Video card for G4/Motion

[Arnie Schlissel]

There are weekly threads on this in the Motion forum. Why not hop over there & search back over the last 2 months? Bear in mind that if you’re only using SD, you don’t need the biggest, baddest, most expensive card.

Arnie
https://www.arniepix.com

[Mrvideo]

I am using the ATI Radeon 9800 Mac Edition with 128 GB Vram for running Motion on my Quicksilver 2002 dual 1.0 Ghz G4. I understand that there are now a couple of more choices. One might be that the 9800 Pro now has 256 MB Vram and the other is the 9600 Pro which is 256 MB Vram for an AGP 4x slot MAC.

[Hal Beery]

Good feedback. I realise that I need a G-5 for more rubber on the road but for now, I’m paying the rent with the ol G4 and I’m hoping I can soup it up enuf to learn Motion basics to increase graphics productivity.
Thanks.
HalB

[Mitchji]

[HalB] “I realise that I need a G-5 for more rubber on the road but for now, I’m paying the rent with the ol G4 and I’m hoping I can soup it up enuf to learn Motion basics to increase graphics productivity.”

Hi,

You could probably get at least $1k on Ebay if you do a nice add:
https://search-completed.ebay.com/dual-g4-1-25_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfisZ2QQfposZ94930QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQfstypeZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsatitleZdualQ20g4Q201Q2e25QQsbrftogZ1QQsoZShowQ20ItemsQQsofocusZso

If you watch for deals on G5’s you can probably pay under $1,700 for a Dual 2.0 like this for example:
https://dealmac.com/deals/Apple-Power-Mac-G5-2-GHz-Dual-w-MS-Office-mac-2004-for-1-600/110437.html

The G5 will proably come with a better card than your G4 so it won’t cost a lot more than upgrading your card and you will recapture most or all of the difference in resale value.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Hal Beery]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaa, WAKE UP!!

looks like a no brainer!! and I’ve been in the cave too long!!

tnx!