Graphics Card for G4

gollum84

gollum84

goonies never say die
I am looking to buy a new graphics card for my PowerMac G4 FW800. Right now it has a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 64MB card and I am looking at getting an ATI 256MB card. My only problem is that I have a 17" Apple Studio LCD display with an ADC connection.

I was looking at the Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Special Edition card, but it says it is only for a G5 and 8x AGP slot, mine only has a 4x AGP slot. I know I can buy the Apple DVI to ADC adapter for $99, since all the cards out there use DVI, but I was hoping that I could get a card that has both DVI and ADC capabilities.

Does such a card exist, or will I have no choice but to buy the adapter? Which card out there would be the best for my G4?
 
Try and stay away from eBay. A lot of people who have gotten cards that were allegedly for the Mac ended up getting the PC version of the card that was flashed with Mac firmware, leading to instability and other issues. Also, it is illegal to flash a PC card to make it work with the Mac from what I've heard. You're better off sticking to vendors that sell the ones with support for the Mac.
 
Will a faster graphics card speed up the video editing work I do, like the rendering time for iDVD? I use iMovie to convert my old 8mm tapes and then use iDVD to burn them to DVDs. Or does that depend upon my processor speed?
 
If I get a Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition, is my powersupply large enough to run it? I already have 3 internal hard drives and two optical drives.
 
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