Is my Video Card Dead or do I have a different problem?

guys.
as of the past week, i've been having massive issues with my display - typically this would happen while running ProTools (in OS9) and at first, i thought it was ProTools causing the issue, but now its happening right after bootup...
essentially, it looks like an old Nintendo game crashed on my computer screen. and sometimes after opening up the computer (or waiting a few minutes) i can boot up with no issue and run the computer for hours with no problems.
i ran the Hardware Test cd (when i was in one of those "no problem" time periods) and it told me the VideoRAM was fine...
here is a picture of the screen i'm getting:
www.burhans-burhans.com/mac.jpg
please let me know what you think. before i spend the money to buy a new Video Card or repair the original (Radeon 9000 64MB) i need to know what the issue is for sure (if possible)
thanks!
andrew

Yes, I looked at the picture and I have not seen that type of pattern before. I have seen cards that were bad/going bad display screen artifacts, some to the point where the image was barely recognizable. My first impressions on seeing yours was either the horizontal sync had failed or that the card had a bad connection.
Apple provided a DVI-to-VGA adapter with the G4's; the other connection is an ADC port. As I recall, the ADC-to-VGA adapters are fairly spendy. You might try borrowing another DVI-to-VGA adapter to rule it out as the problem.
Worst-case scenario is that the card died. Your options there are either:
a) find a used card compatible with the G4's;
b) buy a new Mac card;
c) buy a PC card and flash it
Used cards show up on eBay and typically go for top-dollar ($150 for a used Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition is common. OWC has new cards starting around $220. You may note that in my user profile I have a Radeon 9800 Pro in my machine - it's a PC card that I flashed using the instructions from the StrangeDogs Wiki. I bought the card on eBay ($60) and flashed it on my PC - works like a charm and has Core Image support!
Let us know what you find out.
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