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Best Video Card for Dual 1.25 G4

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tj2001

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I have a MDD Dual 1.25Ghz that I want to put in the best graphics card I can. Any pointers, links, tips, etc will be greatly appreciated.

TIA
 
I have been scouring eBay I just want a card that is good and others might have had experience with?

Also I noticed a lot of cards are actually PC, but are converted to be used with Mac?? Is there any excellent Mac native cards?
 
tj2001 said:
Also I noticed a lot of cards are actually PC, but are converted to be used with Mac?? Is there any excellent Mac native cards?
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Yes, but there's no real difference in usage. Mostly it's about what ports the card has (i.e., a PC card isn't going to have an ADC port). There's no point in putting anything higher than a 9800 in a G4, anyway....

--Eric
 
i'm in the market for a gpu upgrade for my agp-g5 as well, but it's not on top of the list - do you think there will be interesting offerings (price/performance) for agp macs during the next two years or is this gpu-interface dead on the mac-plattform?
 
I only have only have one compliant with the 9800 Pro... it's only 128Mbs. I am looking into like the nVidia GeForce 7800 GS 256 cards... I just want complete functionality from it. I know the cards aren't mac native, but if they are utilizing their full 256Mbs and other goodies I'll be happy!
 
In a G4 MDD (2x867) I didn't see much difference between a Radeon 9800 and a Radeon 9600 in terms of performance in FCP, games, etc. A Dual 1.25Ghz might be better paired with a Radeon 9800.

The 9600 doesn't have a fan, noise, and requires less power, while not requiring a molex power connection. It's a bit cheaper too.
 
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