• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Difference in Graphics Cards for G5

  Posted by Paco Sweetman on November 17, 2007 at 2:07 pm

  Could anyone tell me the difference between:

  ATI Radeon X800 XT

  &

  ATI Radeon X1900

  as they both have 256mb of onboard memory.

  I’m using the possible new card (from my Geforce 6600) to speed up renders on some of my FCP plugins.

  Jon

  Eric Grush replied 18 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  November 17, 2007 at 2:29 pm

  The ATI Radeon X800 Xt is for the old G5s with AGP, and is for the new machines with PCI Express.
  The ATI Radeon X800xt has been released so the people with old G5s can upgrade the Graphic card. Probably is more limited than the ATI Radeon X1900, but is the only available option.
  rafael

  PPC G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM/BlackMagic SD/PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM
  JVC DTV-17″/FCS2/AE CS3/COMBUSTION/SHAKE
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  Steve Boultbee

  November 18, 2007 at 6:46 pm

  Since your current card is the nVidia GeForce 6600, that means you have a PCI-Express G5, and you can use the ATi X1900, not the X800.

  Make sure you get the X1900 G5 Edition (aka X1900GT) and not the X1900XT – the XT only works in a Mac Pro.
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  Eric Grush

  November 19, 2007 at 9:11 pm

  Does anyone have an opinion on upgrading video cards on an older PCI-X G5? Are the render times much better than with my Radeon 9650?

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