Grphx card for a Mac G4

[FrankieF21]

One of my friends got a Mac G4(not usre if its a dual or single proc) but still it was free and from his school(wish i went to that schoo) and hes lookign for a dual monitor video card. Any suggestions ooo yea and he is on some what of budget so no 9800Pro

[imac9556]

I recommend you try ebay. Try searching, "nvidia mac" or "ati mac"
thanks

[dlh75]

I checked ebay for you all I seen was ATI Radeon series. Most decent ones were around $100 or so for a 9000 Pro series. There were some that were cheaper too. Can post some links if you like.

[FrankieF21]

They were looking at getting a 7000. Ok thanks for the imput

[tony_j15]

Macs use AGP ports dont they? So that opens up the options to just about all vid cards. Frank, what kind of budget are we talking about? 50? 100?

[FrankieF21]

prob around 100 to 150 at the most

[tony_j15]

most cards have dual monitor support, but a ti4200, or Radeon 9600 should fit that budget.

[Jeordiewhite]

http://www.nvidia.com/page/products.html
http://www.ati.com/products/mac.html
These are what kind of cards you are looking at, video cards that work with pc's dont work for mac's. Plus aren't they pci-x?

[tony_j15]

PCI-X on a G4? You are talking about the 64bit long slot, right? I didnt realize they took a different card, I mean, most high end Macs I've seen have had AGP slots since the ti4200 days.

[Jeordiewhite]

I remember seeing in the G4's they had longer pci slots when I had used them as a workstation before. I believe I first seen them on a G3, at the time I was like WTF? So yeah I do believe they do use pci-x, unless they do have AGP too, I wouldn't be supprised, but even if there are some with AGP, I do not believe they take the same card as a PC does tho.