Power Mac - G4 Graphics card upgrade question

igeoff · igeoff #1 (**permalink**)

06-05-2009, 04:26 PM

Hi i have a G4 450 Dual powermac (Gigabit Ethernet) with 1 GB of ram & 80GB hard drive running OSX Tiger 10.4.11, And i want to upgrade the graphics card (it has the ATY,Rage128Pro AGP 16MB standard card) as it's struggling to play videos from youtube/BBC iplayer etc, Just wondered if someone could recommend a card or point me in the right direction as i'm not sure if there is a card vram limit to what the machine will run?.

Cheers

Geoff

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

06-06-2009, 07:03 AM

This card will work but it is a costly upgrade

ATI Technologies RADEON 9200 128MB MacEditi... (100-436014) at OWC

You may be able to shop around

You might want to risk flashing a PC ATI card, if you find a really cheap one
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kahlil88 · kahlil88 #3 (**permalink**)

06-06-2009, 01:53 PM

Whoa! $120 for that old card? You're better off getting it on eBay. I also have a working ATI Radeon 9250 256MB that I bought in 2005 if you want to buy it, but I haven't ever tested it with Mac OS X.

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igeoff #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 01, 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 70 Mac Specs: 2009 24" 2.66ghz 4GB ram 640GB HD, Powermac G4, Powerbook G3.	06-05-2009, 04:26 PM Hi i have a G4 450 Dual powermac (Gigabit Ethernet) with 1 GB of ram & 80GB hard drive running OSX Tiger 10.4.11, And i want to upgrade the graphics card (it has the ATY,Rage128Pro AGP 16MB standard card) as it's struggling to play videos from youtube/BBC iplayer etc, Just wondered if someone could recommend a card or point me in the right direction as i'm not sure if there is a card vram limit to what the machine will run?. Cheers Geoff
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