Andy Hewitt <wildrover.andy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > > OK, one of these two then:
> > >
> > > http://eshop.macsales.com/search/video+cards+PCI+Express
> > >
> > > BTW, I've bought from these people, and they are superb. It was the
> > > Radeon 9800 card I put into my G5, and it arrived in two days
(almost
> > > exactly in fact). Much cheaper than buying here.
> >
> > I've got a Quad G5, late model.
> >
> > We had Apple build it with a NVIDIA 256MB GeForce 7800 GT - one of the
> > three graphics cards that the link above comes up with, but the one
> > that's out of stock.
> >
> > <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/630NV7800GTB/>
> >
> > The result is a Mac that's as snappy as a Mac Plus running System 6.
It
> > seems to be pretty good at the whole `playing video' thing - I've had
> > stupid numbers of QuickTime videos playing at once (just for a laugh,
> > really).
> >
> > I've no idea how that graphics card compares to any other, but the
> > prices they're asking for any of the three listed at the above url
seem
> > to be a bit OTT compared to what it cost to have the 7800GT installed
as
> > a build to order option.
>
> I think the 7800GT card commands a premium, and is out of stock, because
> it's the card to go for. I so wished I could have found one for my AGP
> G5, even the 6800 would have been nice, but they're as common as rocking
> horse poo.
>
> In any case, by the time it comes over from the US, it's only £150.70 +
> a bit of im****t tax.
>
> > As a general rule of thumb, I take the view that the more RAM the
> > better, so of the two Radeon cards listed, I'd go for the 512MB one:
> >
> > <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/ATI%20Technologies/100435928/>
>
> Reading the forums, and going by my own experience, I'd still go for the
> Nvidia card.
Looking at the specs and Mactracker, the 8800 has a bus speed of 1.33
Ghz, while the PMG5 runs at 1.25Ghz, though from my reading of the PCIe
info on wikipedia, this shouldn't be a problem, should it?
Cheers,
--
james dore
IT Officer,
New College, Oxford
http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/
it-sup****t@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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