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Can I just throw any PCI-E graphics card in my powermac G5 or do I need and apple specific one? It currently has a quadro fx 4500. I want to put my 9800GT from a PC I dont use anymore in this would it work?
 
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Late 2005 Dual and Quad cores handle PCI-E only so a 9800 would never work. If it is not a Quad/Dual, a PC card will not work either. You need to buy a Mac compatible card. Do a search on eBay for dealers selling flashed cards.
 
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harryb2448 said:
Tell us about your G5?

Late 2005 Dual and Quad cores handle PCI-E only so a 9800 would never work. If it is not a Quad/Dual, a PC card will not work either. You need to buy a Mac compatible card. Do a search on eBay for dealers selling flashed cards.
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I have a Quad 2.5 late 05. It is PCI-E just like my PC it is the exact same connector on the motherboard. You are saying there is a different firmware for the video card?
 
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harryb2448 said:
Yes. The PC card will not work. In later model Mac Pros, which replaced the G5, this may be the case but not with your G5. If you do a search of eBay and such you will see dealers offering PC cards which have been flashed to work with your Mac. Here is one and arguably the best available:-


Mac G5 PCIe nVidia Quadro FX4500 512MB Video Card | eBay
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Thanks, although that is the exact one that I currently have installed. :D
 

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