On Dec 7, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Jack Countryman wrote: > Note that the slots on the g5 towers are PCI-e format...not the > older PCI, > so you loose the use of your old cards on either machine.
No, this isn't necessarily true. The early G5s, below 2.0 GHz had regular "old" PCI slots. The middle G5s, the 2.0 & 2.3 GHz had PCI-X (PCI eXtended) slots that would take "extended" PCI cards and also the "old" PCI cards. Only the very last G5s, the late 2.3 dual, 2.5 & 2.5 GHz had the PCI-E (also called PCIe for PCI Express) slots that are incompatible with to "old" PCI cards. Most of the G5's ARE compatible with the "old" PCI cards. The only model that has overlap is the dual 2.3, the PCI-X version is older (early 2005) and uses PC3200 RAM, the PCIe version is newer (late 2005) and uses PC4200 RAM (the RAM is an easy way to tell, all the PCIe Macs use PC4200 or PC5300 RAM). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
