eMac Video Upgrade

Bri3D writes "I've got an eMac G4/700, with a GeForce2 220 32MB video card. The video card is great for everyday use, but woefully slow for gaming. I looked for a method to replace the video card, and found these pages about eMac disassembly, but no information on if the video is upgradeable or even seperate from the motherboard. Does anyone have information on replacing the video card on an eMac?"

Comments

Here it is

[BoomerSooner]

Upgrade

Unfortunately this is the easiest path. BTW What games? I play NWN on my iBook 900 w/32MB FX card and it runs great, not to mention Quake III.

Good news or the bad news?

[Elwood P Dowd]

Short answer: No

Long answer: No

In summary: No

Re:Good news or the bad news?

[bsharitt]

So I can't replace to videocard?

Re:Pudge - Pull this?

[dead_penguin]

I think the article was a PC troll trying to point out that all-in-one Macs of the past 5 years are not video-upgradable.

And he was consipiring with other trolls, setting them up to use the "There are no games for the Mac!" line.

Woefully slow?

[MalleusEBHC]

What games are you playing where your computer is "woefully slow"? I game regularly on my Cube (450 MHz G4 with a stock Rage 128 and 1 GB RAM), and I'm still able to play everything, save UT2k3 which is just a little too slow. Ghost Recon, Jedi Knight II, and Warcraft 3 run just fine on it. Admittedly, it is not a speed demon, but it gets the job done with low settings.

If you bought an eMac you shouldn't have expected that it would be awesome for gaming or upgradeable. Try upping your RAM, as I noticed a nice speed burst when I brought my Cube up to 1 GB. Other than that, you are more likely to harm your eMac by opening it then you are likely to help it by soldering on a new video card (if that is even possible).

Directions

[Anonymous Coward]

Step 1) Unplug all peripherals
Step 2) Replace eMac

I have done this before, and it is a proven and time-tested method that works.

Re:Directions

[el stevo]

step 3) ????? step 4) profit! i couldn't resist.

Re:obvious answer

[noewun]

If you didn't spend so much of time your time playing video games, you'd have an entire life.