[G4] video card question

[Richard Klein]

I can't answer most of your questions, but AGP provides a much faster
connection between the video card and the rest of the computer than
does PCI.

I think you can get a PC-compatible Radeon 9200 (or 9800) much cheaper
and flash it to work with your G4, but I don't know the details, and
you may not be comfortable with flashing the firmware.  I would also
think there are Quartz-Extreme-compatible nVidia cards, but I don't
know.

-- 
Rich

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Margaret Krakowiak
<imago at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I have a G4 dual 450, gig ethernet Mac,
> with an Apple CRT studio display monitor.
> I'm running OSX 4.6
>
> I just got a little Flip video camcorder
> (great product, BTW), shot some video, and opened
> my iWorks/iMovie 06 to do some editing.
> I get a message saying I should upgrade my video
> card to one that is "Quartz Extreme compatible".
>
> I went to OWC, and they show 2 possibilities,
> the Radeon 9200 PCI for about $100, and the
> Radeon 9800 AGP for about $200.
>
> My questions:
> Are these my only 2 options?
> What is the advantage of PCI over AGP, or
> vice versa?
> The 9200 PCI states it does not support OS9
> on the gig ethernet model - I do have OS9.2.2
> installed, and use it, though infrequently.