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8800 GT Graphics Upgrade Kit - work on a Quad G5?
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Sorry for the new thread but this is a very specific question which I'm sure the many other Quad G5 owners are wondering.
Will the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Upgrade Kit work in a Quad G5? The G5 has PCI-Express 1 just like the older Mac Pro's so it would be a similar issue with the power requirements as with them.
It would be nice to jump up from the 7800 GT I have.
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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I don't think so... It would need to support both OpenFirmware and EFI and I don't think the previous X1900 did that; instead it had different editions for the PowerMacs and Mac Pros.
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I had a sneaking suspicion that may be the case, Mark. Thanks for the response.
Someone will try it out once they start shipping and we can wait and see the results. Maybe I just might have to upgrade to a new desktop...
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Not likely. There were separate Radeon X1900XT cards for both Mac Pro and PowerMac G5, and I remember a few people getting the wrong card and it not working in their machine. It could be a case of different firmware, it could be something else.
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