Motorola had been chronically delayed for both processor design and shipment, and was at least a year away from its fifth-generation PowerPC CPU. In an important move, Apple decided to break with Motorola, and used an IBM-designed processor.

RAM modules for all models must be installed in matched pairs.Īnnounced in June 2003, the PowerMac G5 was Apple's long-awaited fifth generation PowerPC-based machine. The Dual 2.0 GHz model shipped with a 64 MB ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card. The 1.8 and Dual 2.0 GHz models shipped with 512 MB of RAM. The 1.8 GHz model had a maximum power consumption of 430 watts. It shipped with 256 MB of RAM, and an 80 GB hard drive, and had a maximum power consumption of 420 watts. The 1.6 GHz model had four PC2700 333 MHz RAM slots for a maximum of 4 GB of RAM, and three 33 MHz, 64-bit PCI slots. Optical Drive: 32x/16x/10x/8x/4x/2x CD-RW/DVD-RWĪudio Out: 2x stereo 24 bit mini, Optical S/PDIFĪudio In: stereo 24 bit mini, Optical S/PDIF

Max Resolution: all resolutions supported GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (8X AGP)

ROM: 1 MB ROM + 3 MB toolbox ROM loaded into RAMĮxpansion Slots: 64-bit 133 MHz PCI-X, 2 64-bit 100 MHz PCI-X Level 1 Cache: 32 kB data, 64 kB instruction

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