mac powerpc G3 upgrade

I want to upgrade my mac, i want to put in a pci graphics card and a usb expansion card. what sort do i have to use. can i use the cards from my present pc win xp or do i have to have ones especially for a mac?

What specific type of PowerPC G3 computer are you running? I am assuming either a CRT iMac or a PowerMac.

It is a power mac.

There are many model G3's. Is it a blue and white tower? Nothing from your PC will work period. Hardly worth spending hard earned cash on sadly a G3.

With due respect to answers provided already, if you have a Mac blue/white PPC G3 tower machine, there are a number of things you can add to it. Your PCI card may well work, also the USB expansion card.

A G3 tower can operate two IDE drives, plus one SCSI drive. It can accommodate a Zip drive.

The biggest limiting factor is the CPU speed but you can add to the motherboard and raise the CPU speed to 1 GHz, but it's expensive, and Harry's advice is relevant - is it worth it (to you)?

It is the beige tower and ive been told it is good for upgrades, i just wondered wether my pci graphics card and my usb expansion card will work in it, also if there are any reasonable priced upgrades i can do to it?

When it comes to Macs and Graphics cards, Cards for PC's will not work. They need (if the ROM is available) to be flashed to a Mac ROM and then it would work. So I would say no in most cases. The PCI USB card might work depending on the OS and drivers.

As far as other upgrades, since it's not even a Blue & White G3, anything major you can do would cost more than in some cases a new Mini and still be a very slow machine. I would not dump much $$$ into something that old.

Yep, have to concur, that beige tower machine has very limited upgrade options. Go to Mactracker http://mactracker.ca/ or Mac Specs, Prices, Answers, & Comparison @ EveryMac.com - Est. 1996 to find out more about what you can do with what is now an obsolete machine.

As for the PCI cards, you can but try them. I don't think you'll damage either the cards or the Mac, they'll either work or they won't.

im upgrading a B&W,

usb 2.0 pci cards are sold everywhere, no worries about that,
im still planning on getting a graphics card though.

Ati Radeon 9200's have dvi.

A 9200 really? B & W G3 do not have AGP slots only PCI so make sure the card is actually a PCI as the 9200 comes in both AGP and PCI.

This is the one you want:-

http://www.macfixit.com.au/shop/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=214