Needed, Advice for Graphics Card & OSX Capabilities

I have a Dual 1 GHz Power PC G4 (Mirror Door) tower from 2002 (s/n#XB24706DMMA) (Model#M8570)
The graphics card is the original ATI 64MB AGP slot. Can anyone recommend a better card 128MB or 256MB?
Also, Currently I run OS 10.3.9 which is Panther.
Does anyone know how far up I can go with the Operating System? Tiger? Leopard?
Thank you for any advice.

Hi Scott, see japamac's page about G4/G5 Graphic cards...
http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/4B4B7BA2-7ABB-47F1-87AC-B03D379 42BEE.html
As far as OSes go, either Tiger or Leopard...
Tiger Requirements...
To use Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, your Macintosh needs:
* A PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
* Built-in FireWire
* At least 256 MB of RAM (I recommend 1GB minimum)
* DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation
* At least 3 GB of free disk space; 4 GB if you install the XCode 2 Developer Tools (I recommend 20GB minimum)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514
See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9755670&#9755670
Or Ali Brown's great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10381710#10381710
Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
* Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
minimum system requirements
* 512MB of memory (I say 2GB at least)
* DVD drive for installation
* 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
You have to call Apple & see if they still have Leopard available.
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In perusing the posts on this site, I've not quite seen my needs addressed. I do need a recommendation for a graphics card or cards.
My concern in rendering in Final Cut Express and various effects and masks in Photoshop. MY 20 GIG RAM on my Mac Pro 667 MHz bus, dual quad core intel still renders video slowly. I currently have a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT. Should (can?) I add memory to the card, add more cards, replace this card?
I could not care less about gaming or Boot Camp.
BTW, is this Mac Pro considered "first generation?"
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1. Yes, your Mac Pro is refered to as "1st Generation".
2. No, you can't add memory to the card or upgrade the card in any way, you can only replace it (or buy a new card and keep the current one in a different slot for a 2nd monitor).
3. Currently the best graphics card option is the nVidia 8800GT Upgrade for the 1st Generation Mac Pro. There's still the ATI x1900xt available, but it's more expensive, slower, louder and has massive heat problems. nVidia Quadro is overkill.
4. The other question is, will the new card help? It will certainly affect some Final Cut operations, rendering of Video effects in Motion, but I doubt you'll see much difference in Photoshop, since that app doesn't make much use of the video card's processor.
Photoshop filters and final movie rendering are mostly affected by the Mac's CPU, so in some areas, depending on what you do, you might not see a difference at all.

Win 7 on a31p / need driver for graphics card FireGL7800

All greetings from snowy Russia!
I had to install Win7 on my laptop a31p, in general, I am very pleased with the speed and new features. All the drivers are set automatically, and even managed to get to work the battery icon in the system tray
But there is one big problem: I can not find drivers for FireGL 7800 graphics card
I wrote a request to ATI (now AMD) but ou redirected me to Lenovo, citing the fact that they do not write drivers for these cards.
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You can write me an email: barmaley.russia @ gmail.com
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Go to Solution.

Welcome to the forum!
There is NO driver for Vista or W7 when it comes Fire GL 7800 because it's simply considered underpowered to run any of these operating systems.
I've had to tweak the XP driver to get it working under W7, and results were less than spectacular, although not bad for a 7-year old machine.
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What's out there that is about as good as it gets? My Mac Pro can use a better card. Didn't realize how bad it was until we got a new Mac 17" laptop.
I'm assuming a change involves no more than extracting the old card, inserting a new one. And running an install for it. Right?

What's out there that is about as good as it gets? My Mac Pro can use a better card. Didn't realize how bad it was until we got a new Mac 17" laptop.
ATI Radeon HD 4870 (Despite what Apple says, it will work in any Mac Pro.)
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB999ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MTA4MzU2NTc>
I'm assuming a change involves no more than extracting the old card, inserting a new one.
and connect the two power cables (supplied with the card).
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I hear you loud and clear! Anyone eager to snap up those old Pinnacle cards rusting away in my basement?
This is not benchmarked but a review of an HP xw6600 by Videomaker Magazine claims "and we could render a clip for YouTube (as H.264) in about double real time." Without the CX but with a pair of Xeon E5450's. Whereas the CX promises real time rendering.
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This is not benchmarked but a review of an HP xw6600 by Videomaker Magazine claims "and we could render a clip for YouTube (as H.264) in about double real time." Without the CX but with a pair of Xeon E5450's. Whereas the CX promises real time rendering.
I work with HDV and I think I will possibly look at CS4 with a $400 nVidia Quadro FX and native (CS4) video acceleration. And live with whatever performance I get.
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A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher"
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VRAM (Total): 256 MB
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havnor wrote:
I use a lot of layers, adjustments, masks, and large brushes, but that's mostly it
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