If it's an 8x card you need to tape over pins 3 and 11 to make it work in a 4x AGP slot Powermac. The 8x specification hadn't been finalized at the time Apple made the Digital Audio Powermacs so they used the unused pins to carry power for an ADC monitor so you have to insulate the pins on the video card so that power doesn't get through and fry the card. Also, the Powermac G5 uses an AGP Pro slot which is longer than an AGP slot. You can use AGP Pro cards in an AGP slot but they require surgery to get them to fit. You can do a Google search for all the information on getting them to work.
On Jan 28, 9:42 am, GLT <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a G5 2.0 GHz dual processor PCI-X tower running 10.5.8 that > currently has the stock AGP 8x Radeon 9600 Pro MB video. > > I also have a 8x AGP nVidia 6200 (don't recall RAM size) flashed for > Mac.Is there a clear-cut reason to prefer one of these AGP cards over > the other, for use in this G5? > > Perhaps someone can compare/contrast them for me? > > Also, would the Radeon card work in A 1.2GHz "Digital Audio" G4's AGP > slot? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
