Hi, Sadly, I sold my g5 just the other day, and I miss like heck. But we made some cash on it. I'm trying to find a cheap machine to hold us over until the newer machines come o…

1. Any Radeon will give you Quartz Extreme support, Radeon 9600 or better will give you Tiger Core Graphics support. 2. You can do it with a $10 ATA-SATA adapter (mind the 128GB li…

hi, Thanks for your suggestions. Do you think the radeon 9600 cards are worth it considering they seem to go for $100+ on ebay? how about am inexpensive card like the radeon 700…

Quote: Originally Posted by kmarketing Do you think the radeon 9600 cards are worth it considering they seem to go for $100+ on ebay? how about am inexpensive card like the ra…

7000 is fine if you don't need support for Tiger Core Graphics. The ATA-SATA adapter will work, but you'll only be able to use the first 137 billion bytes (128GB) out of 160 billi…

Hi, In terms of the sata to ide interface, I can't seem to find the right one. All of the ones that I see are to convert ide/regular atas hard drives into sata. can you please h…

This should do the job: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812156011

Hi, thanks so much!! Would the card that is included in this set be good? http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Maxtor-200GB...cmd ZViewItem I may be able to get this set cheaper locally, bu…

The included card probably isn't supported by OSX.

Quote: Originally Posted by kmarketing I got it for $200. It is a g4 powermac 450 that has been upgraded to a single 1.42 processor. It has 1gb of memory with 256 chips. It h…

Hi, Looking around I think the radeon 8500 is my best bet but it still costs around $80. I see on ebay that I can get a pci radeon 7000 64mb card for about $50. Is there a big d…

Hi, What do you think about this card? Will this really be good for the powermac? http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-Edition-ATI-...cmdZ ViewItem I hate spending more money on it, this wi…

Better? Yes. Really good? It was top of the line... 4 years ago. It's about the same as a mini, but obviously with more room to expand.

Hi, Thanks mduell, i definitely appreciate your opinion. I think my main question is "Is this upgrade worth $90?" I see a cheaper 7000 64mb card on ebay for about $50. That car…

The video card has zilch to do with anything you plan on doing, so I'd say go with the 7000; it supports the same features (Quartz Extreme) as the 8500.

I cannot recommend the Radeon 7000. If you can, invest the money for a 9600.

Hi OreoCookie, Can you tell me why the radeon 7000 is not recommended? Again, I really don't do anything too much that I think I would need a great video card for. But I do want…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell The video card has zilch to do with anything you plan on doing, so I'd say go with the 7000; it supports the same features (Quartz Extreme) as…

A PCI card is definitely not recommended. A little background. Quartz Extreme uses the graphics card to draw windows and other user interface effects. This makes moving windows fo…

hi, Thanks so much everyone for your help with the vido cards. In this time, I actually did some research on agp cards and then specifically the 7000 and 8500. Most say that the…

Hi, Just bought the 8500 on ebay for $80 + shipping. Man they kill you with the shipping. I hope that there will be a definite improvement, and at least with the dvi port I ca…

Hi, Okay, another purchase... I wanted to be able to use the sata drive from my g5 that I recently sold so I have been researching my options: 1. sata to ide interface converter…

Quote: Originally Posted by OreoCookie This not not true. Quartz Extreme will be sped up by the faster graphics card. It's not like Windows in that respect. Transparent windows,…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Please tell me that scrolling and moving windows is not a serious performance challenge for hardware that was new about 5 years ago. Scro…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Please tell me that scrolling and moving windows is not a serious performance challenge for hardware that was new about 5 years ago. Look …