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Old January 10th, 2004, 09:42 PM
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Video Card Compatible?
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How or where can I find out what Video Cards that are working on my G4 Quicksilver?

I only wnat to use it for S-Video in/out (I think)

Well if it works with my old (non digital) Video camera thats good as well
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You won't find a video card for a mac that has s-video in, a few will have out. The only retail card that works for a mac that is currently sold is the ATI Radeon 7000 PCI. Other then that, they will all have only DVI, VGA, or ADC connectors. A normal PC video card will not work with a mac, only mac specific ones.

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Yeah - the Beige A/V tower had SVHS in but newer ones will need an additional "box" that converts.
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Yeah - the Beige A/V tower had SVHS in but newer ones will need an additional "box" that converts.
You mean S-Video. SVHS and S-Video are two completely seperate things. SVHS is SuperVHS which is an enchanced VHS system developed by Panasonic. S-Video is a type of connection, also called Y/C, the Y part is the black and white video signal, the C part is the color information.

Many companies incorrectly label SVideo cables as SVHS which confuses consumers.

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Hi,
How or where can I find out what Video Cards that are working on my G4 Quicksilver?

I only wnat to use it for S-Video in/out (I think)

Well if it works with my old (non digital) Video camera thats good as well
OWC (http://www.macsales.com/) lists two for your Mac: The ATI RADEON 9800 Pro and the ATI RADEON 9000 Pro. Only the 9800 has the S-video port along with DVI and VGA ports. The 9000 has ADC and DVI ports.
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If you want to add another card to the system and keep your original card as well, your only option is the ATi Radeon 7000 PCI card which has an S-Video out port. The reason for this is that your computer has only one AGP port and if you add a card, it must be a PCI card.

If you wish to replace your original card, then the 9800 Pro and the 9000 Pros are good cards.
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Weren't S-VHS VCRs the first home devices to feature S-Video though?
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