Hacking a PC Graphics Card into my G4 Cube!

Thanks https://PCBway.com! OK, I'm really excited about this mod. The G4 Cube is quite famously under-powered, originally coming with either a 400mhz or 500mhz G4 and a really lame Rage 128 Pro graphics card. Since we've already maxed ours out with a 1.2 GHz G4 and an SSD, really the only thing left is to put a killer graphics card in.

The only problem is, there aren't a lot of great options that fit in the Cube.

So today, we're going to be hacking a super-fast GeForce 6200 graphics card that only ever came out for PC, to try and get 256 megs of graphics goodness into our Cube.

H/T to Dana Does Stuff who inspired me to try this:    / londoshair  

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Want to do this to your Cube? Over the years, resources online have slowly died off, leaving a mess of broken links and hard-to-find info. Here's a few good links to get you started:

💾 Modified ROM files for the XFX 6200 (under the "Modified NVIDIA PPC ROMs" heading): http://themacelite.wikidot.com/wikido...

🍎 Another nice guide on the process: http://www.atpm.com/13.05/cube.shtml

🍎 LEM has some helpful info: https://lowendmac.com/video/agp/gefor...

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