Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > OK, one of these two then:
> >
> > http://eshop.macsales.com/search/video+cards+PCI+Express
> >
> > BTW, I've bought from these people, and they are superb. It was the
> > Radeon 9800 card I put into my G5, and it arrived in two days (almost
> > exactly in fact). Much cheaper than buying here.
>
> I've got a Quad G5, late model.
>
> We had Apple build it with a NVIDIA 256MB GeForce 7800 GT - one of the
> three graphics cards that the link above comes up with, but the one
> that's out of stock.
>
> <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/630NV7800GTB/>
>
> The result is a Mac that's as snappy as a Mac Plus running System 6. It
> seems to be pretty good at the whole `playing video' thing - I've had
> stupid numbers of QuickTime videos playing at once (just for a laugh,
> really).
>
> I've no idea how that graphics card compares to any other, but the
> prices they're asking for any of the three listed at the above url seem
> to be a bit OTT compared to what it cost to have the 7800GT installed as
> a build to order option.
I think the 7800GT card commands a premium, and is out of stock, because
it's the card to go for. I so wished I could have found one for my AGP
G5, even the 6800 would have been nice, but they're as common as rocking
horse poo.
In any case, by the time it comes over from the US, it's only £150.70 +
a bit of im****t tax.
> As a general rule of thumb, I take the view that the more RAM the
> better, so of the two Radeon cards listed, I'd go for the 512MB one:
>
> <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ATI%20Technologies/100435928/>
Reading the forums, and going by my own experience, I'd still go for the
Nvidia card.
--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>
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