1. Radeon 9600 Pro Agp 2dvi Port For Mac Download

I need some sage advice here if you have a moment. Your experience and input is appreciated, and if you have a card(s) to offer FS, that's great, too! I have a G5 Dual 2.0 GHz (June 2004) and wish to upgrade the graphics card, and in fact would like to run multiple graphics cards, or at least multiple outputs with better performance. It came with the stock AGP 8x nVidia GeForce FX5200 Ultra with 64 MB vRAM. I've just switched that out for an AGP ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 64 MB that I picked up cheap, but I NEED MORE POWER. I don't have a clue when it comes to ATI v.

NVidia and all the different lines, and a browsing of data on such still has me puzzled. Frankly, I don't really need to know more about it, just a 'here's the best option' answer would be great!

Plain and simple, I want to replace/add-to my current capabilities and use this to run multiprojection video. I'd probably prefer to add two PCI video cards (it has 'PCI-X' slots?) and retain a third card in the AGP slot, unless you'd advise otherwise. My thoughts are to use the AGP card for primary monitor viewing at the workstation, and up to two PCI cards for the projector outputs.

I'd prefer using two identical cards for output so that all projection is 'equal'. Dual DVI outputs on a single card would be nice, but not necessary. Single or Dual s-video outputs on the card might be nice, too, but also not necessary. My current video/vj software is Modul8 and I'll probably stick with that.

It offers flexible output size and uses Core video processing extensively. Budget is $200 per card MAX and I'd love to spend just half that if possible, but 'best' performance is priority. If there are $250+ options out there I might consider, especially with two DVI outputs, but lets keep it in the realm of reality. Thanks in advance for taking the time to drop some suggestions.

The best 'official' cards (ones that come from Apple or ATI preloaded with an official Apple ROM, rather than cards that originally had PC ROMs but were reflashed) were the nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra and the ATI Radeon X800 (there may have been an X850 later, but I can't recall if it was compatable with your system, and regardless, the performance differential would be small). Just below the 6800 Ultra was the 6800GT, which retailed for 100 dollars less than the Ultra when new. I used to have a Dual 1.8ghz of the same age as your Powermac with the 6800 GT, and was very happy with it. The ATI cards all came with one DVI and one ADC port. The 6800 series cards were the only ones that came with dual DVI ports; both the X800 and 6800 series cards had dual-link DVI ports, which allow you to drive 30in displays. The dual-link ports function like standard DVI ports electrically and physically, so you can run anything that uses a DVI port off them, not just the 30in displays.

Radeon 9600 Pro Agp 2dvi Port For Mac Download

In short, if you need 2 DVI ports, your best bet is to find a 6800 series card. Make sure the one you get is an Apple-ROM card (the circuit boards on these card were always blue, whereas the cards that other people hack/flash for Mac use would not be). These were sold both in the computers, and in VERY limited quantities as white-box accessories in Apple stores and at Apple.com.

You can also try getting a hacked/flashed PC card to use in your computer, but realize that there is no guarantee of success with these, and the Geforce 7800gs is the only card that was successfully flashed that would work with your system and provide more power than an official 6800-series card. The hacked 7800gs required you to run an extra Molex power cable to the card; not hard, but something to keep in mind. In short, to buy the best official card possible for your computer that has 2 DVI ports, find a 6800 Ultra or GT, and make sure it's a card originally meant for a Mac!

No other 6800-series card, or anything higher from ATI or Nvidia will work in your computer and still provide the ports you are asking for. Be warned that a lot of lower-end cards from newer MacPros and the last-model Powermacs are on the market; these will all be PCI-Express (NOT the same as PCI-X) and will thus NOT work for you. Hope this wasn't too long of a post; this should be all the info you need. Feel free to PM me if you have more questions Note that if you want to add PCI cards to your Mac rather than getting the best possible AGP card (like I was talking about above), your best bet is the Radeon 9200; a decent PCI card which will only provide 1 DVI port per card. Click to expand.Completely wrong.

Call Apple if you don't believe me, or simply search the archives of this site's forum. The 6800GT and 6800 Ultra were available from Apple stores and as a BTO option.

ATI sold the X800 through standard retail channels; I can't recall if it was ever a BTO. Regardless, both were for AGP. See this link to see discussion of it. Or, check out Also, think it out this way: the 30in Cinema Display came out well before the PCI-e models, and it took a Dual-link DVI port to drive a 30in model. There's no way in the world Apple would have sold a Cinema Display without a card available in their Powermac to drive it. The DDL suffix in the official name of the 6800 card designated that it was dual-link DVI capable. I'm not attacking you for making a mistake, just want to clarify the matter so that the OP doesn't leave misinformed.

I too am searching graphics cards Upon reading the whole thread i must commend all you put in the insight for me. I myself just bought a used pmac g5 dual 1.8 w/ 2 gb ram and have the dual dvi agp card. I need more info before i purchase an even higher graphics card so i may render hd video effortlessly. I alrady have 2 more gb of ram coming which is my computers max which im fine with. But the problem is 64mb video card just isnt going to be enough.

I am looking for a dual HD/Dvi ports agp card that has more ram?256? Who makes one and who sells it? Id rather just replace the current 64mb apple dual dvi card than add a pci card.

Any help, or ideas. I will listen to all.

In addition to this question i have a seperate one. With a max ram of 4gb on my used g5 dual 1.8 mac faster or comparable to the new 24' imac 2.4 ghz with 4 gb? (i just switched to make videos cause the Xp crashes So iam learning i got this comp g5 for $500 and dont want to shell out $1800 for imac 24'.).

I'm so confused i'm not sure if I'm confused! Hello all, I've never delved into graphics cards and now I need to. There are some very helpful posts in this thread.

But I'm not sure if I have this sorted. I'll tell you what I have, what I'd like to do, and what I think I'm looking for.

I have a dual G5 Mac. System profiler tells me the following: Model Name: Power Mac G5 Model Identifier: PowerMac7,2 Processor Name: PowerPC 970 (2.2) Processor Speed: 1.8 GHz Number Of CPUs: 2 L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 2.5 GB Bus Speed: 900 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.5f0 GeForce FX 5200: Chipset Model: GeForce FX 5200 Type: Display Bus: AGP Slot: SLOT-1 VRAM (Total): 64 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0321 Revision ID: 0x00a2 ROM Revision: 2060 What I'd like to do is be able to run two 20' wide screen monitors, something along the lines of two HP L0245w displays at 1680 x 1050. I mainly make music and run office type apps, - sometimes I do some photoshopping and web design, and tinkering in iMovie, but I'm wouldn't call myself a graphic artist or video maker. I'm not a dedicated gamer, but I do like to get thrashed playing Halo online (its my daughter's boyfriend's fault). On reading the above I think I'm therefore looking for a Geoforce 6800 AGP or a Radeon 9800. I've found a Geoforce 6800 on eBay, available from China, and the ad says: nVIDIA Geforce 6800Ultra AGP 8X Memory 256MB of 256-Bit GDDR3 Memory Clock @ 1100MHz Core Clock 425MHz 2560×1620 Max Resolution (Digital) OpenGL 2.0 and Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Support Connectors D-Sub, DVI, S-Video/Component TV Out 882.5 million vertices/sec.

25.2 GB/second memory bandwidth Have I found the right thing? Or is there anything I need to check there?

I can find loads of Radeon 9800s but they only have one DVI out.? Surely I'm going to need two?

Am I missing something there? Need a New Graphics Card My screen keeps going black and sounds like my fan races. I am a Graphic Designer and use an G5.

Could someone recommend a replacement for a Video Card: THis is what I have now: ATY,RadeonX1900 Model Name: Mac Pro Model Identifier: MacPro1,1 Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 3 GHz Number Of Processors: 2 Total Number Of Cores: 4 L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08 SMC Version (system): 1.7f10 Serial Number (system): G863619DWS4 Hardware UUID: 000-1000-8000-0017F202808C. My screen keeps going black and sounds like my fan races. I am a Graphic Designer and use an G5. Could someone recommend a replacement for a Video Card: THis is what I have now: ATY,RadeonX1900 Model Name: Mac Pro Model Identifier: MacPro1,1 Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 3 GHz Number Of Processors: 2 Total Number Of Cores: 4 L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08 SMC Version (system): 1.7f10 Serial Number (system): G863619DWS4 Hardware UUID: 000-1000-8000-0017F202808C.