Jeffrey Engle wrote:
I currently am using the below stock video card OEM. I'd like to have a
card that would support a 30" display (not a flashed card please) What
card (Apple please) would be a nice upgrade for my early 2005 G5 power
Mac? Jeff
My June 2004 2.0 DP is nearly identical except for the expansion slots
(June 04 has two 100 MHz 64 bit PCI-X, one 133 MHz 64 bit PCI-X and one
8x AGP Pro where the Early 2005 has three 33 MHz 64 bit PCI, two 100 MHz
64 bit PCI-X and one 8x AGP Pro) and the ODD. It came with an NVIDIA
GeForce 6800 Ultra w/256 MB VRAM and 2 dual-link DVI that drives a 23"
Al CD. I stress the machine hard running the CPUs at 100% 24/7 and the
video card performs very well. Of course Flash is still not great but
that is never going to change for PPC Macs. This card was offered on
both the June 2004 and the Early 2005 Power Macs.
According to Mactracker the June 2004 Power Mac was also available with
an NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL that also has 256 MB VRAM and 2 dual-link
DVI. For some reason this card was not offered on the Early 2005.
Either one of these cards is probably going to be VERY pricey new,
Apple's price for a replacement 6800 Ultra is about $600. That would be
enough to cause me to take a serious look at flashed PC cards even
though they can be a crap shoot.
Here is a review of the 6800 Ultra:
<http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/mac_6800ultra_review/index.html>
HTH,
Tina
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iMac 20" USB 2, PPC 7455 @ 1.25 GHz, 2 GB PC 2700 RAM, GeForce FX 5200
Ultra 64 MB DDR VRAM
PowerBook 15" DL-SD, PPC 7447B @ 1.67 GHz, 2 GB PC2 4200 DDR2 RAM,
Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR VRAM
Power Mac June 04, PPC 970fx DP @2.0 GHz, 8 GB PC 3200 DDR RAM, GeForce
6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB VRAM
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