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Recruit
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PostPosted: 06-17-2007 12:36 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


hi guys,

i am not very educated on older video cards for older computers. But i am looking for an upgrade on my POS machine. it has a stock ATI rage 128 that is the biggest crapfest I have ever experienced. My budget is about 100 dollars. What could you guys reccomend for my ancient machine?

Power mac G4 450Mhz (Dual Processor) [go ahead laugh it up]
384mb sdram
mac oS 10.4.8



right now I can run Q3 at about 50-60fps. but when i run mods, the framerate sinks very low. I would like to fix this, as i am an avid fan of q3 mods. but i am currently restricted by how much framerate gets put out.. is there any hope for my machine?




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Kempston Joy
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PostPosted: 06-20-2007 07:23 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i wouldn't bother. put the cash towards a mini mac




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The Illuminated
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PostPosted: 06-25-2007 12:08 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I developed ViaVoice on a similar spec Mac except I had more RAM. I'd not run MacOS with less than a gig nowadays, and that'd be the minimum.

You might add more RAM as it would make a difference when running apps in general.



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The Illuminated
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PostPosted: 07-01-2007 09:13 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I had a similar machine running 10.3.9 - played a lot of q3 on that baby, but DB is right, those days are gone, save ur $ till you can do something substantive



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