---------- Original message ---------- Subject: I just bought a Powermac G4 dual 800 Date: Montag 27 September 2010N From: Alex <[email protected]> To: "G-Group" <[email protected]>
> I just bought a Powermac G4 dual 800 on ebay. I want to know if it can > run Leopard without a hack and how powerful of a graphics card I can > put in it. If you refer to a Quicksilver 2001, the Dual-800 model: I've got the same. Is there another Dual-800 around? I can't come up with one… Anyway, to answer your questions: 1) No, Leopard checks the CPU frequency for at least 867 MHz, otherwise it won't let you continue with the installation. Once installed, it will work just fine. There is a hack around, which is not so hard to accomplish. Just don't be afraid, and take your time. It may take you 10 minutes or so to accomplish it, but once you start up the Leopard installation DVD and get on with the installation routine, you don't have to bother about it any longer. Here the link: http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html 2) You can put in any AGP graphics card, as long as it is a “Mac Edition”. You cannot use PC graphics cards (at least not without flashing, which is not so easy anyhow). One of the fastest is maybe an ATi Radeon X800 from the later Power Mac G5 models, but not the last Power Mac G5 “Late 2005”, since it introduced PCI-Express in favor of AGP. The G5s use AGPx8 which cannot coexist with ADC support, so you'll have to disable Pin 3 and 11 (see link) for any AGPx4 Power Mac that features ADC, i.e. most of the Power Mac G4's. Here the link: http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11 If you don't want that, you can use any AGP graphics card that features ADC, which will be AGPx4. Hope that helped. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- 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
