However, it's taller than the original Cube cards And the stock VRM/DC power board is in the way.

It's in stock at Other World Computing at a reasonable xxx. That makes the Radeon 9000 the best alternate choice if you are looking for a faster graphics card for your Cube. However, GeForce3s are scarce, since they are no longer in production. Size wise it fits the Cube without modifications. As you can see on our GRAPHICS PAGE, it was faster than the Radeon 9000 with 128MB of VRAM in all but one test. It was much faster than the original Rage 128 Pro, Radeon ME, and GeForceMX 2 originally shipped with the Cube. Speaking of graphics cards, word on the street was that the GeForce3 with 64MB of VRAM is the hot ticket for the Cube. The GeForce3, for example, though it turned out to be good optional GPU, has a constantly running cooling fan with an noticeable mid-range 'hum.' The Radeon 9000, our second favorite optional GPU, requires only a fanless heatsink. However, they don't have control over the noise generated by some graphics card fans. Both PowerLogix and GigaDesigns do a good job of keeping the fan noise to a minimum by using low rpm, low noise fans. CPU upgrade companies happily use this design 'feature' to add fan to cool both the drive and logic board. Apple must have had some strategy for faster, hotter running CPUs for the Cube, because the original Cube had a slot for a fan and a place to plug it into the VRM/DC power board. One challenge when upgrading the Cube is to maintain a key feature: QUIETNESS. We haven't tested the 1.8GHz 7447A yet but it's on our 'to do' list. However, the 7447A processor is available in higher clock speeds (up to 1.8GHz) while the 7457 tops out at 1.5GHz.

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