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PC 6800GT in my G5!!
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2002
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The folks over at strangedogs.com have done it again & with some guidance from the crew, I picked up a PC 6800GT refurb from chiefvalue.com for $214.00 (sweet) flashed it with Mac rom & installed it in my 2GHZ DP G5. The results are absolutley stunning. The stock 9600 was choking on Doom3 @ 800X600 and now I get respectable framerates @ 1280x1024.
Jeff
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Good to hear, congrats. How difficult would you rate the process?
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
Good to hear, congrats. How difficult would you rate the process?
That depends on how prepared one is & what hardware is available. The card can be flashed on a Mac or a PC. I have flashed a handful of cards to date and I've always used a PC...just much easier for me. It's about a 10 minute process including the time spent swapping cards in & out. Detailed instructions have been on the cubeowner forums for quite some time. It's definately MUCH easier when peeps like the crew at strangedogs.com have already done the work & research & provide a working/tested "rom" file. If I didn't feel confident this process, there's no way I'd do it for my new G5 
Jeff
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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you have VGA and DVI working? last time i checked they only had VGA working. I may interested into doing this, anyway you can send the info on what ROM you used and all that? Thanks a lot.
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Yes, DVI is quite functional. I won't distribute the rom file but you are welcome to visit the forums at strangedogs.com for addl. info & support.
Jeff
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Oh DVI is working? nice, ill surely check those forums out. Thanks .
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