How much can I get for my G5? — #25

Post #25 by Mike Richardson

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	PowerPC
Post Date	Tue, 17 Nov 2009 - 21:54
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/how-much-can-i-get-for-my-g5.18519/

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The best native video card you can get for it is the 7800GT 256MB. I believe this was only ever sold as a BTO option on a new dual core G5 so they're quite hard to find.
You can flash certain models of PC 7800 or 7900 with a Mac ROM, and that's usually the cheapest option.

I have also heard that X1800s will work in a G5 but I'm not 100% sure on that one.

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My quad G5/2.5 (8GB RAM, etc) has a 7800GT. Money well spent. I intend to get a lot of wear out of this machine; it's served me well for 3 1/2 years already.

As long as we have some browsers still being developed, then PPC will be able to hold on for a good long time. Safari 4 is still compatible with old iMac G3s so it would be surprising to see them just hack off all PPCs in one fell swoop.

It looks like Flash Player 10.1 will support PPC eventually so that's good.