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g4 cube best video card

Posted by: Topazz on 2022-09-17 08:57:29 tell me what is the best

Posted by: Byrd on 2022-09-17 15:00:48 OEM = Apple Geforce 3, with VRM move Flashed = Radeon 9800 AGP with VRM upgrade, VRM move and external PSU to power the card

Posted by: ScutBoy on 2022-09-17 16:06:33 Apple Radeon 7500 fits without moving the VRM, let's you run full resolution on the Apple 23" Cinema HD ADC display. Doesn't need a fan.

Posted by: imactheknife on 2022-09-27 13:41:37 have geforce 3 in both of mine, no vrm move

Posted by: imactheknife on 2022-09-27 13:42:44 Geforce 3 64meg

Posted by: ScutBoy on 2022-09-28 06:50:10 This is from the old CubeOwner site - can be very handy. Wish that place was still around, or could be revived. It was a great community.

Posted by: Schorschinjo on 2022-09-28 12:18:59 I'd add a suggestion missing in the cubeowner overview: XFX GeForce 6200A 256MB AGP DVI/VGA/TV - Retail I bought one of these in 2008. As this is long ago, I forgot, what I had to do to have it run in the Cube or I am not sure. But AFAIR: I had to flash the card and did not have to move the VRM. The card does not have a fan. I have no clue if this card is the best for a Cube, but fanless, accelerated in MacOSX10.4.11 and showing video in MacOS9 sounds good to me. 🙂

Posted by: François on 2022-09-29 00:33:02 I concur, if you have the ability to flash it, the XFX 6200 ‘WANG’ is one of the best video card for the Cube. I have one in mine, with a custom made heatsink:

Posted by: ArmorAlley on 2022-09-29 01:10:34 tell me what is the best For Mac OS 9.2.2 or Mac OS X?

Posted by: ried on 2022-10-03 20:34:19 As others have stated, the GeForce 3 is the best original card and does not require a VRM move. The Nvidia 6200 "Wang" card performs even better, but it doesn't really fit the Cube and lacks ADC. The Wang card's DVI port presses up against the Cube's chassis (so the display cable usually doesn't seat properly) and there is no faceplate for it... You'd have to make one yourself.

Posted by: dr.zeissler on 2022-10-09 02:13:55 Don't get me wrong but I love the R128pro 16MB in my G4-Cube. Some software is optimized for that card and runs beautiful with it. I use the original setup with the 15" ADC Monitor and the cube-speakers and black pro keyboard connected to the USB ports of the monitor. Think about that...everything is connected through this R128pro...insane! There are only two things I would love to get fixed...one is the multiboot issue with the SSD (only coldboot works, warmboot leads to a "?" because the machine can't find the bootdrive) and the other thing is that damn 3d-acc in YDL3...it is supposed to work (as shown on the archive.org page) but it does not. So if there is anyone here that uses the "normal" setup and has some experiences in Linux...I would love to hear from you how to fix this. (I forgot MOS (MorphOS) is working on a cube but the monitor-issue is still not fixed, you have to force the "alternative-mode" to get a picture but every software you start on the desktop still drives the monitor to blackscreen) My G4-cube is one of the best machines I have. It's a great machine, beautifull and with SSD SILENT!

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