Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT for Mac - Nvidia

After RAM, a video card upgrade can be the easiest way to boost performance on your Mac. We compared the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT for Mac against the Mac’s original card... read more at

Radeon 9600 Pro PC & Mac Edition - ATI Technologies, Inc

GOT G4? You could extend the useful lifespan of a Mirror Door or a QuickSilver with dual processors. Got G5? You could see better performance from your games and graphics apps. In either case, check out the ATI Radeon 9600 Pro PC & Mac Edition video card ... read more at macHOME

GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL - nVidia

Only available from Apple, nVidia's GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL is one of two graphics cards that can power Apple's 30-inch Cinema HD Display ( Feb/05, p35). It's available as an upgrade option in a new Power Mac G5 and as a stand-alone card—so we wondered, how much of a performance boost does the 6800 Ultra offer compared to the 128MB ATI Radeon 9600 XT that comes stock in the Dual 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 ( Nov/04, p38)? ... read more at MacAddict

ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition - ATI

Gaming may have a less than illustrious pedigree on the Mac, but that doesn't stop software and hardware companies from continuing to innovate in the games arena. The latest salvo comes from ATI in the shape of its Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition graphics card ... read more at MacUserUK

Village Tronic VTBook - Village Tronic

Village Tronic's VTBook is intended to help you get around these problems and drive modern displays at high speeds. The VTBook is a PC Card that provides an impressive 32Mb of video RAM and a digital monitor socket driven by a Trident XP2 graphics chip. It fits into the standard PC Card slot in the side of your PowerBook and, with the driver software installed, provides you with a new monitor socket ... read more at MacUserUK

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro - ATI

ATI's Radeon 9800 Pro is one of the fastest graphics cards available for either the Mac or PC, and since the latest Nvidia GeForce cards don't run on the Mac, ATI pretty much rules the roost in the Mac market at the moment ... read more at MacUser UK

Radeon 9000 - ATI (AGP)

"The Radeon 9000 is a very worthwhile upgrade for any G4 with an older Nvidia or ATI graphics card" ... read more at MacUser UK

GeForce4 Titanium - Apple/nVIDIA (4x AGP)

"if you need every ounce of possible power for snappier screen redraws, quicker handling of image-laden applications and faster gaming, and if you want to run dual displays, this is your card" ... read more at macHOME

Radeon 8500 - ATI (AGP)

"With a Radeon 8500 installed, you'll notice faster game play and, thanks to special features such as anti-aliasing, better-looking graphics on supported games." ... read more at macHOME

Radeon 7000 - ATI (PCI)

"ATI's Radeon 7000 is what was once called the Radeon VE, a cut-down Radeon card introduced at MacWorld New York 2001 for those who use PCI instead of AGP in their Macs" ... read more at MacGamer

Matrox RTMac - Matrox

it eliminates the need to render 20 specific video transitions and motion effects, provides support for an extra monitor, and allows you to perform analog capture and export. And yet, I'm somewhat disappointed because I was expecting it to do more, such as create a real-time editing environment. ... read more at macHOME

Radeon (PCI) - ATI

Our Radeon performed flawlessly - no surprise, considering that ATI and Apple have worked closely together for many years. Performance was solid, with the chip set delivering clear and reasonably fast 2D and 3D graphic ... read more at MacAddict

DH-Max - ProMax Systems (AGP)

Regrettably, neither the Jeronimo nor the DH-Max card offers 3-D hardware acceleration, making them inappropriate choices for gamers ... read more at Macworld

Jeronimo 2000 - Appian Graphics (PCI)

Regrettably, neither the Jeronimo nor the DH-Max card offers 3-D hardware acceleration, making them inappropriate choices for gamers ... read more at Macworld

Voodoo4 4500 PCI - 3dfx

Mac users with a limited budget are looking for something that fits their performance needs but without cleaning out their wallet. Enter the Voodoo4, 3dfx's economy card that features a single VSA-100 processor and 32 MB of RAM ... read more at MacNN

Radeon (AGP) - ATI

The Radeon features 32MB of DDR (double data rate) memory, which speeds data transfer on both edges of a clock cycle, and DVD-Video playback. It has both a DVI-I connector (for connecting digital flat-panel displays) and an S-Video-out port ... read more at MacAddict

Voodoo5 5500 - 3dfx

With 64MB of RAM and a dual VSA-100 chip set running 2D and 3D functions, the Voodoo 5 5500 PCI graphics card surpasses the ATI Rage 128 as the leading Mac 3D card ... read more at MacAddict

ProFormance III Plus & ProCyber 3D Glasses - Formac

when tested against previous Formac graphics cards: OpenGL playback in LightWave was around 20% faster than a 16Mb ProFormance III card - a worthwhile speed bump. However, things were not quite so clear cut when testing against the 16Mb ATI RAGE card in the AGP slot of a G4 ... read more at MacUser UK

XClaim VR 128 - ATI

In an effort to span the connection between video, television, and high-end video processing, ATI has released the ATI XClaim VR 128, a combination of a video card with video capture capabilities and an outboard TV tuner ... read more at MacAddict

IX3D Game Rocket - IXMicro

After we ran our 3-D tests, the benefits of the graphics accelerators were much clearer. As you can see in the benchmark, all four cards substantially boosted performance for Unreal. With Quake, the Rage Orion (in RAVE mode) and Game Rocket (in Glide mode) turned in excellent scores ... read more at Macworld

ProFormance 3 - Formac

Graphics accelerator cards are getting ridiculously fast these days, and the ProFormance 3 adds to the trend with blazing pixel-blitting performance, tons of spiffy features, and a full-featured control panel ... read more at MacAddict

ix3D Dual Monitor - IXMicro

The ix3D Dual Monitor card boasts support for two monitors in a single PCI card. With impressive specs and a Twin Turbo 128-3D engine, it might fit the bill if you're short on slots ... read more at MacAddict

RAGE Orion 128 - ATI

the Rage Orion is one of the few good things keeping the Mac alive in today's high-res, 32-bit color, OpenGL gaming. And its support for legacy APIs like QuickDraw 3D and RAVE is unmatched ... read more at MacAddict

MP 805 - Village Tronic

VillageTronic aims its Voodoo Banshee-powered MP 850 at the Mac desktop publishing and hard-core gaming markets ... read more at MacAddict

Game Wizard - Micro Conversions

The only original design manufacturer that has brought Voodoo2 to the Mac is Micro Conversions. Its aptly named card, the Game Wizard, houses the Voodoo2 chip set and sports 12MB of video memory. Voodoo2 works superbly, and it kicks polygons at an 800 by 600 resolution ... read more at MacAddict

MacMagic - Village Tronic

In Mac gaming, the price of awesome 3D has traditionally been exorbitant, but the product with the right price has arrived. VillageTronic's MacMagic means affordable 3D ... read more at MacAddict

Effetto Pronto 1.0 - Videonics

After Effects can do just about anything a Flame can do, but not in real time, and time is money, pal, so get out of here!" Such video snobbery will no longer fly with the introduction of Effetto Pronto (ready effect in Italian), a real-time (or pretty near real-time) finishing system for creating sophisticated DV special effects ... read more at MacAddict

MacTell Vision3D Pro II Lite 8MB - Mactell

MacTell's Vision3D Pro II Lite, the lower-cost version of the Vision3D Pro II card, features the 128-bit Ticket to Ride graphics controller. The Vision3D Pro II Lite has 8MB of WRAM; supports resolutions up to 1,960 by 1,060; and has a vertical scan frequency up to 150Hz. It also supports QuickDraw, MPEG, QuickTime, RAVE, and OpenGL acceleration ... read more at MacAddict

ix3D Pro Rez - ixMicro

IXMicro's ix3D Pro Rez is a 128-bit 2D and 3D graphics accelerator with 8MB of SGRAM. It supports resolutions up to 1,600 by 1,200 and refresh rates as high as 100Hz. The board's video out uses the Mac-standard wide connector, so attaching Apple monitors is a no-brainer ... read more at MacAddict

EditDV - Radius

Radius's EditDV is actually three products in one box: an IEEE 1394 FireWire card, MotoDV capture software, and EditDV editing software. The package is a reasonably priced, effective way to get digital video into your Mac, edit it, and output it ... read more at MacAddict

ix3D Road Rocket - ixMicro

The ix3D Road Rocket brings to the PowerBook G3 Series what that machine should have had from the start - true multiple-monitor support instead of the lesser video-mirroring ability it currently features ... read more at MacAddict

ix3D Mac Rocket - ixMicro

Among the entry-level graphics accelerators aimed at the consumer market is IXMicro's new offering for home and office users, ix3D Mac Rocket ... read more at MacAddict

Vision 3D

At only $145, the Vision 3D card gives you great video acceleration for the price. The 4MB of VRAM installed on this card allows 24-bit color at 1016 by 768 resolution or, alternatively, 8-bit color at 1280 by 1024 resolution - enough to drive a 21-inch monitor ... read more at MacAddict

Video Wizard - Micro Conversions

The Video Wizard supports resolutions up to 1,280 x 1,024 in 32-bit color (millions of colors) and video-out resolutions up to 720 x 576 in PAL Overscan mode and 640 x 480 in NTSC Overscan mode ... read more at Mac Home

Vision 3D Pro II

This beefy video card kicks out the video with 8MB of VRAM for 24-bit color at resolutions as high as 1920 by 1080. Try reading that on a 17-inch monitor. The Vision 3D Pro II is based on Number Nine's state-of-the-art Ticket to Ride video processor ... read more at MacAddict

ix3D Ultimate Rez - ixMicro

The Mac Rocket, Pro Rez, and Ultimate Rez are ixMicro's latest 2D/3D graphics accelerators, filling the low end, middle, and high end of the market, respectively. All will please people looking for great 2D acceleration, but they may disappoint gamers ... read more at macHOME

Nexus GA - ATI

Of the handful of PCI cards that deliver maximum imaging, ATI's Nexus GA is a stellar contender, with only one notable shortcoming - no QuickTime acceleration ... read more at MacAddict

Xclaim VR 2.0

Version 2.0 improves on the original, with new 3D RAGE PRO technology, better graphics when connecting a Mac to a TV, and a better software bundle ... read more at MacAddict

Power3D - TechWorks

It not only serves up 45-megapixels-per-second-sustained polygon fill but also offers over 1-million-triangles-per-second throughput! Sigh. Sorting through 3D gobbledygook is enough to give even Einstein a Gouraud-shaded headache. Simply put, the Power3D is a PCI card that makes 3D games more beautiful, ... read more at MacAddict

Imagine 128 Series 2

The Imagine 128 gives millions of colors at 1,600-x-1,200-pixel resolution, full-screen video playback, and accelerated 2D performance ... read more at MacAddict

ATI Technologies Xclaim 3D

ATI's Xclaim 3D board primarily is a QD3D accelerator. The board does work as a 2D graphics board, of course; the 8MB version provides 24-bit resolutions of up to 1,280 x 1,024 pixels at 75Hz and a modest gain in scrolling speed ... read more at MacAddict