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Deville
11-09-2010, 10:37 PM
Hey guys I have an old G4 running Leopard 10.5.8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_PowerMac_G4_M8493_QuickSilver_front.jpg

It's the dual 1GHz processor model.

My video card fried on me and I need a new one, whats the best card I can put in it that it will handle, and also has an Apple display connector?

It had an Nvidia Geforce 2 MX which worked good, but I think with a better card it would run a bit smoother. Not looking to spend much as it is an old machine, but if you could suggest something around $50 thats better then what I had that would be cool, thanks.

Also since I am already here, it's got 3 ram slots and right now it's got 3 512MB of PC133 SDRAM.

I was reading that OS9 would not recognize any more than 1.5 gig of ram but with OSX it should recognize up to 2gig. Any suggestions on ram?

edit:

More info on computer, scroll down to Four-slot models.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G4

thx