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Carl19692

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Aug 6, 2014
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Hi i have just purchased a G5 2.7ghz it came with a monitor which is ADC somewhere along its life someone has swapped out the GPU for a FX5200.

Would this of been to keep ADC?

What, better, card can i swap the fx5200 with and still keep ADC?

Can i get around the ADC issue without swapping monitors?

Any advice will be welcome....

Bought it on a whim so know very little about Mac's :eek:
 
Carl19692 said:
Hi i have just purchased a G5 2.7ghz it came with a monitor which is ADC somewhere along its life someone has swapped out the GPU for a FX5200.

Would this of been to keep ADC?

What, better, card can i swap the fx5200 with and still keep ADC?

Can i get around the ADC issue without swapping monitors?

Any advice will be welcome....

Bought it on a whim so know very little about Mac's :eek:
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I have an ATI Radeon 9600 XT and it is pretty affordable with good performance. Never had a problem with it and it handles Leopard and video work very well! If I recall correctly, the 9600 XT is a better card than the 9600 Pro.
 
Every any G5 ADC card is better than the lowly GeForce 5200. As stated above, the ATI 9600XT is a good budget card. Make sure you get the one with ADC and not the double DVI ports. For other ADC cards, you can use the ATI 9800 Pro/XT, X800, or X850. Nvidia didn't make any ADC cards for the G5 besides the stock GeForce 5200.
 
I'll throw in another vote for the 9600 XT. Threw one in my june 04 G5 and the card is a great little upgrade. Probably the best bang for the buck out there. Some other cards can get really expensive.
 
Would you hold out for a 256mb or take a 128mb to start?

As you can probably guess Mac's are not something i have knowledge of :rolleyes:
 
Unless driving the 23" Cinema Display and playing a game on it, the 128MB card is adequate. The ADC 9600 XT only came in 128MB sizes.
 
ATI Radeon X800XT Mac edition (256mb) would this work?

What sort of price is extortionate?

Just looked and i have a M8149 display.
 
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Good find with that card. They can sometimes be found for a low price like that, but are uncommon at that price range.
 
Have to be happy when something arrives with only part of the cellophane has been removed.
Now to fit and fire the beast up :)


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Have to be happy when something arrives with only part of the cellophane has been removed.
Now to fit and fire the beast up :)


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No idea why i posted that twice....... cannot find the delete button :eek:
 
You're that excited about it to post it twice. There is no way for a poster to remove a post in MacRumors. If you want a post deleted, click the triangular report button next to your post and ask for the post to be deleted.
 
What a great buy! I am just getting by with my Radeon 9800XT in my Dual 2.5 Power Mac G5. Trying to play a 1080p video fullscreen is an issue, especially surprising, because many older games such as UT2004 run beautifully.

Well, best of luck! Enjoy your new card!:)
 
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