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lucasfer899

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Sep 23, 2012
432
2
London
Hey all.
I need some help here,

So, I'm rockin' 3x 20" Alu ACD's, and a very powerful custom built PC.

However, I want a workstation, for doing school work, playing the odd, low-end game on.

For this, I want the most powerful PM G5 Quad core..
And I also want to know which is the best graphics card I can put in this PM also, will I need multiple graphics cards to run all of my displays?
Also, need info on ram, such as can it be any old DDR2 ram, or does it have to be special mac stuff?

Thanks alot!

(Storage is not of a concern, I have a big nas box.)
 

Zotaccian

macrumors 6502a
Apr 25, 2012
645
7
Any Mac Pro will beat Quad G5 in CPU speed and app compatibility (for modern apps). I haven't checked prices but before purchase, make sure you know what you are paying for.
 

rabidz7

macrumors 65816
Jun 24, 2012
1,205
3
Ohio
Hey all.
I need some help here,

So, I'm rockin' 3x 20" Alu ACD's, and a very powerful custom built PC.

However, I want a workstation, for doing school work, playing the odd, low-end game on.

For this, I want the most powerful PM G5 Quad core..
And I also want to know which is the best graphics card I can put in this PM also, will I need multiple graphics cards to run all of my displays?
Also, need info on ram, such as can it be any old DDR2 ram, or does it have to be special mac stuff?

Thanks alot!

(Storage is not of a concern, I have a big nas box.)

A late 2005 quad is the most powerful. Any desktop ddr2 will work in its 8 slots. It can take 16GB of ram in 8 2gb modules. The best vid card is a flashed 512MB 7800 GTX. There is one on ebay, make sure it is mac flashed. do not use any ebay filters to find it. the card is incredibly rare. Every xpansion slot is pci express, so no pci or pcix devices.
 

0007776

Suspended
Jul 11, 2006
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If you want a mac and don't want to spend too much money why not just turn your PC into a hackintosh? The G5s are old and you'll be disappointed by the performance. Also I'm pretty sure the quad G5s were liquid cooled which weren't the most reliable.
 

lucasfer899

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Sep 23, 2012
432
2
London
If you want a mac and don't want to spend too much money why not just turn your PC into a hackintosh? The G5s are old and you'll be disappointed by the performance. Also I'm pretty sure the quad G5s were liquid cooled which weren't the most reliable.
My PC uses AMD FX 8350. No hackintosh available for AMD.

A late 2005 quad is the most powerful. Any desktop ddr2 will work in its 8 slots. It can take 16GB of ram in 8 2gb modules. The best vid card is a flashed 512MB 7800 GTX. There is one on ebay, make sure it is mac flashed. do not use any ebay filters to find it. the card is incredibly rare. Every xpansion slot is pci express, so no pci or pcix devices.
Thank you very much.
I will look out for all that you have said :)

What is it you expect the quad to do that the PC doesn't?
Nothing. I want a desktop workstation, of which is a mac.

Any Mac Pro will beat Quad G5 in CPU speed and app compatibility (for modern apps). I haven't checked prices but before purchase, make sure you know what you are paying for.
I think I'll look out for Mac Pro 1,1 and upgrade the socket 771 xeons.
Only if I can find one at the right price.
 

rabidz7

macrumors 65816
Jun 24, 2012
1,205
3
Ohio
My PC uses AMD FX 8350. No hackintosh available for AMD.


Thank you very much.
I will look out for all that you have said :)


Nothing. I want a desktop workstation, of which is a mac.


I think I'll look out for Mac Pro 1,1 and upgrade the socket 771 xeons.
Only if I can find one at the right price.

I have the same cpu and its a hackintosh. I used ways that I cant discuss here. Google amd hackintosh.
 

MisterKeeks

macrumors 68000
Nov 15, 2012
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Also I'm pretty sure the quad G5s were liquid cooled which weren't the most reliable.

Strangely enough, the Quad was a pretty reliable machine despite the LCS. Here is part of an article from LowEndMac (yes, they actually have articles :)).

G5/1.6 single (June 2003), D- (24%, logicboard, hard drive)
G5/1.8 single (June 2003), D+ (19%, logicboard, video card)
G5/2.0 dual (June 2003), F (32%, video card, logicboard)
G5/1.8 dual (Nov. 2003), F (27%, logicboard, optical drive)
G5/1.8 dual (June 2004), D+ (19%, logicboard, optical drive)
G5/2.0 dual (June 2004), C- (17%, logicboard, hard or optical drive)
G5/2.5 dual (June 2004), F (26%, logicboard, hard drive)
G5/1.8 single (Oct. 2004), D+ (19%, hard drive, logicboard)
G5/2.3 dual (April 2005), B- (11%, logicboard, power supply)
G5/2.7 dual (April 2005), D (22%, logicboard, power supply)
G5/2.0 dual-core (Oct. 2005), C- (18%, power supply, logicboard)
G5/2.3 dual-core (Oct. 2005), C- (18%, power supply, logicboard or optical drive)
G5/2.5 quad-core (Oct. 2005), C- (17%, logicboard, power supply)

The Quad has a 17% failure rate, tying for 2nd.
 

cocacolakid

macrumors 65816
Dec 18, 2010
1,108
20
Chicago
So the person who wants to start selling brand new Power PC Macs that IBM would somehow make isn't even using a Power PC Mac.
 

rabidz7

macrumors 65816
Jun 24, 2012
1,205
3
Ohio
So the person who wants to start selling brand new Power PC Macs that IBM would somehow make isn't even using a Power PC Mac.

Yes I am.
Power Mac G5 quad, 2.5 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 1 Tb HDD,
128 Gb SSD, 512 Mb 7800 GTX, 32" monitor
:eek:Osx Mountain lion via cpu emulation on linux:eek:
Geekbench= 4700
 

MisterKeeks

macrumors 68000
Nov 15, 2012
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Yes I am.
Power Mac G5 quad, 2.5 GHz, 16 GB RAM, 1 Tb HDD,
128 Gb SSD, 512 Mb 7800 GTX, 32" monitor
:eek:Osx Mountain lion via cpu emulation on linux:eek:
Geekbench= 4700

Get me the Linux GeekBench on that. :rolleyes: Boot times would be nice as well.
 

ybz90

macrumors 6502a
Jul 10, 2009
609
2
:eek:Osx Mountain lion via cpu emulation on linux:eek:

How do you get 4700 on Geekbench? I recently acquired the exact same PowerMac and with a fresh install and SSD, it gets just north of 3500. My instinct was that 64-bit gives a bump to scores over 32-bit, but since you're using some kind of "CPU emulation", the performance degradation should eliminate that many times over.

Speaking of which, would you care to elucidate? I can't imagine any sort of CPU emulation that would result in an even remotely usable system, let alone one that can score 4700 on Geekbench.

I'm not calling you a liar, but to me, this does not look right. Things don't add up at all. Please feel welcome to correct me, I would be eager to find out how you squeezed that kind of performance out of the G5 machine, since as I mentioned, I just got one myself.

EDIT: Oh wait, you're this guy - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1525892/. Should've figured as much. If it looks like BS, sounds like BS, you get the idea.
 
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MisterKeeks

macrumors 68000
Nov 15, 2012
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How do you get 4700 on Geekbench? I recently acquired the exact same PowerMac and with a fresh install and SSD, it gets just north of 3500. My instinct was that 64-bit gives a bump to scores over 32-bit, but since you're using some kind of "CPU emulation", the performance degradation should eliminate that many times over.

Speaking of which, would you care to elucidate? I can't imagine any sort of CPU emulation that would result in an even remotely usable system, let alone one that can score 4700 on Geekbench.

I'm not calling you a liar, but to me, this does not look right. Things don't add up at all. Please feel welcome to correct me, I would be eager to find out how you squeezed that kind of performance out of the G5 machine, since as I mentioned, I just got one myself.

32 bit tops out at 3614. 64 bit tops out just above 3700. This one is from a user here (Nameci).

So, I agree. 4700 is impossible on a G5.
 
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