Core image and acd compatible cards for cube

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Core image and acd compatible cards for cube

I recently bought a second hand G4 Cube online and I am going to update it to Tiger. Now I haven't received the cube yet, but I was thinking along with the OS update, to change the graphics card too with something better. The cube has the Apple Cinema Display along and Tiger have core image. I can find a list with the core image compatible cards on this site, but I cannot find anywhere a list with all the cards that support both acd and core image and are agp x2 compatible. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

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Christos

MacBook Pro 15.4" 2.4, Mac OS X (10.5.6), Windows XP Boot Camp (Unfortunately)

Posted on Apr 8, 2009 4:59 PM

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Dave Hamilton

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Apr 8, 2009 6:08 PM in response to Mythos_gr

For a Cube, I think there is only one possibility for both ADC and Core Image.
The Radeon 9700 which shipped with G4 MDDs.
Here is one, priced insanely...
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From the picture, it looks like this particular one is 4x/8x AGP only (the AGP connector is shown with only one notch instead of 2).

One other possibility would be to use a compatible Radeon 9800 or Geforce 6200 and an (expensive) ADC adapter like this one.
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DPArt

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Apr 8, 2009 6:19 PM in response to Dave Hamilton

Go with the 6200 and a DVI to ADC adapter.

Painless. Best choice.

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Apr 8, 2009 7:14 PM in response to DPArt

If the monitor has an ADC connector, (signal and power in one single cable from the Mac), then the Dr Bott DVIator will be needed in order to to use it with a non-ADC video card.

If the monitor has its own separate power cable, then one of these should be fine.
Click here

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Mythos_gr Author

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Apr 8, 2009 11:09 PM in response to Dave Hamilton

I've found a 9600xt on eBay that supports both but it's also overpriced and the guy will only ship to USA. As if they were going to pay for the extra postage!
Thanks for your replies so far.

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Answer 5

Apr 10, 2009 12:11 AM in response to Mythos_gr

See the picture on this page. It shows a video card with an AGP universal connector.
This is the type that will work in a Cube.
http://www.sysopt.com/tutorials/article.php/3532496

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Mythos_gr Author

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Apr 10, 2009 1:47 AM in response to Dave Hamilton

Thanks, that was good to know.

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