LCD flatscreen for G4 AGP - what works?

[drbaker]

hi

sorry if this is much-discussed question here, but i've searched and found no answers, and i'm just getting more confused. any help appreciated.

basically i'm looking to get a decent flatscreen monitor for my Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics). don't need it to be super good quality (i don't play games, just use it for regular work), just something decent in the £150 - £200 range (under $300 basically) - but i've got no idea what's compatible.

specs below:

Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)
1.4 Ghz
1.5 GB SDRAM
OSX 10.3.9

ATY,Rage128Pro:

Type: display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-A
VRAM (Total): 16 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5046
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-63001-108

Display:

Resolution: 1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 16-bit Color
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Main Display: Yes

any guidance here would be gratefully received. thanks

 

[ckodonnell]

I don't know if its much help, but in an effort to bring one of our G4's (AGP) up to par so it could continue working, we did several things:

Added DVD-R Drive
Swapped out old 128 GFx card for a Radeon 9000 Mac Edition (DVI and ADC)
DVI LG L203WT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824005078)
(Doesn't come with DVI cable)
Maxed RAM out at 1.5GB
2x160 GB 7200 RPM HD's
USB 2.0 PCI Card
1.2 GHz G4 CPU Upgrade

I know you were just asking about the monitor, and I'd still recommend the LG L203WT, but only because it will work with whatever you get next and it's only $350 for a nice wide screen monitor.

Basically, and good LCD monitor with a large enough resolution for getting work done will be beyond that 16MB card (IMHO). I've found that this machine performs amazingly well given the tasks we throw at it. You'd be amazed what putting a little money into these things will do.

Hope it was helpful.

 

[drbaker]

hi

thanks for your reply.

yep, i've upgraded most things on this mac - got a new processor, maxed out the ram, added usb 2 pci card etc. it's doing everything i want it to do... just that i've a got a rubbish behemoth of a monitor attached to it that i can't place on my desk, so it's over to the right and i'm gradually getting neck ache!

so yeah, i kinda guessed i would have to upgrade the graphics card, but i don't have the cash right now to do that and buy a monitor too, so was just hoping that there would be a flatscreen out there that would work ok with my current card.

thanks for your help anyway!