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Posted by: CompactMacLover on 2011-05-03 13:17:52
I have a dual 1.8 g5. Its missing a video card, can I just use a radeon 7000 I got laying around in it
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Posted by: ClassicHasClass on 2011-05-03 13:39:21
Should work, but it seems sad to waste a G5 on that level of card.
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Posted by: CompactMacLover on 2011-05-03 15:36:12
Just temporary until I can find the right one
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Posted by: mcdermd on 2011-05-04 10:58:03
IIRC, the G5 Powermac can use a PCI card as an additional video card but not as a primary video card.
Look at flashing a PC Radeon 9800 Pro or Nvidia FX5200, FX5500 or FX6200. You should be able to find one under $40.
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Posted by: CompactMacLover on 2011-05-04 13:08:51
It looks like the AGP Slot is different then Most radeon 9800s I have, I also have a radeon 9000 sitting here too.
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2011-05-04 15:06:12
The AGP 8X slots are different then the early AGP 1x/2x ones or ones designed for 4x/8x (different voltages so they changed the AGP slot key to keep things from blowing up). Radeon 7000 is so old its probably 1x/2x only.
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