Best place to buy Mac graphics card - X800 ATi

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28 January 2006, 07:06 PM

Mossman

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Best place to buy Mac graphics card - X800 ATi

I am starting to fancy the ATi X800 card for my G5 Powermac. Any pointers to how much I should be paying?

Many thanks!!!

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29 January 2006, 01:13 PM

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Drop me a line at work tomorrow at allan.bayman@macwarehouse.co.uk and I'll see what we can sort out for you.

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29 January 2006, 03:34 PM

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Thanks Allan. Having been pointed in the right direction, looking at getting one from the US - £260 delivered so if you can do better than that, marvellous!

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29 January 2006, 04:01 PM

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Why are they so dear ?

£99 on ebuyer for a x800 GTO 16 which has the same chipset as a X850XT and 16 pixel pipelines.

Whats so special about the apple mac one ?

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29 January 2006, 05:06 PM

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This may be a bit obvious but make sure you know what card you are getting, I can't remember which way round it is but there is PCI-X and PCI and PCI express (I think) so getting the wrong is a possibility....
I think the G5s are straight PCI.

I just remember getting the wrong one for a PC and thinking, oh well it'll fit in my mac and it didn't. Just a FYI really....