On Sep 25, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Nabil wrote:
Is the ATI Radeon 7000 the only option?
No, there are better PCI video cards, but they all cost a lot more, and this old Beige isn't worth spending a lot of money on. If it's max'd out with 768 MB RAM it can run 10.4.11 OK, and if you get a G4 ZIF CPU you can probably get up to 10.5.8, but this would be a hassle. I'd just get a cheap PC Radeon 7000 and flash it to Mac.
Only get a PC Radeon card IF you have a PC or bootable Mac with alternate video so that you can flash the Radeon ROM (BIOS in PC speak) to Mac. This might be too complicated for you, I can help, and it doesn't take too long if you know what you're doing, but it's a hassle. If you don't have any way to flash a cheap $10 PC card you'll be stuck having to buy a Mac card. Someone might sell a Mac card cheap on LEM-Swap list if you place a WTB?
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