I've been looking at Rage 128 on eBay (there are none available "locally" that I've seen), and they are not that cheap at the moment, at least not when factoring in shipping + import tax. I already have the Quadro, so I was just curious if it would work. I do not expect to be able to run anything with proper 3D on the 7200, but it would allow for higher resolution and colour depths, without having to spend money on VRAM dimms. Mine only has the 1MB onboard, which isn't really good for very much.
Well, if you look in a moment, all you see are chancers with crazy high prices, but I'd you take your time, you find the £5 and £10 cards. Or ask if anyone has any VRAM SIMMs for the 7200, 8200, 7500, 7600, 7300, 8500 or 8600. They all take the same VRAM. You can upgrade with one, or three.
Don't underestimate the onboard video. It is one of the only beige macs that shipped with some kind of onboard graphics acceleration, although I believe you have to turn off virtual memory for it to work.
Macs are not PCs - the onboard graphics capabilities weren't budget.
I already have the Quadro, so I was just curious if it would work.
What you already have is obviously the most affordable because you don't need to spend anything, but it will be faff, plus will limit your OS compatibility due to the drivers (and without drivers will be slower than onboard).
I can't see a PCI firmware for a similar card, only AGP for that family... Sadly I don't have any of that era of nVidia cards because they're expensive, so no personal experience.
I'd ask if anyone has an ATI Radge 128 PCI card spare in the trade part of 68kmla if you want 3D, or a Rage IIc / VRAM SIMMs for the motherboard if you're less bothered about 3D. Or a Twin turbo - they do high resolutions at high bit depths, but don't do 3D, so lots of people aren't interested in TwinTurbos (they're over priced on eBay atm).
I saw a PCI firewire card btw which should work? seemed reasonable - https://www.finn.no/recommerce/forsale/item/454291512
