ADC powered G4 Towers and AGP GPUs

[CD5150]

Hello. For an AGP 4x or 8x Radeon or GeForce card (OEM or Retail not flashed) to work in a Quicksilver 2002, would pins 3 and 11 still need to be disabled for the system to work? Been looking at cards like the Radeon 9600 or 9800 Pro that were pulled from Power Mac G5 systems (with AGP).

 

[Phipli]

Hello. For an AGP 4x or 8x Radeon or GeForce card (OEM or Retail not flashed) to work in a Quicksilver 2002, would pins 3 and 11 still need to be disabled for the system to work? Been looking at cards like the Radeon 9600 or 9800 Pro that were pulled from Power Mac G5 systems (with AGP).

Info here should get you sorted?

Project Maya - Upgrading the graphics card - The House of Moth

Being primarily a gaming machine, the ATI Radeon 9000 had to go. Caught a lucky break when I received a replacement card!

thehouseofmoth.com

Pins 3 And 11 - The Mac Elite

themacelite.wikidot.com

Note the mod is needed for ex G5 cards, but not all cards from that era were designed for the G5.

My advice is get a Radeon, because all you have to do is remove the resistors. I think you have to cut traces on some of the nVidias? Could be wrong. I'd recommend a Radeon 9600.

I feel like your question already has the answers you need in it? Are you just looking to confirm that you're on the right path?

If so, yes, buy a G5 Radeon 9600, and yes, desolder resistors R15 and R60, to disable pins 3 and 11.

Look at the photos in the listing you are buying to confirm it looks like this :

 

[Unknown_K]

The ADC connector on G5 graphics cards is not in the same place as the ones in G4 Towers so ADC monitors won't function.

Anything above a Radeon 9000 will not have drivers for OS 9 if that matters to you.

I think just 8x AGP cards need the 2 lines cut or resisters unsoldered for use in a G4.

The mac native 9800 (and 6800) cards for G5 AGP systems are AGP Pro (another set of teeth used for power draw) and won't work in a G4 tower that uses the normal AGP.