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would an ati 9200 128mb be a good choice for a g4 800 that only gets used for internet and light gaming?
i picked up a g4 800 for $100 and all it needs is a new video card to make it work (i put my 9800 pro 128mb in as a test card). so, i plan to give it to my sister in law who cannot afford much else and gets my hand-me-down software.
any thoughts...? this card will run in a g4 as i understand it.
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No.
It's a PCI card, so it wont support Quartz Extreme without a hack. And you've got the bandwidth advantage of AGP 4x at your disposal. So get an AGP card.
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Best value for money is probably the cheapest Radeon 9600 you can find. There are also a lot of GeForce 5200 Ultras available used, that's a decent choice if the price is right (ie lower than the 9600). Older high-end models like Geforce4 Ti and Radeon 8500, can also be found used at decent prices.
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Just keep in mind that the 9600 needs to be hardware modified to work in a 4x AGP slot and the ADC wont work.
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Originally Posted by Lateralus
Just keep in mind that the 9600 needs to be hardware modified to work in a 4x AGP slot and the ADC wont work.
A 9000 Pro would be sweet. I have one FS in the marketplce forum 
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gangster,
I have a two month old Radeon 9800 Mac Edition that will work in your G4. I bought it thinking I would keep my dual 1GHz QuickSilver until the Macintels but soon changed my mind and got a G5.
As I really don't need the Radeon now, I'm looking to sell it. PM me if you're interested.
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Originally Posted by Lateralus
it wont support Quartz Extreme without a hack.
I put a 9200 in my gf's G4, some info on this please... thx.
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Quartz Extreme isn't enabled for the PCI bus.
PCI Extreme.
(Last edited by Lateralus; Sep 1, 2005 at 06:23 AM.
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Originally Posted by crooner
gangster,
I have a two month old Radeon 9800 Mac Edition that will work in your G4. I bought it thinking I would keep my dual 1GHz QuickSilver until the Macintels but soon changed my mind and got a G5.
As I really don't need the Radeon now, I'm looking to sell it. PM me if you're interested.
Does the 9800 Mac Edition have ADC??
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I like chicken
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A Radeon 8500 or 9000 would be fine. The G4 800 is your biggest bottleneck for heavy gaming (you said light), so you don't need much more of a video card.
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I have a Radeon 8500 Mac Edtion that I would be willing to sell if your interested.
Before anyone says anything, its a true Mac Editon not a PC with MAC BIOS, extended desktop works perfectly.
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