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New Graphics card = better online video playback?
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<blockquote data-quote="lievenv" data-source="post: 599648" data-attributes="member: 49112"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I have a powermac G4 AGP dual 450MHz (OS X 10.4.11) with 1.5gb ram and an ATI RADEON 9000 PRO 64MB MAC video card. For some time now watching online videos has been annoying since most of them are choppy (youtube for instance). It's not the internet connection, nor my home network (tested that thoroughly).</p><p>Would putting in a better graphics card solve this problem for sure?</p><p>Is my old G4 still worth the upgrade since a new 9800 card costs about $200?</p><p>If so, will my (original) power supply hold, knowing that I have 2 IDE drives in there and a 5-port USB2.0 pci-card (+ 2 external LCD screens with usb2.0 hubs and drives attached to them) ?</p><p></p><p>All these questions <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks for any and all help,</p><p>Vincent</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lievenv, post: 599648, member: 49112"] Hi, I have a powermac G4 AGP dual 450MHz (OS X 10.4.11) with 1.5gb ram and an ATI RADEON 9000 PRO 64MB MAC video card. For some time now watching online videos has been annoying since most of them are choppy (youtube for instance). It's not the internet connection, nor my home network (tested that thoroughly). Would putting in a better graphics card solve this problem for sure? Is my old G4 still worth the upgrade since a new 9800 card costs about $200? If so, will my (original) power supply hold, knowing that I have 2 IDE drives in there and a 5-port USB2.0 pci-card (+ 2 external LCD screens with usb2.0 hubs and drives attached to them) ? All these questions ;) Thanks for any and all help, Vincent [/QUOTE]
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