[Maharaja]

I want to upgrade my G5 video card. Currently i have the stock ATI 9600 and i had it since November. What i have in mind is ATI 9800 Pro Mac SE 256MB. Should i wait for X800 although there are no announcements by ATI on the Mac version of the card. Any advice on this?

I have been using my G5 for photoediting and video editing (photoshop/iMovie). I'm also currenly learning FCP. And not to forget games.

Thanks in advance.

my set up is;

Dual 2.0 G5
IGB RAM
23" Apple Cinema Display

[Leonard]

With ATI, we'll probably be waiting 6 months for the Mac version of the Radeon X800. If you can wait that long, I'd say wait, because I don't think going from the Radeon 9600 to the Radeon 9800 Pro SE is worth it. If you can't wait, the best would be the Radeon 9800 Pro SE.

[rhogue islander]

Unless you need the ADC port, I would suggest going with the regular 9800 Pro Mac Edition. The extra 128mb of ram in the Special Edition only comes into play at very high resolutions with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering engaged. Otherwise there is almost no speed difference btwn the two.

Here's a link with some benchmarks comparing the two from Barefeats:

http://www.barefeats.com/rad9800s.html

[Maharaja]

Originally posted by rhogue islander:
Unless you need the ADC port, I would suggest going with the regular 9800 Pro Mac Edition. The extra 128mb of ram in the Special Edition only comes into play at very high resolutions with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering engaged. Otherwise there is almost no speed difference btwn the two.

Here's a link with some benchmarks comparing the two from Barefeats:

http://www.barefeats.com/rad9800s.html

The website is very informative. The benchmarks really help.