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PowerMac G5! Good buy or not?
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<blockquote data-quote="RawTimePhotos" data-source="post: 924065" data-attributes="member: 126688"><p>I am looking into buying a Powermac G5 for 200 dollars. It is in good condition but is lacking a graphics card. The seller said he took it to the genius bar in a apple store and they said that that was the problem. </p><p>Here are the specs</p><p>Processor Dual 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 </p><p></p><p>Frontside Bus 900MHz Elastic </p><p></p><p>Cache 512KB on-chip L2 cache per processor </p><p></p><p>Memory 256MB DDR400 SDRAM </p><p></p><p>Memory Slots Four DIMM slots (Pairing required) </p><p></p><p>Hard Drive 80GB 3.5" 7200RPM 1.5Gbps Serial ATA hard drive </p><p></p><p>1 free bay </p><p></p><p>Optical Drive 5.25" tray-loading SuperDrive </p><p></p><p>Graphics and Sound </p><p></p><p>(dead)Graphics NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB DDR SDRAM on an 8x AGP card </p><p></p><p>Dedicated AGP Pro slot </p><p></p><p>Monitor Ports ADC port </p><p></p><p>DVI port </p><p></p><p>Supports dual monitors </p><p></p><p>TV In/Out Composite and S-Video outputs (via DVI port and adapter) </p><p></p><p>Audio In/Out 3.5mm analog and optical digital TOS-Link inputs </p><p></p><p>3.5mm analog and optical digital TOS-Link outputs </p><p></p><p>Speakers built-in speaker connectivity </p><p></p><p>USB Three USB 2.0 ports </p><p></p><p>FireWire 400 Two, FireWire 800 One </p><p></p><p>Ethernet 10/100/1000BASE-T ethernet port (with Auto-MDIX) </p><p></p><p>Modem 56K v.92 modem </p><p></p><p>AirPort AirPort Extreme ready </p><p></p><p>Bluetooth Internal Bluetooth module optional Expansion Slots Three 33MHz 64-bit PCI slots </p><p></p><p>My primary uses are for graphic design and photo editing (<a href="http://www.rawtimephotos.com" target="_blank">Raw Time Photos Portfolio</a>) and I was wondering if this would be a good machine for those purposes. I can pretty much do upgrades to computers myself so replacing the graphics card shouldn't be a problem.</p><p></p><p>Also what is a good graphics card to upgrade with this machine?</p><p></p><p>If anyone has any kid of experience with this all please let me know how easy/hard of a process it is, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RawTimePhotos, post: 924065, member: 126688"] I am looking into buying a Powermac G5 for 200 dollars. It is in good condition but is lacking a graphics card. The seller said he took it to the genius bar in a apple store and they said that that was the problem. Here are the specs Processor Dual 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 Frontside Bus 900MHz Elastic Cache 512KB on-chip L2 cache per processor Memory 256MB DDR400 SDRAM Memory Slots Four DIMM slots (Pairing required) Hard Drive 80GB 3.5" 7200RPM 1.5Gbps Serial ATA hard drive 1 free bay Optical Drive 5.25" tray-loading SuperDrive Graphics and Sound (dead)Graphics NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB DDR SDRAM on an 8x AGP card Dedicated AGP Pro slot Monitor Ports ADC port DVI port Supports dual monitors TV In/Out Composite and S-Video outputs (via DVI port and adapter) Audio In/Out 3.5mm analog and optical digital TOS-Link inputs 3.5mm analog and optical digital TOS-Link outputs Speakers built-in speaker connectivity USB Three USB 2.0 ports FireWire 400 Two, FireWire 800 One Ethernet 10/100/1000BASE-T ethernet port (with Auto-MDIX) Modem 56K v.92 modem AirPort AirPort Extreme ready Bluetooth Internal Bluetooth module optional Expansion Slots Three 33MHz 64-bit PCI slots My primary uses are for graphic design and photo editing ([url=http://www.rawtimephotos.com]Raw Time Photos Portfolio[/url]) and I was wondering if this would be a good machine for those purposes. I can pretty much do upgrades to computers myself so replacing the graphics card shouldn't be a problem. Also what is a good graphics card to upgrade with this machine? If anyone has any kid of experience with this all please let me know how easy/hard of a process it is, any feedback would be greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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