ATI Radeon AGP Mac Edition

Physical Specs and Compatibility

The ATI Radeon AGP is an AGP 2x card. It was the standard video card on the dual 1.0 and 1.25 GHz Mirror Drive Door Power Mac G4, the FireWire 800 Power Mac G4, and 1.25 GHz Mirror Drive Door Power Mac G4 (June 2005).

Details

GPU speed: 166 MHz
Video memory: 32 MB
Memory speed: 166 MHz
Memory bus: 256 bits
Resolutions: 640 x 480 to 1920 x 1440
Ports: ADC and VGA on Apple version, DVI-I and VGA on ATI version
Dual monitor support: no
Cooling fan: not on Apple version, included on ATI version
Minimum OS: Mac OS 9.0
Also compatible with: Sawtooth, Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio

Online Resources

ATI Radeon Mac Edition, ATI
ATI's Retail Radeon AGP Graphics Card, Mike Breeden, Accelerate Your Mac, 2000.10.16
ATI Radeon AGP, Michael Eilers, Inside Mac Games, 2000.10.18.
ATI Radeon Mac Edition, MacUser UK, 2000.12
Radeon Mac Edition, Peter Molfese and Joel Hruska, Van's Hardware, 2002.02.01

Benchmarks

The ATI Radeon Is the Newest Graphics Accelerator for the Mac. But Is It the Fastest?, Bare Feats, 2000.10.16. Radeon AGP vs. Voodoo5, ProFormance 3 Plus (PCI), and Rage 128 Pro AGP.
Radeon AGP vs Rage128 Pro AGP, Mike Breeden, Accelerate Your Mac, 2000.10.05
Radeon PCI vs. Radeon AGP, Bare Feats, 2001.02.23. "Is AGP that much faster?" It depends....

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