Graphic Card for G4 PowerMac

Posted by Roland 
Graphic Card for G4 PowerMac
April 23, 2006 03:53PM
I'd like load Motion on my G4 desktop However my current graphic card doesn't support it. I have a G4 PowerMac with Mirror door. Apple store says they don't have cards for that model anymore. Any ideas what I need and where can it be purchased?

Thanks
Re: Graphic Card for G4 PowerMac
April 23, 2006 04:06PM
Try ATI - they have the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with 256 MB Vram and 2x 4x AGP capability. Also they have the 9700 Pro which is MAC /PC capable with 4x AGP and 256 MB Vram.

Buy.com has some great prices on these cards.

Since your comuter is a MDD model, Motion should load just fine. You do own it don't you? You know you can't just buy it by itself now?

I have the earlier ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition with 128 MB Vram in my Quciksilver 2002 dual 1.0 GHx MAC to run Motion 2.
Re: Graphic Card for G4 PowerMac
April 23, 2006 04:30PM
Yes, I just got the Universal FCP Studio upgrade from Apple which includes Motion. I'll check out ATI. Thanks much.
Re: Graphic Card for G4 PowerMac
April 28, 2006 08:16PM
I second the 9800 Pro card; working great in my G4 Quicksilver. Bought mine from OWC (www.macsales.com)
Re: Graphic Card for G4 PowerMac
June 14, 2006 08:30PM
I too have an ATI 9800 Pro Mac edition with 128MB VRAM in a MDD dual 1.25ghz G4 and Motion 2 (and Motion 1 before I upgraded) runs just fine. I also noticed picture quality improvements in the FCP canvas when I installed it.

Ralph Atkinson
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