[Discuss] g5 and video card

[stephen hawkes]

Have any pictures? I'd love to see it (and I need some way of taking the 
gf into more monitors).

Daniel M. German wrote:
> You might remember that I enquired some weeks ago about PCI-X video
> cards for a G5. I was looking for a video card that was able to drive
> a 3rd display.
>
> Thank you all for the replies. I was at least able to learn that it
> was possible to do so (even if one of the apple distributors in town
> claimed otherwise).
>
> My experiences with the APple dealers in town has been very
> disappointing (and with Apple itself). There is never a clear
> indication of what works or not on a given machine, and even
> discovering what hardware is inside a computer is frequently difficult
> (the case is the same, but the parts inside keep changing all the
> time...).
>
> TO make the story short I should acknowledge that after visiting the
> 4th apple dealer in town (I was running out of them) I ended at
> Restart (on Bridge St). they were knowledgeable and prompt and
> contacted me when they promised they would (something that at least
> one other deader did not do). I am now the happy owner of a Radeon
> 9200 Mac edition and my G5 is able to drive 4 displays at once. I
> could even add a TV as a 5th one! I feel like Tank in the
> Nabuccodonosor.
>
>
>
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