Re: old G4, new monitor?

Smitty Two wrote: 
OK,

I confess to not having learned much since I was using punch cards in the early 70's. I've got a friend with an older G4, single processor 400 mhz. I'm sure it's a stock model with no video upgrade. Anyway, her old 17" CRT died and she wants to replace it with a new LCD monitor, preferably a 19" or 21".

What kind of compatibility issues does she need to worry about? Are there only two types of interfaces now, VGA and DVI? So anything that's VGA will work? What about video power on larger monitors? Will her stock machine run a 21" monitor?

Will she need additional video ram or some sort of video card? Cables? Adapters? Any brand/models to look at or avoid?

Any and all help will be much appreciated. I don't think I know enough to even ask all the right questions.

Smitty

The 400 MHz G4 was either the Yikes! or Sawtooth varients: Yikes! has PCI graphics with an ATI Rage 128 (VGA connection). Sawtooth uses AGP with either an ATI Rage 128 or Rage Pro card (either VGA or DVI-D connectors). In either case, a bog-standard VGA monitor will work fine. The limited memory of these cards will mean that the available display resolutions will be limited, probably to no more than 1024 x 768. It might be worth looking to upgrade the vid card it she plans to use in with a big monitor.

Chu

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