Radeon x1900 GT macpro edition in G5

[MrVitalic]

Following that thread

Slow G5 nvidia 7800gt ??? (help)

Hello my dear ppc amateurs. Last year I bought a evga 7800 gtx ko 256mg with the idea of converting it to a powerpc gpu. I failed at modding a vbios then failed when doing a bad flash ( eeprom was too small, bad rom). So today, almost a year after, I decided to convert the card to a 7800gt for...

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I made the mistake of buying a radeon x1900 GT that was advertise for G5/Macpro but its the double slot one(macpro indeed). Simple question, does the ppc rom found on macelite could work without issue with this card ? ( I’m ok with replacing the eeprom).

 

[666sheep]

MP edition was 512MB XT. PPC rom does not work with these AFAIR.

 

[MrVitalic]

MP edition was 512MB XT. PPC rom does not work with these AFAIR.

Argh I’m in gpu hell again. Looking at this thread theres maybe some hope https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/need-help-flashing-a-radeon-x1950-xt.2192094/

Finger crossed.

 

[VanneDC]

yep you gotta have the 256mb version of the card to make it work!