GeForce 2 32M VS GeForce 4 64M

[daizhuo]

Just order a GeForce 4 64M AGP card for my G4 Cube with Sonnet 1.8Ghz CPU, 1G RAM. Anybody knows how much GF4 would help me improve my cube? Thx, guys......

 

[zen.state]

Just order a GeForce 4 64M AGP card for my G4 Cube with Sonnet 1.8Ghz CPU, 1G RAM. Anybody knows how much GF4 would help me improve my cube? Thx, guys......

You will certainly see improvements but not massive ones. The GUI and things like full screen video at higher desktop resolutions will improve but you still won't have Core Image support.

The best vid card a Cube can take to the best of my knowledge is a Geforce 6200 which would make it the only Core Image capable Cube compatible card. Having hardware support for CI in Leopard is essential because if you don't it uses the CPU to do all the CI rendering which while minimized in that mode is very CPU taxing. I have seen up to a 34% decrease in CPU performance without a Core Image capable GPU.

 

[daizhuo]

You will certainly see improvements but not massive ones. The GUI and things like full screen video at higher desktop resolutions will improve but you still won't have Core Image support.

The best vid card a Cube can take to the best of my knowledge is a Geforce 6200 which would make it the only Core Image capable Cube compatible card. Having hardware support for CI in Leopard is essential because if you don't it uses the CPU to do all the CI rendering which while minimized in that mode is very CPU taxing. I have seen up to a 34% decrease in CPU performance without a Core Image capable GPU.

Ths for ur replying.
It's very expensive and hard to find a Mac Geforce 6200.
Anybody knows how to find one?
Ths,

 

[zen.state]

Ths for ur replying.
It's very expensive and hard to find a Mac Geforce 6200.
Anybody knows how to find one?
Ths,

I bought the one I have on ebay in 2009 for approx. 70 shipped. I have seen some still recently. I would post a link but ebay auction urls seem frowned upon here so just go there and search "geforce 6200 mac".

If you feel up to it and adventurous you could buy a 6200 for PC and flash it.

 

[daizhuo]

I bought the one I have on ebay in 2009 for approx. 70 shipped. I have seen some still recently. I would post a link but ebay auction urls seem frowned upon here so just go there and search "geforce 6200 mac".

If you feel up to it and adventurous you could buy a 6200 for PC and flash it.

Ths again，
I did search eBay and no result.
I want to know 6200 need a fan or not.
And，how to flash a PC 6200？Is it stable for Cube？

 

[zen.state]

Info on the type of 6200 to buy:
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/xfx-6200-agp

Geforce 6200 ROM for the Cube:
http://campahunta.free.fr/Downloads/ROMs/MLP256XFX2_Cube.rom.zip

Flashing guide:
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/nvidia-general-flashing

How to tape pins 3 and 11:
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11

Thats the order to do it in also. 1. buy card 2. flash card 3. cover pins

 

[daizhuo]

Info on the type of 6200 to buy:
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/xfx-6200-agp

Geforce 6200 ROM for the Cube:
http://campahunta.free.fr/Downloads/ROMs/MLP256XFX2_Cube.rom.zip

Flashing guide:
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/nvidia-general-flashing

How to tape pins 3 and 11:
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11

Thats the order to do it in also. 1. buy card 2. flash card 3. cover pins

Wow........
U are a so nice guy! It's so great help from u!
Thank u very much！