NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra in a G4?

toadietoadie
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have a Powermac G5 Dual 1.8 which I just bought a 9600 XT card for on ebay. Once I install it, can I put my GeForce FX 5200 Ultra into a Powermac G4 dual 450 (Gigabit Ethernet Model), or will it only work in a G5?



Thanks for the help...

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    tubermagpicotubermagpico Posts: 42member
    The dual 450 is a 2X agp the card is 8X so i'm sorry NO luck
  • Reply 2 of 4
    chychchych Posts: 860member
    I thought 8x cards can be run at lower speeds, i.e. 2x. However I did try a 9600 card from a G5 in a MDD G4 and it wouldn't work, the card would physically not fit in the slot.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    glitchglitch Posts: 22member
    You are correct, cards can be run at lower speeds. I'm running a 8x Radeon 9500 on my 4x motherboard.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    boukmanboukman Posts: 93member
    AGP 8x cards are backwards compatible with AGP 4x slots, but I do not believe they are with AGP 2x because it's 2 generations behind and doesn't use the same AGP specification revision at all.
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