Re: Need help - Video card compatibility for my G4

2009-04-20 Thread dc
That card looks like it could be converted to work on a Mac but the ROM would need to be flashed with a converted Mac ROM. Usually that's done on a PC with a PCI video card or onboard video. Then there's a chance you will need to edit an extension to make it work in OS X. Not for the faint of hear

Re: Need help - Video card compatibility for my G4

2009-04-20 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, A local seller has some new Ti4600 cards for $25. That seems like an affordable upgrade from the Rage II that my G4 Gigabit came with. I think this card was made by nVidia. You can see it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370112810349 The Mac Elite suggests this ch

Re: Need help - Video card compatibility for my G4

2009-04-17 Thread tortoise
On Apr 16, 7:04 am, Paul wrote: > On Apr 15, 8:44 am, dc wrote: > > > You can check video card compatibility for your beast here: > > >http://themacelite.wikidot.com/compatibility > > They have extensive information on flashing a PC video card for Mac > use, which expands your options while ma

Re: Need help - Video card compatibility for my G4

2009-04-16 Thread Paul
On Apr 15, 8:44 am, dc wrote: > You can check video card compatibility for your beast here: > > http://themacelite.wikidot.com/compatibility They have extensive information on flashing a PC video card for Mac use, which expands your options while making it very inexpensive. --~--~-~--~

Re: Need help - Video card compatibility for my G4

2009-04-15 Thread dc
You can check video card compatibility for your beast here: http://themacelite.wikidot.com/compatibility On Apr 14, 12:17 pm, Tre wrote: > I'm desperate to find a compatible video card for my G4 Power Mac. > Does anyone know which one I need? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~---

Re: Need help - Video card compatibility for my G4

2009-04-14 Thread Ken Daggett
On 14 Apr 2009, at 09:17:43 PDT, Tre wrote: > I'm desperate to find a compatible video card for my G4 Power Mac. > Does anyone know which one I need? > My Mac is 5 years old. I don't wanna spend a lot of money on it but > its a beast and I don't want to get rid of it quite yet. > > Much apprecia

Re: Need help - Video card compatibility for my G4

2009-04-14 Thread Fabian Fang
On Apr 14, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Tre wrote: > I'm desperate to find a compatible video card for my G4 Power Mac. > Does anyone know which one I need? > My Mac is 5 years old. I don't wanna spend a lot of money on it but > its a beast and I don't want to get rid of it quite yet. > > Much appreciate an

Need help - Video card compatibility for my G4

2009-04-14 Thread Tre
Hello; I'm desperate to find a compatible video card for my G4 Power Mac. Does anyone know which one I need? My Mac is 5 years old. I don't wanna spend a lot of money on it but its a beast and I don't want to get rid of it quite yet. Much appreciate any help. Tre --~--~-~--~~--