Upgrade with nvidia GeForce 6200?

I've heard of some people upgrading their G4 (Sawtooth) tower with a geforce 6200 (agp). Is this possible?

Power Mac G4 (Sawtooth), Mac OS X (10.5.2), Currently running OS 10.2.8, will upgrade to Leopard when I have this card.

Posted on May 11, 2008 8:17 PM

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Jun 23, 2008 11:02 AM in response to japamac

Hi, you seem to know what you are talking about when it comes to macs and video cards. May I ask you a question?

I purchased a brand new Samsung 22" second monitor for my G5, and was dismayed to find that I could not hook it up to my computer on account of the only available port left on my card is an old ADC port and my new monitor was VGA.

I could not find a working solution (converter from ADC to vga) so I decided the next course of action was to purchase a video card that would allow me to run dual monitors using DVI for one monitor and VGA port for the other. I bought an nVIDIA GeForce™ 6200 256MB DDR2 AGP that is supposed to be a modified PC card re-engineered to work on a Powermac G4 & G5.

Well, wouldn't you guess? it doesn't work. I get scrambled screens on both monitors. Nothing seems to work. There are no drivers available for the mac at the nvidia site. Not sure what to do next.

Have I just wasted the money on this effort or is there something I can do to make this work on my machine?? Any ideas or suggestions?

Thank you!

Jun 23, 2008 4:04 PM in response to Richard1963

Hi-

No drivers are needed in Tiger 10.4.3 and up. None available, thus the OS requirement for the card (uses native drivers).
It is possible that the pins are taped to allow use in a 2x AGP system. Is there any tape on the gold connectors? If so remove it. It will be on pins #3 and #11 if present.
Possible the flashing wasn't done properly. If that is the case, return the card. A reputable flasher will accept returns.
I would highly suggest asking the seller for advice.

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