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Apple Computing Products:
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Video card for G4 Dual PowerPC
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<blockquote data-quote="Avalon" data-source="post: 166944" data-attributes="member: 5184"><p>There aren't that much cards compatible with the G4, and it depends of which G4.</p><p>The first PowerMac G4 (Yikes!) has no AGP slot.</p><p>The PM G4 Sawtooth and Gigabit Ethernet have an AGP 2x slot</p><p>The PM G4 Digital Audio, Quicksilver and MDD all have AGP 4x slot.</p><p></p><p>To check which one you have, go to <a href="http://www.lowendmac.com" target="_blank">www.lowendmac.com</a> and have a look at "Mac Specs".</p><p></p><p>Now to compatible retail graphics cards:</p><p>The ATI Radeon 9000, 9200 and 9800 Mac edition are all AGP 2x/4x compatible, thus will work on every PM G4 with AGP.</p><p>The 9800 Mac special edition is G5-only.</p><p>The new ATI Radeon 9600 PC&Mac edition works in every PM G4 with AGP 4x.</p><p></p><p>There are some nVidia cards for Mac too, but they aren't available as retail cards, as far as I know.</p><p></p><p>But honestly, Motion is a VERY performance demanding application, and it won't run very well on a G4. Anything below a Dual G5 isn't really good for Motion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Avalon, post: 166944, member: 5184"] There aren't that much cards compatible with the G4, and it depends of which G4. The first PowerMac G4 (Yikes!) has no AGP slot. The PM G4 Sawtooth and Gigabit Ethernet have an AGP 2x slot The PM G4 Digital Audio, Quicksilver and MDD all have AGP 4x slot. To check which one you have, go to [url]www.lowendmac.com[/url] and have a look at "Mac Specs". Now to compatible retail graphics cards: The ATI Radeon 9000, 9200 and 9800 Mac edition are all AGP 2x/4x compatible, thus will work on every PM G4 with AGP. The 9800 Mac special edition is G5-only. The new ATI Radeon 9600 PC&Mac edition works in every PM G4 with AGP 4x. There are some nVidia cards for Mac too, but they aren't available as retail cards, as far as I know. But honestly, Motion is a VERY performance demanding application, and it won't run very well on a G4. Anything below a Dual G5 isn't really good for Motion. [/QUOTE]
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