# Graphic card upgrade for old Mac G5 a good idea?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/graphic-card-upgrade-for-old-mac-g5-a-good-idea/251677
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**Created:** [February 11, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/graphic-card-upgrade-for-old-mac-g5-a-good-idea/251677 "2008-02-11T17:55:31Z")
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#### Post date: [February 11, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/graphic-card-upgrade-for-old-mac-g5-a-good-idea/251677/1 "2008-02-11T17:55:31Z")

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Hello,

I am operating a 1.6 GHz PowerPC G5 with 2 GB DDR SDRAM.

The graphics card is an **nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 with 64Mb VRAM**.

I have two displays, a 1680x1050 flat screen and a 1600x1200 CRT monitor.

I run Adobe Creative Suite 3 a lot. I have already discovered that the graphics card does not like dual monitors when using Adobe Bridge.

My two graphics card upgrade options are:

**ATI Radeon 9200 128MB DVI/ VGA PCI card  
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB DVI/ DVI AGP card**

Will I see any performance increase when using two monitors OS X 10.4 and Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Bridge in CS3?

(apologies if this topic has arisen before… I struggled to find it on a search).

regards,

Pete