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Author: * Hamilcar Barca -
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Date: Oct 6, 2006 - 13:13
Here is a video card that'll work with your computer....
Radeon 9200 PCI Mac. However, I wouldn't buy it. That is an old series 9 GPU (read obsolete) which isn't worth the price they are asking. And any newer AGP card is going to run on an 8X bus. Sometimes these will run on lower speed busses, but.... you will only get 2X performance. Thus you won't reap any of the true benefits of the card resulting in poor realized value (value = performance/price).
Also, you potentially run into a couple other problems. Newer video cards are power hogs. Check power requirements for any card purchase. This is especially true when upgrading an out-of-the-box system. The other problem may be that you are restricted by running a legacy OS... ie an older, no longer supported operating system.
I would not even consider upgrading the video card on this system. Upgrade a PC if you need to...you will get more performance and at a lower cost.... VALUE! Only upgrade the mac if you find a used card or OEM card for about $20 somewhere.
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