How do the new G5 graphics cards compare with the old ones?

messiahmessiah
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Does anybody know how the graphics cards in the new (Rev. C) machines compare with the graphics cards in the outgoing machines (Rev. B) - in particular, how the 9600 compares with the 5200?



Cheers!



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  • Reply 1 of 6
    skatmanskatman Posts: 609member
    In Windows world, Ati 9600 is about equal to Gefroce FX 5700 and significantly faster than 5200 (even Ultra).

    I'm guessing MAC is similar although quantitatively maybe different because of different drivers.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Messiah

    Does anybody know how the graphics cards in the new (Rev. C) machines compare with the graphics cards in the outgoing machines (Rev. B) - in particular, how the 9600 compares with the 5200?



    Cheers!







    The nVidia 5200 supports Quartz 2-D Extreme, so it's ready for Tiger.



    With Tiger, once the card can support Quartz 2-D Extreme, it's the amount of video memory on the card, rather than the speed, which is more important.



    Q2-DE needs a 9600 ATI, or an nVidia 5200 go or better.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    smalmsmalm Posts: 677member 
    Code:




    52005200U9600Pro9600XT96009650

    GPUNV34NV34RV350RV360RV351RV351

    Pipelines444444

    Vertex shader112222

    MHz250325365400325400

    MB RAM646464128128256

    MHz200325295310200270

    rated ns ??3.3??2.86





  • Reply 4 of 6
    messiahmessiah Posts: 1,689member
    That's exactly what I was looking for!



    Many thanks for the comprehensive replies, guys!



  • Reply 5 of 6
    benroethigbenroethig Posts: 2,782member
    The 9650 is there to drive the 30" display. I'm hoping they add in a GeForce 6600GT as a $100 option soon.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    boukmanboukman Posts: 93member
    Have a look here if you want to know how different graphics chips perform.
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