On Mar 29, 2005, at 5:40 PM, Carolyn Harvey wrote:
I've been trying to find out which video card would be appropriate for upgrading my G4/400 "Yikes" model (PCI graphics). My almost-local Apple experts have told me I "might" try a Radeon 7000 Mac Edition video card if I can find one, but that it probably wouldn't do much good and I really should think about getting a new computer. A new computer is out of the question for now, and I haven't found a 7000 ME; but I found a Radeon 9200 that looks like it should be compatible with my system.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ATI%20Technologies/100436011/
Is this card overkill for my aging 400 mhz system? Will it noticeably improve video performance over my current Rage 128? Will I have to troubleshoot other problems, such as firmware updating or some such? I use Panther and have 896 MB RAM, and have added a large internal hard drive and fast internal CD/RW/DVD player to the tower, so if I can manage better video the computer would still serve me well until I can afford a new one. Thanks for any advice.
I recently bought a Radeon 7000 ME for my B&W off Ebay. I can't say I have noticed much of a difference, but certainly no problems at all. My reason was so I could use the original Rage card in my beige. About the only thing I do which is video intensive is watch DVD's and they play fine. But they played fine before so YMMV! The 9200 would certainly be an improvement, I have one in my P4 PC which performs flawlessly.
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