My dad needs a new video card, but he only wants ATi. His current one is an ATi Radeon 9600. Is an X1600 PCX a good Vid Card Upgrade?
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ATi X1600-- A Good & Up To Date VCARD For G5?
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PCI-X is just an overclocked PCI card, and those machines still had AGP video card slots.
If it is a PCI-Express machine, I thought those video cards were a little newer and were the Nvidia 6600, 7800, & Quadro cards ... with the ATI 9600/9650/9800/etc. the last of the AGP cards from Apple.
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/compatibility <- AGP OEM/Flash etc. card matrix
What kind of G5 PowerMac? The AGP/PCI-X that came with 9600 with only go up to a 9800 if all he wants is ATI. The PCI Express model never came with a 9600, but those can go up to an X1900. There are flashed PC models, but I don't know what would work.
I have some cards still available if you want one cheap.
I have some cards still available if you want one cheap.
His G5 Has FOUR PCI-X Slots, and ONE AGP Slot, and he wants to use his PCI-X X1600 in his PCI-X Slot. He already purchased one anyways, and it should come today.
PCI-X is known to be better than AGP and my dad's G5 is a PCI-X/AGP machine, but I'm asking is a X1600 an up-to-date graphics card?
The X1600 is a decent card for today, but I don't think it would work in that G5...
PCI-X and PCI Express are two different things. I don't think PCI-X (eXtreme?) was ever used for graphics cards because it is basically a souped up PCI slot. PCI Express is much faster and is the successor to AGP graphics. Only the last Dual Core G5's came with PCI express. Hope that helps.
PCI-X and PCI Express are two different things. I don't think PCI-X (eXtreme?) was ever used for graphics cards because it is basically a souped up PCI slot. PCI Express is much faster and is the successor to AGP graphics. Only the last Dual Core G5's came with PCI express. Hope that helps.
Yeah, PCI-X was supposed to be the next version of a PCI slot, while PCIe is the next version of AGP.