[luap82]

Just got an HP LP2465 Flatscreen. Two annoying things, which I suspect have to do with my video card (the ATI RAEDON that came with my G4 DP450 back in 2000):

1. All screensavers run painfully slow
2. When I view fullscreen videos in WMP or slideshows in (grr) iPhoto, it resets the resolution which moves all my palettes in Abobe CS.

So I'm looking for a new PCI video card. Perhaps something from NVIDIA. Not top of the line, but decent enough to handle this 1900x1200 monitor. If anyone has suggestions, please let me know. Thanks.

[mduell]

Why do you want PCI instead of AGP?

[luap82]

Well, I've been told that it may cost me upwards of $300 to find a decent AGP card that will run on a Mac. I figured PCI would give me more options. I was hoping to spend around $100, $150.

[macintologist]

I'm pretty sure the best PCI card you can get is the Radeon 7000. Get a cheap AGP card from Advanced Micro Devices - Smarter Choice - Graphics and Media Processors

[Kenneth]

The PowerMac G4 450 DP (Gigabit Ethernet) offers a 2X AGP slot and 3 64bit 33Mhz PCI slots.

I have a Apple/ATI Radeon 9000 Pro - 64MB, 4X AGP card pulled from the MDD G4.

ATI(AMD) offers Radeon 9200 PCI Mac Edition as well.

[bowwowman]

Even though it is crap by todays standards, the Radeon 9200 is the best PCI video card out there for macs, way better than the 7000. I had both in my B&W and the 9200 beat the 7000 hands down in every way possible

But you really need a Radeon 8500 or 9800 for a Sawtooth (AGP), the 8500's usually go for around $45-70, and the 9800 around $85-125........