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sforeste

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Dec 17, 2006
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Hello! I am fairly new to Mac's (1st one) and this is a G4 Sawtooth (AGP) which has been upgraded to 1.2 Ghz (CPU), 512 MB memory (another 512 MB will be added in a few days) and a ATI 9000 Pro 128 MB Video Card. Everything works fine on this computer and am quite happy but I do need a Video Card upgrade.

I have been playing WoW and while solo or small 5 man groups are ok, the 40 man raids are really lagging me badly. I have the opportunity to purchase the Nvidia Gefore 6800 GT but I can not find information if the card will work in my computer and the best I can get from the seller is that it should.

I would like to know if this would be a good purchase (it will be used) or if there are better options available and what you would recommend. I would like to keep my purchase below $200.00 if possible. Thank you to all who take the time to reply.
 
In case anyone else arrives via a Google search ...

... the answer is 'no' - an nVidia 6800 won't work in a Sawtooth Mac, as the slots are keyed differently ...

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... so the card won't physically fit in the AGP socket.
 
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