Am 08.01.2009 um 10:44 schrieb Robert C. Buitron: > Hi folks, > There was a recent thread on upgrading the video/graphic cards on a > G4. I have a MDD, 800FW, 1.25 dual processor with the original > GeForce4 by NVidia in the AGP bus (slot 1) and the original 17" > Apple Studio Display. I use the machine heavily for photography and > some web creation. > > Why would I want to (or need to) upgrade the card to say the ATI > Radeon 9200? If I got a newer monitor, say the Dell 24" cinema, > would the upgrade help? Do I need an adaptor for the Apple Display > Connector to the DVI-I and is that available at OWC? > > When upgrading the video card, do I remove the original and place > the new card in the AGP slot, or do I keep the original and place > the new card in a PCI slot? > > Thanks for your incoming explanations and answers. I always follow > many of the subjects that are posted. > > Rob Unless you're experiencing some poor graphics performance at present, you might as well not worry about a video card upgrade. If, however, you do want or need something better, then as the others say, you'll want a new AGP card to replace the current one. PCI cards will run very slowly by comparison, and you likely won't even find a better model than your current one available in PCI. I think the highest Radeon for PCI was the 7000, maybe a bit higher. Your system is fast enough to warrant a video card upgrade to keep it modern, I'd say. I don't know how a Radeon 9200 compares to a Geforce 4, though it's a decent model as I recall from the Mac Mini G4, which also used that chipset, and come to think of it, I think my iBook G4 has that as well. Eric W.