Upgrade Graphics card on MDD without buying an adapter for my Display??

Hey guys, I just acquired a PowerMac G4 and have been steadily upgrading it to get it running as fast it possibly can. With the PowerMac G4 came a Apple Studio Display. What are my options for the graphics card without having to shell out 90 dollars for an adapter? I still got to upgrade my ram to 2 gigs and want to get this done with as soon as possible
Thanks
Vito

Hi
As far as I'm aware, the only graphics cards better than the stock cards that will work in a MDD G4 and have an ADC connector are the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and NVidia GeForce4 Titanium, both of which were available as built to order options from Apple. I think retail versions may have also been available but could well have been DVI rather than ADC. They seem to pop up on eBay occasionally.

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Hi:
Graphics adapters cannot be upgraded simply.
You would need to replace the motherboard with one that would have better graphics (if one exists for your model).
This would cost as much as buying a new notebook, so it is probably not a good idea to undertake such an endeavor.

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Hi:
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