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Can my 867 Quicksilver G4 handle the Dell 2405fpw?
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It should work - even if you have the Quicksilver's original video card (the Geforce 2MX w/32MB VRAM), you should be able to use the monitor's large native resolution of 1920 x 1200.
However, if you plan to do more that surf the net and use Office (i.e games or iMovie), the little GeForce will struggle and I recommend that you plan on upgrading to a better video card. I recommend getting the $120 Radeon 9600 Pro 64MB from Other World Computing. It is a G5 card modded by OWC to work in G4 computers. It's cheaper than the slower Radeon 9000 and a little better than a Geforce 5200Ultra. It's also fully compatible with OSX Tiger's Core Image features. Alternately, you could shoot the wad and go for the $250 Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition 128MB, which will take anything you can throw at it.
However, if you plan to do more that surf the net and use Office (i.e games or iMovie), the little GeForce will struggle and I recommend that you plan on upgrading to a better video card. I recommend getting the $120 Radeon 9600 Pro 64MB from Other World Computing. It is a G5 card modded by OWC to work in G4 computers. It's cheaper than the slower Radeon 9000 and a little better than a Geforce 5200Ultra. It's also fully compatible with OSX Tiger's Core Image features. Alternately, you could shoot the wad and go for the $250 Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition 128MB, which will take anything you can throw at it.
I have a nVidia TNT, with 16 MB of RAM. And it drives a 1280x1024 screen just fine. Take what you will.
Lord Blackadder said:
iMovie will perform the same on a G5 with a 5200 Ultra as a X850XT. The only video apps that benefit from a good graphics card are apps lie Motion.
But it is very true that games will need a much better graphics card.