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Power Macintosh G4 Q&A - Published April 21, 2009

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What graphics cards are provided by the Power Mac G4? Which have VGA, ADC, and/or DVI ports? What is the maximum supported resolution on a primary and secondary display?

Information about the default graphics card, VRAM, maximum resolution support for the primary and secondary display, and VGA, ADC, or DVI ports is provided on the specs page for each model.

For your convenience, it also is provided below in this handy chart:

Power Mac G4:

  

 

400 (PCI)

Video Card:

Rage 128
 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1600x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 (VGA)

450 (AGP)

Video Card:

Rage 128*
 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1600x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 (VGA*)

500 (AGP)

Video Card:

Rage 128 Pro*
 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 (VGA*)

350 (PCI)

Video Card:

Rage 128
 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1600x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 (VGA)

400 (AGP)

Video Card:

Rage 128*
 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1600x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 (VGA*)

350 (AGP)

Video Card:

Rage 128 Pro

 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 (VGA*)

400 (Gigabit)

Video Card:

Rage 128 Pro

 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

450 DP (Gigabit)

Video Card:

Rage 128 Pro

 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

500 DP (Gigabit)

Video Card:

Rage 128 Pro

 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

466 (Digital Audio)

Video Card:

Rage 128 Pro*
 

VRAM:

16 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

533 (Digital Audio)

Video Card:

GeForce2 MX*
 

VRAM:

32 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

667 (Digital Audio)

Video Card:

GeForce2 MX*
 

VRAM:

32 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

733 (Digital Audio)

Video Card:

GeForce2 MX*
 

VRAM:

32 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

733 (Quicksilver)

Video Card:

GeForce2 MX*
 

VRAM:

32 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

867 (Quicksilver)

Video Card:

GeForce2 MX*
 

VRAM:

32 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

N/A

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

800 DP (Quicksilver)

Video Card:

GeForce2 MX TwinView

 

VRAM:

64 MB

 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA, 1 ADC

800 (QS 2002)

Video Card:

Radeon 7500*
 

VRAM:

32 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA*, 1 ADC

933 (QS 2002)

Video Card:

GeForce4 MX*
 

VRAM:

64 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA*, 1 ADC

1.0 DP (QS 2002)

Video Card:

GeForce4 MX*
 

VRAM:

64 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 VGA*, 1 ADC

867 DP (MDD)

Video Card:

GeForce4 MX*
 

VRAM:

32 MB

 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 DVI, 1 ADC

1.0 DP (MDD)

Video Card:

Radeon 9000 Pro*
 

VRAM:

64 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 DVI, 1 ADC

1.25 DP (MDD)

Video Card:

Radeon 9000 Pro*
 

VRAM:

64 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 DVI, 1 ADC

1.0 (FW 800)

Video Card:

GeForce4 MX*
 

VRAM:

64 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 DVI, 1 ADC

1.25 DP (FW 800)

Video Card:

Radeon 9000 Pro*
 

VRAM:

64 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 DVI, 1 ADC

1.42 DP (FW 800)

Video Card:

Radeon 9000 Pro*
 

VRAM:

64 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 DVI, 1 ADC

1.25 (MDD 2003)

Video Card:

Radeon 9000 Pro*
 

VRAM:

64 MB
 

Primary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Secondary Max Res:

1920x1200*

 

Display Connectors:

1 DVI, 1 ADC

* Please refer to the complete specs page for the model of interest for complete details.

Please also refer to the specs pages for additional information regarding display support, provided adapters, optional graphics cards available at the time of purchase and more.

For those interested in upgrading the video card in any Power Mac G4 models, site sponsor Other World Computing sells the ATI Radeon 9200 Pro with 128 MB of DDR memory and dedicated support for OpenGL, Quartz, and QuickTime.



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