PowerMac PCI System 7.5 Video Card Options

[jdboyd]

I want to do a System 7.5 setup on a PM 7600. What is the best video card that can support this old OS. Is there something that will get my 1920x1080 (not very period correct I know)? I suspect that a Rage 128 is what I need, but I'm having trouble googling confirmation. Should I just relent and do 7.6 so I can use a Radeon 7000 PCI?

 

[robin-fo]

The Radeon 7000 should also work under System 7.5.2 (?)

 

[zefrenchtoon]

You should take a look at here: https://www.system7today.com/videocards

 

[lolo799]

Some Ixmicro cards could reach higher resolutions too.

 

[alectrona6400]

curious, why are you going for 7.5(.3-5?) over 7.6.1? and this may be out of your scope but mac os 8.5 and 8.6 are almost completely PowerPC native and run much better on these machines.

 

[finkmac]

why not? 7.6 is an ugly number. i much prefer the number 7.5.1

 

[croissantking]

7.6 is advisable for powerpcs. More stable.

 

[chelseayr]

@croissantking yeah could be inclined to agree with that.
and also as far as I recall yet, the 7.5-vs-7.6 debate seem to only be more reliable on pre-pci hardwares because it seem like certain nubus era things breaks under 7.6's different codebase pieces afaik