Il giorno 9-05-2011 16:52, Jeff Bequette ha scritto: > I have the low end June 2004 1.8 DP G5 with the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 > (64mb) video card on the AGP bus. The FX 5200 is quite a low performer, so anything recent should be better.
> From Mactracker, it looks like the > Radeon 9800XT or Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra Ddl 256mb For Power Mac G5 > will work as a replacement cards I think both cards are huge improvements over the FX 5200. > Can i run a newer card in the PCI slots? I presume you can, but a PCI card would be severely limited by the bus, compared to the AGP bus (designed for higher performance with video cards). Usually, you add a PCI video card to run a second monitor, where you don't need high performances. > Would this upgrade (noticeably) speed up games like Civ 3 or Sims? Mhhh... those kind of games shouldn't be very much 3D intensive (compared to games like Doom or Halo, I mean). So they could be more relying on CPU power; hence, the improvement could be relative (I could be wrong, thou). However, the video cards you mentioned are so much better than your FX 5200, that you'll get some improvement for sure. And it will be an investment for the future (keeping your G5 usable for a longer time). -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
