woodsie wrote:

wondering if anyone can help this video card newbie. i'll be getting
a G5 dual 2 GHz Mac. doing mainly 2d & 3d graphics and some video
editing. No game playing.

the above mac comes with NVIDIA Geforce FX 5200 Ultra which i
understand to be a 'basic' card. next available up is the ATI Radeon
9600XT. will either card be enough or should i get something better?

I have a G5 1.8DP with the FX5200, and it's more than enough for what You
want to do. The card is slow at games but more than sufficient for
everything else. No other card will bring You any improvements at 2D
(something on which all cards of the last ~5 years are equally good), and
it's also more than enough for 3D work...

The other cards only bring You some benefit if You're into gaming, but You
already said that this isn't the case. So save the money and better get some
add'l RAM instead...

Benjamin

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