Just recently came upon this and thought maybe other ehmac users would find it helpful. For those of you with Power Macs or Mac Pros, this might be a good deal??
This was taken from RFD, posted here:
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=322830
I'm not too familiar with video cards for the Mac so here goes:
Trade-Up Program
ATI's trade-up program allows you to upgrade your existing graphic card, no matter who made it, to the following boards listed below:
Radeon X1600 PRO 512MB PCI-E (CAD$149.00) --> CAD$229.00 - $80
Radeon X1600 PRO 512MB AGP (CAD$149.00) --> CAD$229.00 - $80
Radeon X1900 CrossFire 512MB PCI-E (CAD$369.00) --> CAD$449.00 - $80
Radeon X1900 GT 256MB PCI Express (CAD$319.00) --> CAD$399.00 - $80
Radeon X1900 XTX 512MB PCI-E (CAD$369.00) --> CAD$449.00 - $80
All-in-Wonder X1900 256MB PCI-E (CAD$219.00) --> CAD$299.00 - $80
All-in-Wonder X800 XT 256MB AGP (CAD$119.00) --> CAD$199.00 - $80
All-in-Wonder X800 XL 256MB PCI-E (CAD$319.00) --> CAD$399.00 - $80
Radeon® 9800 Pro Mac® Edition 256MB AGP USD$199.00-$50.00
http://shop.ati.com/tradeup.asp
So instead of purchasing a nicer video card for your tower, this might be a better alternative. Cheaper than from Apple too?
Maybe while we're on the topic, anyone care to explain to me what makes a video card suitable for a Mac? Is any PCI-E card supported? As the above list has the X1900 available which i seem to see a lot about from new Mac Pro purchases.
This was taken from RFD, posted here:
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=322830
I'm not too familiar with video cards for the Mac so here goes:
Trade-Up Program
ATI's trade-up program allows you to upgrade your existing graphic card, no matter who made it, to the following boards listed below:
Radeon X1600 PRO 512MB PCI-E (CAD$149.00) --> CAD$229.00 - $80
Radeon X1600 PRO 512MB AGP (CAD$149.00) --> CAD$229.00 - $80
Radeon X1900 CrossFire 512MB PCI-E (CAD$369.00) --> CAD$449.00 - $80
Radeon X1900 GT 256MB PCI Express (CAD$319.00) --> CAD$399.00 - $80
Radeon X1900 XTX 512MB PCI-E (CAD$369.00) --> CAD$449.00 - $80
All-in-Wonder X1900 256MB PCI-E (CAD$219.00) --> CAD$299.00 - $80
All-in-Wonder X800 XT 256MB AGP (CAD$119.00) --> CAD$199.00 - $80
All-in-Wonder X800 XL 256MB PCI-E (CAD$319.00) --> CAD$399.00 - $80
Radeon® 9800 Pro Mac® Edition 256MB AGP USD$199.00-$50.00
http://shop.ati.com/tradeup.asp
So instead of purchasing a nicer video card for your tower, this might be a better alternative. Cheaper than from Apple too?
Maybe while we're on the topic, anyone care to explain to me what makes a video card suitable for a Mac? Is any PCI-E card supported? As the above list has the X1900 available which i seem to see a lot about from new Mac Pro purchases.
