, even on a Hi Def DVD,
> is not so hot. I know someone who runs this monitor from a PC for gaming,
> and he's blown away by it. Not so me.
> 
> My question is: If I upgrade my video card (I'm looking at a Mac ATI Radeon
> 9200 128MB AGP DVI Video Card) will this improve my resolution? Will
> increasing the RAM (which I badly need) help?
> 
> And on a related issue: Is anyone familiar with the $299 "SuperCharged 1.5
> GHz PowerMac G4 CPU Upgrade G-Celerator, 1.53 GHz with the supercharged 2MB
> Cache... The "Plug & Play" 1.5 GHz that will more than triple the speed of
> your Power Macintosh G4 system!?" Worth it. I could sure use some speed
> 
> Many thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
> 
> Preston
> 
> 
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