Powermac G4

Comment by familyguy9877 on January 30, 2011 at 12:54am

Now i have Five!!

Comment by Birddog10 on May 30, 2011 at 7:12pm

Does anyone have a suggestion for a video card upgrade? I have a Powermac g4 500mhz duel that is currently running ATI Rage 128 pro video.  I assume this is what came with the machine.  I don't want to spend a lot of money, but would like to improve the graphics performance.  

 

Comment by Marc Dietrich on May 31, 2011 at 11:26am

For video cards I guess its what you want out of your Mac, there are 2 different card makers, ATI and Nvidia, both have there fans, you did not mention your video cards memory size, but look for 64 MB to start or 128 MB should do the trick, your card is also a AGP model.

Comment by Lothar Joerger on June 1, 2011 at 2:23am

Hi Marc Dietrich,

if you have a PC with AGP Slot, buy a XFX 5200 PC Graphic Card and flash the BIOS with a MAC ROM. Link: http://apple-schrauber.blogspot.com/2008/11/xfx-5200-fr-powermac-g4-angekommen.html.

Comment by Marc Dietrich on June 1, 2011 at 6:26pm

Thanks for the info, for my Power Mac G4 "Sawtooth" I use a 128 mb Ati video card or installed in the PCI slot, a nvidia 128 mb card, just depends on what my uses are for it.   I do not have a PC, so flashing video cards are out....

Comment by Jeff Wayne on June 1, 2011 at 6:50pm

I bought a pre-flashed Geforce 6200 256MB on ebay for my Sawtooth and am very happy with it.  Supports all the graphic features in OS X like core image, quartz extreme, core video, core animation etc.  Only paid about $70 US for it.

 

I highly recommend this seller if you go the ebay route: http://shop.ebay.ca/local338/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&a...

Comment by Michael on December 15, 2011 at 8:27am

I just got a 1 ghz dual processor mirror door powermac tower and a 17" ADC monitor to go with it.   I can see why this would cost over $3,500 when new.   It is very versatile and the monitor was state of the art when it cam out.   It runs well on 10.5.8 and can do many things a modern mac can do.  

Comment by Marc Dietrich on December 15, 2011 at 10:16am

Welcome Michael, its a little quiet here, but your questions or comments will be responded to or answered in time.   Sounds like you have a nice Mac, keep it clean, they that one can run hot if the air intake gets plugged up, just look under the front legs, the air intake traps dust bunnies better then a swifter can....

How much memory are you running and what kind of video card does it have?

Comment by Marc Dietrich on December 15, 2011 at 10:21am

Just a heads up to you PowerMac G4 users, I have a side job repairing Mac's, the guy I work for loves Mirror drive G4's and some Quicksilver G4's and he has parts for both, sadly there is little demand for the G4's, only G5's and ibooks are big sellers.....  I could get him to sell parts if anyone is looking for them.

Comment by Arnaldo on December 15, 2011 at 3:12pm

hi I'm looking for a power supply for a g5 dual 2ghz mine is the first g5 if some one have on please pm

naldopr@hotmail.com

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