Is this graphics card compatible with my G5 PowerMac?

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Cheesey1974 Author

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Is this graphics card compatible with my G5 PowerMac?

Hi, another noob question...

I am currenly running a 64mb (standard) video card in my G5 and it's soo slow it's unreal, it stalls, and even on youtube it's a nightmare....

Will this card work:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-PowerMac-G5-ATI-Radeon-102A5850120-256MB-Graphic s-Card-/191624389629?

Budget is very low, but anything to boost the G5 will be appreciated...

Spec:

PowerMac (7.2)

6GB RAM

160gb HD (soon to be 1TB)

Currently running Tiger, but will soon be upgrading to Leopard (when it arrives from fleabay)

Thanks

Adam

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jul 21, 2015 11:21 AM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Jul 21, 2015 11:55 AM in response to Cheesey1974

Looks like it'll work, but what card do you have now?

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Cheesey1974 Author

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Jul 21, 2015 12:09 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks again 🙂

This is the spec from 'About this mac'

Chipset Model: ATY,RV350

Type: Display

Bus: AGP

Slot: SLOT-1

VRAM (Total): 64 MB

Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

Device ID: 0x4150

Revision ID: 0x0000

ROM Revision: 113-A13601-120

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Cheesey1974 Author

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Jul 21, 2015 12:10 PM in response to Cheesey1974

It's an ATI Radeon 9600 pro?

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BDAqua

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Jul 21, 2015 12:19 PM in response to Cheesey1974

The card on eBay is AGP, correct?

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Cheesey1974 Author

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Jul 21, 2015 12:23 PM in response to BDAqua

Yes, just checked and it is....

Thanks

Adam

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BDAqua

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Jul 21, 2015 12:24 PM in response to Cheesey1974

Yes.

Video card codes...

The codes are as follows:

ATI Radeon 8500. . . . . . . . . . R200

ATI Radeon 9800 XT . . . . . . . . R360

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. . . . . . . . R350

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. . . . . . . . R300

ATI Radeon 9600 XT . . . . . . . . RV360

ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. . . . . . . . RV350

ATI Radeon 9000 Pro. . . . . . . . RV250

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 . . . . . RV M11

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 . . . . . RV M100

nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL. . . NV40

nVidia GeForce Go5200. . . . . . . NV34M

nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra . . . NV34

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Cheesey1974 Author

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Jul 21, 2015 12:27 PM in response to BDAqua

Cool,

So it's just a case of swapping 64mb one out and replacing with this one?

Any other procedures that I would need to follow?

Thanks

Adam

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Answer 8

BDAqua

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Jul 21, 2015 1:17 PM in response to Cheesey1974

You may need to do a PRAM Reset or 3 since Video settings are held there.

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