Beige G3 VRAM Upgrade

[macdude22]

Long time lurker  ;D

I have a Biege G3 desktop I want to finish decking out. It currently has the standard 2MB VRAM, but I believe it would accept a 4MB SGRAM upgrade for a maximum of 6MB VRAM. I am struggling to find a good source for this memory, or at least to confirm exactly what I need.

Would something like this be compatible with a Beige G3?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-4MB-SGRAM-Video-Opt-Memory-New-Retail-314025-001-/331649983144?hash=item4d37e122a8:g:I5cAAOSwHjNV76~p

 

[omidimo]

It should work as Compaq used similar ATI Rage products.

I once got a full PCI card just for the SGRAM to fill up my MT.

 

[Unknown_K]

ATI 3D Rage Pro cards would have he 4MB SGRAM modules. I think the Matrox G200's also used the same RAM modules.

Quite a few PCI CAD cards used SGRAM modules (8MB I think), no idea if they work or not.

 

[macdude22]

Rolled the dice and pulled the trigger.

 

[Brett B.]

I probably have a spare module if that one on eBay doesn't work out.  I used to pull them off ATI video cards from junker PCs.

 

[bunnspecial]

I have some also. I too have a big collection of the old ATI cards that used them.

With that said, the best way to get more VRAM in a minitower is a Radeon 9200

 

[just.in.time]

macdude22, did that memory work out for your Beige G3?

 

[macdude22]

Oh, you know, life. i.e. I haven't had any time to get down to the basement to work on this.  :lol:

 

[just.in.time]

Well the good news is I ended up ordering one as well, and will be able to install it tomorrow and let you know

 

[just.in.time]

Can confirm, is showing as 6mb of vram now. Seems to work okay. i.e. Gets to the desktop and the display isn't showing any artifacts.

 

[macdude22]

Got around to installing mine. Seems to be working fine. Reports 6MB, played some unreal and oregon trail no issues.

 

[just.in.time]

The only thing I noticed is that in OS X (10.4.11), it reports it as 8mb... very strange but not an issue since it seems to work okay regardless.