Hi all, I have an old PPC G4 MDD single 1.25 GHz currently with the RV250 ATI card and I am looking for a replacement card. I happen to have a RADEON 9550 256mb, an HD 3450 512 mb, an HD 2600 PRO 512 mb and a GeForce FX 5900 128mb laying around from old PCs. Does any of them work on a PPC G4? Do they need to be flashed or have pins taped?
Thanks...
Earlier Mac models
Yes, PC video cards would need to be flashed for a Mac. There was a contributor here back in the day who had experience with that. Here is a reference that might be helpful:
http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Flashing.html
Interesting about the ATI RV250 card. How much VRAM does that have?
We have two of that G4 model (1.25Gz single-processor; 2003) purchased directly from Apple and both shipped with the Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB. The MacTracker database shows this for standard cards.:
As flashing needs a PC, not a Mcc, and is not always successful, it may be easier to cast about for the ATI 9000 Pro that someone pulled from an MDD. A lot of those were replaced by users after a number of apps required the Radeon 9600 as the minimum GPU. That should be a drop-in fit and the drivers should already be in the OS.
Specs: https://www.lowendmac.com/video/agp/radeon-9000.html
Here is one on eBay: ATI 9000 64MB Mac
Total vram is 64MB on that card and it's the same as yours (9000 pro).
How about I go for something better like the 9600... Any suggestions?
PPC G4 MDD replacement video card
