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GPU for G5
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That's an AGP card and won't work in the OP's quad. Also some say that card is less powerful than the ATI X850. The X800/X850 does out preform the 6800 in some things, but not all. Depending on one's need, one should choose the correct card.
You can find most PowerPC ROMs here - http://themacelite.wikidot.com/wikidownloads2
An Nvidia 8800 GTX is apparently very hard to write a ROM for because it is not an OpenFirmware card. A 7800 GTX on the other is possible to flash.
You might want to check out these benchmarks - http://www.barefeats.com/mutant4.html
An Nvidia 8800 GTX is apparently very hard to write a ROM for because it is not an OpenFirmware card. A 7800 GTX on the other is possible to flash.
You might want to check out these benchmarks - http://www.barefeats.com/mutant4.html
depending on the card you will just need the cable not an external PS..
I don't know if there are cards from that generation that draw more then 150W.
Remember there were only certain 7800's that could even be flashed..
IMHO look for a quadro
Try a Google yourself instead of posting one-sentence replies and actually read one of the many, many other threads, sites about this before coming here with actual questions that haven't already been discussed a dozen times.
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