Another Facebook Marketplace find, this time for $40. I just always wanted a G5 tower from the time they were new. This one was local and I knew it was a dual 2GHz model, so I grabbed it. The surprise is the nVIDIA Geforce 6800 Ultra DDL inside. I can't wait to get myself a 23" display now and play some games!
PowerMac G5 with a surprise inside
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Can you get a ROM dump of the card? I want to compare it with the 6800 ROM dump that I have.
I also created an Old World Mac compatible version of that ROM and some other Nvidia ROMs (6200, 6600, 7800) that only worked in New World Macs. PCIe cards require a PCI to PCIe adapter for most Macs prior to the Dual and Quad G5. These cards might work in OS 9 but only if the Open Firmware frame buffer ndrv driver is used (this means no acceleration and no resolution/color depth changes outside of Open Firmware) because they have no ndrv driver in the ROM or in Mac OS or Mac OS X.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...eige-power-macintosh-g3.2303689/post-34450406
I also created an Old World Mac compatible version of that ROM and some other Nvidia ROMs (6200, 6600, 7800) that only worked in New World Macs. PCIe cards require a PCI to PCIe adapter for most Macs prior to the Dual and Quad G5. These cards might work in OS 9 but only if the Open Firmware frame buffer ndrv driver is used (this means no acceleration and no resolution/color depth changes outside of Open Firmware) because they have no ndrv driver in the ROM or in Mac OS or Mac OS X.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...eige-power-macintosh-g3.2303689/post-34450406
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