Power Macintosh 5500/225

[Metalchic]

i hear this mac has a PCI slot, (i'm pretty sure it does since the ones at the school did but mabye they were diffetrnt models.

can i put an ordinary Radeon 7000 PCI card in this macintosh and load up drivers under OS9 for it and it works? (the mobo may not be in an all in one case but mabye it will i can always hook up an xternal monitor)

 

[LCGuy]

Yes, you can stick a Radeon 7000 in it, so long as its flashed for Macintosh. However like you said, you'll need to use an external display.

 

[Metalchic]

flashed for macintosh?

 

[bluekatt]

any bog standard video card wont do their roms are made for a pc enviroment

only when the rom is flashed for a macintosh can a macintosh actually see and use it

 

[Metalchic]

well can it be flashed by me for a macintosh computer? i've been useing this card in a PC works just fine. (now its the 8500 now that runs HOT)

 

[bluekatt]

i am sure somebody would be willing to do it

 

[Mike Richardson]

Many but not all Radeon 7000s can be flashed. I think it has to do with the ROM. You may need an OS X computer to actually do the flash. I used my older G5 which has regular PCI slots that can take such cards.

 

[Metalchic]

i dont supose there are any geforce cards i could use either? i've got a geforcefx series pci card might that work?

 

[Christopher]

older G5

OLDER!??!?! NEVER! They are still the newest and fastest CPU out there :b&w:

 

[bluekatt]

older G5

OLDER!??!?! NEVER! They are still the newest and fastest CPU out there :b&w:

that has nothing to do with this subject really

regarding the subject well it is possible http://www.cybercoment.com/macgeforce.htm