PCI video card in PCI slot in an AGP Dual/500 question?

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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
PCI card in PCI slot in an AGP Dual/500 question?



I have a Dual 500 G4 AGP and what I want to know is if I get a PCI card that is better than the AGP card would it perform as well as an AGP card of the same caliber?



Should I stick with using the PCI slot for a simple Palette monitor rather than use it as my main monitor card?



Please respond if you have any ideas . . . .\

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    pfflampfflam Posts: 5,053member
    ok . . .this apparently goes into the Genius thread



    Mods, can ypou move this please?
  • Reply 2 of 6
    I dont know of a pci card that is better than an agp one... As far as I know, the best PCI card available is the ati 7000... (I have one in my dual 450) powering my second monitor.. and a 64mb Nvidia card powering the other.



    I think the bus alone, on AGP is better.. so it should be the best way to go, no matter what..



    Correct me if I am wrong?





  • Reply 3 of 6
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    seems fine as current hardware to me. either that or general discussion.



    it can stay here unless someone objects.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    chychchych Posts: 860member
    You can certainly do stuff with pci radeons, a pci radeon 7000 is probably better than, say, an AGP rage 128, but higher AGP cards will be a lot better.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    pfflampfflam Posts: 5,053member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by chych

    You can certainly do stuff with pci radeons, a pci radeon 7000 is probably better than, say, an AGP rage 128, but higher AGP cards will be a lot better.



    What do you do in Pittsburgh?



    I was there for two years
  • Reply 6 of 6
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pfflam

    What do you do in Pittsburgh? I was there for two years



    'burgh reunion ! I been here for 15 years (moved from Cleveland)



    I have both a AGP Radeon and a PCI Radeon in my dual 500



    As far as my limited understanding AGP allows the card to use main RAM for some stuff including Quartz Extreme, and good for gaming I suppose, but In my usage I can't tell any difference.
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