Is the Is VisionTek Radeon 5450 2GB Graphics Card - 900861, Black/Red compatible with my Quicksilver G4 867?

Is VisionTek Radeon 5450 2GB Graphics Card - 900861, Black/Red compatible with my Quicksilver G4 867?

Posted on Nov 12, 2021 5:56 PM

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Posted on Nov 14, 2021 11:27 AM

No. A QuickSilver G4 uses an AGP card; the card you are looking at is PCIe. Specs:


https://www.visiontek.com/products/visiontek-radeon™-5450-2gb-ddr3-dvi-i-hdmi-vga


Also any card not specifically marketed "for Mac" won't work unless someone "flashes" (hacks) the ROM to change it to Mac-compatible.


Good resource for G4 owners here: http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Hardware.html





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Nov 14, 2021 11:27 AM in response to Walter Wedler

No. A QuickSilver G4 uses an AGP card; the card you are looking at is PCIe. Specs:


https://www.visiontek.com/products/visiontek-radeon™-5450-2gb-ddr3-dvi-i-hdmi-vga


Also any card not specifically marketed "for Mac" won't work unless someone "flashes" (hacks) the ROM to change it to Mac-compatible.


Good resource for G4 owners here: http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Hardware.html





Nov 16, 2021 10:03 AM in response to Walter Wedler

I still refer you to the "All Things PPC" link I posted for recommendations. My G4 was an MDD and I never replaced its card, a Radeon 9000 64MB.


There is some cross-over of slot compatibility between PCI, AGP, and PCIe but all the images of QS slots make it appear those slots are incompatible with the connector on the PCIe card you mention. The larger issue is your MUST find a card built for Mac. Generic PC cards must be flashed and that is not a trivial matter.


As drivers for old cards are hard to find any more. I would search used/pulled sited for another nVidea Mac card. The vendor I usually recommend seems devoid of all old pulled cards, but you coudl try an auction site. These cards were factory-instelld in the 867mhz Quicksilver, for the MacTracker databate:




So finding one of those sold as FOR MAC is my best recommendation given the driver situation.


Nov 16, 2021 8:26 AM in response to Allan Jones

Thank you so much Allan Jones!

The original card was NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX graphics card with 32 MB of SDRAM which I replaced with the same refurbished one that never worked right! If you can name a card that works in my Quicksilver G4 867 I would appreciate it. (The VisionTek Radeon 5450 2GB Graphics Card above was listed compatible for my G4 somewhere (I don't remember who, where, else I wouldn't have bought it) I'm glad you straightnd that out. Disgusting that people do anything to sell!)

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