Silicon Compatability

macserverxmacserverx
Posted:
in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I have a big question. Are PC and Mac board hardware interoperable. I know you can use PC RAM (I think as long as pin count and Mhz are same), but what about PCI, AGP, and I/O Controllers? Does the chip need to be designed specifically for PowerPC and not x86 to work?



Thanks for any info in advance.



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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 2
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    I'm going to move this to Current Hardware, since it's about existing designs.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    jasonfjasonf Posts: 5member
    Things like video cards can be made to work with either platform by flashing the card. As for the actual controllers, no they won't work.
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