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Power Macintosh G5 Q&A - Updated December 11, 2006
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What graphics cards are provided by the Power Mac G5? Which have ADC ports and which have DVI ports? What is the maximum supported resolution on a primary and secondary display?
Information about the default graphics card, VRAM, maximum resolution support for the primary and secondary display, and ADC or DVI ports is provided on the specs page for each model.
For your convenience, it also is provided below in this handy chart:
Power Mac G5: |
| |
Video Card: | GeForce FX 5200 Ultra | |
VRAM: | 64 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | ADC and DVI |
Video Card: | GeForce FX 5200 Ultra | |
VRAM: | 64 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | ADC and DVI |
Video Card: | Radeon 9600 Pro | |
VRAM: | 64 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | ADC and DVI |
Video Card: | GeForce FX 5200 Ultra | |
VRAM: | 64 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | ADC and DVI |
Video Card: | GeForce FX 5200 Ultra | |
VRAM: | 64 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | ADC and DVI |
Video Card: | GeForce FX 5200 Ultra | |
VRAM: | 64 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | ADC and DVI |
Video Card: | Radeon 9600 XT | |
VRAM: | 128 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | ADC and DVI |
Video Card: | GeForce FX 5200 Ultra | |
VRAM: | 64 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | ADC and DVI |
Video Card: | Radeon 9600 | |
VRAM: | 128 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | 2 single-link DVI |
Video Card: | Radeon 9600 | |
VRAM: | 128 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | 2 single-link DVI |
Video Card: | Radeon 9650 | |
VRAM: | 256 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 2560x1600 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | 1 dual-link DVI |
Video Card: | GeForce 6600 LE | |
VRAM: | 128 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 2560x1600 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | 1 dual-link DVI |
Video Card: | GeForce 6600 | |
VRAM: | 256 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 2560x1600 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | 1 dual-link DVI |
Video Card: | GeForce 6600 | |
VRAM: | 256 MB | |
Primary Max Resolution: | 2560x1600 | |
| Secondary Max Resolution: | 1920x1200 |
| Display Connectors: | 1 dual-link DVI |
Please also refer to the specs page of the model of interest for additional details regarding analog display support, provided adapters, optional graphics cards available at the time of purchase and more.
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