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G5 video card- FCS2 HELP
I have a dual 2.5 G5 powermac. i tried to put final cut studio 2 on it today. It kept telling my i couldnt because I needed a
PCI Quartz Extreme video card. It looks like the original card is in there now(ATI 9200 128mb pci). I do not know what to do, or what kind of card i can put in it to make it work properly. It has three of the same PCI looking slots and one more slot on the bottom that is different, not sure if its AGP or something.Every pics i see of a G5 powermac on the inside it shows the video card on the bottom slot. When i got this one it was on the top pci slot.
Can anyone help me, i am so confussed. May just tell me a card that i can order that will work
Brandon Evans
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9 Replies
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Hi Brandon,
The AGP (GPU) is the one with the connexion for the screens.
Whatever the GC you have, it would be very convenient to upgrade to one with at least 256 MB.
Rafael -
Ok so I need to find a AGP video card. Does it need to be a MAC edition. Every card i find that is MAC edition is expensive, like 3 or 4 hundred dollars. When all the normal ones are like 75 or 100.
Brandon Evans
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Are you using two monitors?
If so, read this:
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1072489
Rafael -
No i am not using two monitors. I would like to eventually, but right now i would just be happy to find a video card that actually works. I guess i have 3 pci slots and 1 agp slot, but from my understanding it has to be mac compatible, not just any card. the few i seem to of found were like $400. Are all MAC edition cards that much. I just need to find something that will work and i can use final cut studio 2.
Brandon Evans
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really don’t know why FC doesn’t run in your computer.
I have FC 6 running in a G5 older than yours (2004).
rafael -
Have you tried to just load FCP only (or just not installing with Motion and Color) they are really they only two apps that have high graphic card requirements.
Yes Mac video cards are always very expensive and there ain’t much choice for any given system. Don’t know what card you need but ebay is a place to look since you maybe forced to go with a used card.
Do you have a video card (aja or decklink) card installed?
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Brandon,
Here are several different solutions found by just Googling “FCP needs quartz extreme.”
https://rtf.utexas.edu/sp/groups/public/@commkbase/documents/procedures/prod75_012476.pdf
https://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail.asp?techID=184
https://support.apple.com/downloads/Leopard_Graphics_Update_1_0
Also, have you run Apple Software Update on your system? You need to run it, then reboot, and keep running it until it tells you that all your software is up to date.
If you do need a new video card for your G5, which I highly doubt, there are only two that will work, period end of story.
1) ATI RADEON 9600 MAC – there are many on Ebay one as low as $26
2) ATI x800 XT Mac Edition – lots on Ebay, most will be fraught with issues
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i think that Michael may be pointing at the right direction.
Probably this is the reason why, although I have FC6 in my old G5, i’ve never installed Motion.
rafael -
PCI cards are not supported by either Quartz Extreme and Final Cut. It is explicitely written in the System Requirements.
All G5 came with AGP videocard that supported QE. Maybe the previous owner removed the AGP card because it was faulty and decidec to save money with a PCI card?
The cheapest compatible card you could get would be an ATI 9600 XT which is what the computer probably came with. Search on ebay, there are plenty for sale at around 100$.
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