ATI Rage 128 is a very good card, plus it has the advantage of being able to be used under OSX. Just in case you ever decide to go that way.
For something cheaper, you could probably get an IXMicro (IMS) TwinTurbo on the cheap. The company went under, but those are still good cards. They were OEM for the PM 9600 and Umax S900. It could drive my monitor at 1152*870 at 85Hz (I think it could actually do 100Hz, but I'm not 100%). I've gone higher, but my eyes just aren't up to it. Don't expect to play any games though, this card is straight 2D acceleration. You could also go with some of the older ATI cards, Mach 64 are old, but decent for light work. Heck, you could probably pick on of those up for not much more than the price of shipping. I'd say go with the ATI Rage/Orion/Nexus series or the IXMicro. If you really want to ride the wave, update to OS 9.2.2 and get a Radeon 7000 :) But that would probably be more trouble than you are looking for. -Robyn On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 10:49 PM, Alice Strong wrote: > Hi All > > Well, the yardsale Supermac C500 ( all original) that > I purchased a few weeks ago now sports 144mb memory, a > 56K external modem, scsi zip drive, usb pci card, and > OS 8.6. All the upgrades were very smooth.*thanks > everyone* > > I bought this computer to practice and learn photo > editing with some older versions of Photoshop, Painter > and Colorit! Now.....:o) > > Does anyone have a suggestion which pci video card to > install? > > Thanks > Alice -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
