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powermac g5 - pci or pci-express?........
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Hi
I have recently aquired a Powermac G5 , dual 1.8gz proccesors
how can I tell if it has PCI slots or PCI-Express slots?
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Dual 1.8 GHz G5s means it's either a rev A or B (2003-2004) Power Mac. They came with regular PCI on the low-end and PCI-X on the high-end. Note that PCI-X is not the same thing as PCI Express. PCI Express wasn't introduced until Rev D (late 2005).
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Last edited by Simon; Nov 10, 2009 at 04:57 PM.
Reason: typo)
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Originally Posted by Simon 
Dual 1.8 GHz G5s means it's either a rev A or B (2003-2004) Power Mac. They came with regular PCI on the low-end and PCI-X on the high-end. Note that PCI-X is not the same thing as PCI Express. PCI Express wasn't introduced until Rev D (late 2005).
Thankyou for your help. So will a PCI card work in a PCI-X slot?
how can I tell if it's a PCI or PCI-X? any distinct differences?
rich
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The PCI boards have 4 RAM slots. The PCI-X boards have 8 RAM slots.
In most cases, PCI cards will work in PCI-X slots. Some older PCI cards that require 5v will not work.
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Originally Posted by reader50
The PCI boards have 4 RAM slots. The PCI-X boards have 8 RAM slots.
In most cases, PCI cards will work in PCI-X slots. Some older PCI cards that require 5v will not work.
The reason I was asking this is because I was thinking of getting the M-Audio Revolution 5.1 sound ccard (for connecting surround sound speakers to my mac)
but I just realised the G5 has a digital audio out
does this mean I can connect the digital audio out straight into home theatre surround system? (without the need of a surround sound pci card?)
rich
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Originally Posted by rich82fox
does this mean I can connect the digital audio out straight into home theatre surround system? (without the need of a surround sound pci card?)
Yes.
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Originally Posted by Eug
Yes.
but will the digital audio out setup also be suitable for editing surround sound soundtracks using Apple Soundtrack?
rich
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PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8GZ, 2GB RAM, 150 & 300 GB Internal Hard Drives, AGP Geoforce 5200 64MB Graphics Card, Superdrive.
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