Dual Video Card G4

[MrMacPlus]

Since I am not using the second G3 I got, would installing the video card into one of my G4's PCI slots speed up graphics processing time?

 

[~Coxy]

Nope! It would let you use extra screens, though.

 

[Bunsen]

PCI is a slower bus than AGP, and shared. The otherwise-same card in an AGP version will always be faster than it's PCI cousin. But if your PCI card is a lot better than your AGP card, maybe.

 

[somorastik]

If you have an AGP slot, try to buy a used (or new) PC AGB card and flash it.

Several sites contain information:

http://www.ehmac.ca/anything-mac/27249-flashing-vga-cards-mac.html

http://www.cybercoment.com/macgeforce.htm

http://forums.mactalk.com.au/33/28635-flashing-geforce-video-card-mac.html

http://xenomorph.net/apple/flash-pc-video-cards-for-use-in-a-mac/

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/6/3/234045/4651

Just use google, the second link is good.

G4 cube users flash graphic cards for their machines.

 

[MrMacPlus]

Okay, ~Coxy was the only person that seemed to know what I was trying to do. I wondered if there was some mode where you coul use a spare video card as a Dual-Processor/vRAM.

 

[wood_e]

^ nope

 

[somorastik]

Of course not!

Sell the extra card you have and buy a powerful PC card and flash it.

 

[Christopher]

^^

So like a brand new one off the shelf?

 

[somorastik]

Powerful comparing to the ones in the G4. Sorry

 

[Christopher]

I have dual video cards in my dual processor G4. It works great, the only issue is sometimes after you wake it the second screen turns the mouse blue, after something changes it to either the beachball or watch(itunes still uses this) its fine.