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2 screens on G4 400 agp...
recomendations, please, easiest hassle free way to go 2 screens on my g4 400.
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Re: 2 screens on G4 400 agp...
mike,
Radeon 8500 agp card. I have it in a G4 400 and it works PERFECT. DO NOT GET THE RADEON 9000 or higher unless your machine comes with an ADC connector (gigabit models only. THe majority of G4 400 came with ati rage 128 card. These will not power the radeon 9000, it is designed to replace or be installed in newer G 4 which have special power requirements on AGP bus for ADC (apple display connector) it powers and sends output to monitor. If you did radeon 9000 you couldn't use it's ADC port. 8500 has vga, DVI (plus DVI to VGA adapter) and can even do S video !!!! Keeps second monitor card off of the pci bus.... Also saw your post about the upgrade cards. I have the Sonnet 1 ghz card, i beta tested it with ptle 5.x and os 9 works good, however they want the card back, so I am considering going dual. I would check into the powerlogix dual 800 or 867 or 933 or 1 ghz upgrade, should keep you going for another year or two (being conservative, probably longer) where a single processor upgrade is only if you plan on getting a G5 in the next year or two.... |
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Re: 2 screens on G4 400 agp...
IInteresting post Kris,
This is what I'm always afraid of...compatibility when I replace - change things. My plan is to replace my 64 MB NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Graphic card from my Dual 1Ghz QS with the Radeon 9000 pro AGP, to be able to run 2 monitors digitally. I guess it should work. But, who knows? By the way who knows? Please tell me. ....but then I have this friend of mine who would like to buy my NVIDIA GeForce4 MX for his g4/450. So now, I am not so sure about this compatibility. Nobody tell anything about this. Are you 100% sure about this ADC thing? Thanks/ P. |
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Re: 2 screens on G4 400 agp...
Why don't you just get an ADC to VGA adaptor for your Nvidia GeForce MX card? It has two ports. Actually, you can go duel digital out anyway with that card... [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
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Re: 2 screens on G4 400 agp...
petter,
I am a lazy stoner, who types on a mini mac keyboard with 2 fingers not to mention I have a problem with speaking efficiently so to spare you and me a great deal of cross talk, check this link. http://www.barefeats.com/sawgraf.html Read the article, it will explain ALL I have the 8500, and I figure that with a dual processor upgrade (sonnet wants the single 1 ghz back !!!, and if it aint free i'm buying a dual upgrade) i should be good for OSX/6.x and your card you have supports dual displays. Ex girlfriend has a dual gig QS. you need an ADC to dvi adapter. it has ADC/dvi on it. I say keep your card tell your friend to get the 8500 and an upgrade card (dual 1 ghz) and then you geezers dave c them head to head with os9/5.x and osx/6.x post results on this board so I can decide what I want to do about my situation. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] Isn't all this upgrade/will it work ? B.S. for the windows crowd , kinda like "for the birds" [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] |
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Re: 2 screens on G4 400 agp...
Thank-you guys for answering!
However, I don't understand why everybody's keep telling me that I can use my GeForce4MX with 2 monitors digitally...??? My card has only one digital connection = ADC. The other one is analog VGA. Right now I use an Apple 17'' via ADC and another 19'' TFT - Siemens plugged to VGA. My 19'' has also DVI, so I could use both monitors digitally with the Radeon900 ... But then is this "Pro Tools thing". You never know when something affects -it... I guess I have to find out by myself. I hope I'll find a deal so I can do a few days tests.... Thanks!/ P. |
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