On Nov 23, 5:08 pm, "Gorka L Martinez Mezo" <g...@gmx.net> wrote: > I`m slowly upgrading an old G4 Gigabit Ethernet for the young son of a > friend. > > > It is still used to play games and the original ATI Rage 128 with 16mb VRAM > isn`t up to the task of running Medal of Honor as fluidly as it should. > > Being not too familiar with this model, and after a Google search, I`m > looking for advice on how to upgrade the video card.
snip > The ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition seems to be compatible, but at 32Mb doesn`t > seems to provide much advantage for mid-2000s needs! For the time, the 32MB Radeon 7500 was a significant upgrade from the 16MB Rage. The other option is a GeForce 2MX. IIRC, they were pretty much top of the line then. Twice the vram and faster processor yielded a significant speed bump. Here is a link to a Barefeats test of the Radeon, GeForce and the Rage in a 466 DA. http://www.barefeats.com/graphiX.htm While the DA has a 4X AGP, the speed differences will be similar to a 2X slot. It shows the Radeon and the GeForce as anywhere from 5% to 300% faster than the Rage Pro. I would go with one of those as a bang for the buck test. Now if you have games that run under OS 9, there is a pci card that blows them away, the VooDoo 5 5000. The meanest, badest, fastest pci video card, but not supported under OS X. HTH, Len -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
