Feedback: Mac Daniel #35

Video Work on a Power Mac

RB writes: For video editing, you need to be aware that many video cards are very picky about G3 upgrades. Newer Tech works (but of course they are the most expensive) and Sonnet may work with the latest software. Others are somewhat iffy. On the other hand a 233/604e is only about $200 and gives you good compatibility and performance for the price. Check with your video card vendor about compatibility, or at least make sure you can return the G3 card if it doesn't work. If you go G3 get the 1 MB backside cache or you may not get the performance improvement you expect.

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