GE Force FX 5200 on my iMac & Pirates Online!

This is the oldest of 3 iMac G-5s we have here. It's a 17-inch non-iSight nice little machine I gave to my 9-year old to play games on. Recently, Pirates Online started acting up - half the video would be one color, etc. I contacted Pirates Online and they said I probably need to update the firmware on my video card? So, I looked at About This Mac more info and saw that it's chipset GeForce FX 5200, but when I went to the manufacturer's site, they only support IBM.... Everything else on the computer works great, including World of Warcraft, so I'm not sure what to do here....would appreciate your advice. Never been big into updating firmware because I dunno much about it.... -Linda

Should be 1920 x 1200 for digital displays and 1600 x 1200 for analog displays at 24-bit, according to Apple's specifications page for the PowerMac G5.

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