Power Mac - upgrading video card

chris86 · chris86 #1 (**permalink**)

04-13-2007, 11:22 PM

hi from a scale of 1 to 10.... 10 being the hardest how hard is it to replace your video card....i have a PowerMac G5 dual 1.8ghz w/30"cinema hd display....any help would be appreciated.

Kash · Kash #2 (**permalink**)

04-13-2007, 11:24 PM

To replace a video card, all you really have to do is take out the old one and swap in the new one. With Windows, you usually have to upgrade drivers, but since OS X is a lot more plug and play friendly, it should handle that part on its own. The hardest part is actually choosing which video card you want.

So I would have to say somewhere around 2 or 3 on the difficulty scale.

chris86 · chris86 #3 (**permalink**)

04-13-2007, 11:45 PM

Thanx for the response, kash

I was also thinking about upgrading my vram....1-10?

baggss · baggss #4 (**permalink**)

04-14-2007, 01:10 AM

The VRAM is on the Video Card. Most Mac edition Video cards are not VRAM upgradable...

sevenhelmet · sevenhelmet #5 (**permalink**)

04-15-2007, 08:36 AM

The hardest part is coming up with the money to buy the new video card :-D

sevenhelmet #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 12, 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 538 Mac Specs: Aluminum Macbook 2.4Ghz; Powermac G5 2.3Ghz dual	04-15-2007, 08:36 AM The hardest part is coming up with the money to buy the new video card :-D "Luck favors the prepared"
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chris86 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2007 Posts: 8 Mac Specs: PowerMac (10.4.9) ACD 30" HD 1.8ghz / 2GB RAM / 500+80GB HD	04-13-2007, 11:22 PM hi from a scale of 1 to 10.... 10 being the hardest how hard is it to replace your video card....i have a PowerMac G5 dual 1.8ghz w/30"cinema hd display....any help would be appreciated.
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Kash #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	04-13-2007, 11:24 PM To replace a video card, all you really have to do is take out the old one and swap in the new one. With Windows, you usually have to upgrade drivers, but since OS X is a lot more plug and play friendly, it should handle that part on its own. The hardest part is actually choosing which video card you want. So I would have to say somewhere around 2 or 3 on the difficulty scale.
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baggss #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	04-14-2007, 01:10 AM The VRAM is on the Video Card. Most Mac edition Video cards are not VRAM upgradable...
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