Graphics Card choice?

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Graphics Card choice?

Posted by Paul Nevison on May 5, 2007 at 9:48 pm

Hey Guys

which of the range of graphics cards are people leaning towards these days? I’ve looked on barefeats and it got all a bit too scientific to get a definitive answer!

I’m looking at either the ATI Radeon X1900 XT (512mb) or the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 (512mb) for a new Octo MacPro with FCS 2, AE, CS2 etc…

the NVIDIA is a lot more expensive than the ATI.

what’s the verdict?

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QT 7.1.3
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Michael Gissing replied 19 years, 1 month ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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Walter Biscardi
May 5, 2007 at 10:05 pm

ATI 1900 is the one we run here because it make Final Touch (now Color) fly and it really makes Motion run well. Not sure why the ATI is much cheaper, but it’s definitely the better card among all the folks I consulted before purchasing.

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Paul Nevison
May 6, 2007 at 11:58 am

thanks for the perspective walter!

I can’t figure out the huge price difference either. I take it the new macpros have extra wide PCIe slots so as to not take up an extra slot with the graphics card fan?

thanks

G5 DP 2.0 (Power PC)
4.0G RAM
OS 10.4.8
QT 7.1.3
FCP 5.1.2
BMD Decklink Extreme 6.0
PAL Land
Walter Biscardi
May 6, 2007 at 12:18 pm

[paulos] “I take it the new macpros have extra wide PCIe slots so as to not take up an extra slot with the graphics card fan?”

Yes, that’s part of the marketing literature from Apple and they have views of the machines open without the door on the website.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
Tad Newberry
July 31, 2007 at 5:48 pm

i’m about to order one of these X1900s, and when i search online i’m getting wildly different prices for “ATI Radeon X1900 XT”, from $189 to $699. how can i tell the difference on what is what??? maybe with my ignorance, i should just order through my “dealer” (CompUSA)?

also, looking at getting a second monitor, but that will be another post…

thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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dual 2 GHz PowerPC Mac G5
2GB MB DDR SDRAM
GeForce FX 5200 graphics card
Tad Newberry
July 31, 2007 at 11:41 pm

looks like this is the correct puppy?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814195034

i’m reading that it might run “hot” and need extra cooling? what now??

thanks for helping out a bonehead!
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dual 2 GHz PowerPC Mac G5
2GB MB DDR SDRAM
GeForce FX 5200 graphics card
Michael Gissing
August 1, 2007 at 12:24 am

Make sure the card is for Mac not Windoze. The Mac cards are more expensive, so if you buy by price you might get the wrong one.

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