Hi everyone,
I recently purchased a Radeon 9600 XT 128MB graphics card from eBay. It was listed as being Powermac G4 and G5 compatible. Basically, I wanted to get the best graphics card option that will allow me to use the ADC connection. I planned to use it in my MDD FW800.
I was excited once it arrived, only to realise that it physically doesn't fit into my FW800 graphics slot, or PCI slots. I was under the impression, from all the research I did before purchasing, that this was the card for me. I also have a G4 Quicksilver, which the card does slot into (with some connectors on the card not fitting into the GPU slot). Unfortunately my QS is currently not working, so I'm not able to confirm whether or not it will work.
My questions are:
1. Why is the MDD FW800 graphics slot different to that of the QS? I thought all Powermac G4 machines from the Digital audio onwards had the same graphics slot.
2. What is my best option for a ADC graphics card to use in the MDD FW800? I read a lot about the Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition, however the connectors on those definitely don't look like they will fit either my FW800 or QS.
3. Will the Radeon 9600 XT that I purchased function without issue in my QS (once I get that machine running again)?
Thanks for your time folks.
I recently purchased a Radeon 9600 XT 128MB graphics card from eBay. It was listed as being Powermac G4 and G5 compatible. Basically, I wanted to get the best graphics card option that will allow me to use the ADC connection. I planned to use it in my MDD FW800.
I was excited once it arrived, only to realise that it physically doesn't fit into my FW800 graphics slot, or PCI slots. I was under the impression, from all the research I did before purchasing, that this was the card for me. I also have a G4 Quicksilver, which the card does slot into (with some connectors on the card not fitting into the GPU slot). Unfortunately my QS is currently not working, so I'm not able to confirm whether or not it will work.
My questions are:
1. Why is the MDD FW800 graphics slot different to that of the QS? I thought all Powermac G4 machines from the Digital audio onwards had the same graphics slot.
2. What is my best option for a ADC graphics card to use in the MDD FW800? I read a lot about the Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition, however the connectors on those definitely don't look like they will fit either my FW800 or QS.
3. Will the Radeon 9600 XT that I purchased function without issue in my QS (once I get that machine running again)?
Thanks for your time folks.