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EVGA nVidia 6800 GT
8X AGP DVI and VGA
for PowerMac G5

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EVGA Nvidia Geforce 6800 GT modded for AGP PowerMac G5:
VGA and DVI ports, No S-Video Support.
Supports Digital and/or Analog displays with independent resolutions and refresh rates.
Supports Core Image Hardware Acceleration and Quartz Extreme.
16 parallel pixel pipelines and 6 parallel vertex processing engines.
256MB BGA VRAM, 256-bit DDR3 memory.
GPU Speed 350MHz; Memory Speed 500MHz (Effective Speed 1000MHz).
High-definition MPEG-2 Hardware Acceleration.
Maximum Analog Resolution 2048 x 1536 @ 85hz.
Maximum DVI Resolution 1920 x 1200 @ 60hz.
Supports 23-inch Apple Cinema Display.
Supports PowerMac G5s w 8X AGP Slots; Does not support Late 2005 G5s
Card has NOT been Hobbled to operate at 4X AGP speeds for G4 PowerMacs.
Can Be Modified to work in G4 PowerMacs (Success May Vary).
Minimum 3 Days Burn-In Tested in PowerMac G5s; OS X 10.5.8.
Supported by OSX built in nVidia Extensions.
OS X 10.4.11 Tiger, OS X 10.5.x Leopard.
Includes 1 Molex Drive Power Y Cable (To Split Power From Optical Drive).
IMPORTANT! Installation Instructions
Installing Hi-Po PC Cards In PowerMac G5s.
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If these cards pass initial windows testing, the fan/GPU-heatsink are removed, then cleaned and reinstalled using Arctic Silver 5. The card is thermal cycled for two days so the heatsink compound will setup/cure properly. Finally if the card still looks happy it's converted to mac, and then burn-in tested.

Some of these cards may vary slightly from the stock picture above. Minor Differences may be things like the Molex Drive-Power connector being white, rather than black, or the smaller thin heatsink on the right side of the card may be copper colored and/or a bit larger. And of course being used they may have little nicks or scratches on the heatsink graphics.


These EVGA 6800 GS/GT 8X AGP cards are great for Mac mods.

nVidia came out with the 6800 GT as budget conscious competition for the ATI X800 XT card. Similar to the X800, they have 16 parallel pixel rendering pipelines, and 6 parallel geometry engines. The AGP 6800 GS has the same fully functional GPU as the GT, but its firmware only allows 12 pixel pipelines and 5 geometry engines. Once modded with 6800 GT firmware, all 16 pipelines and 6 engines are opened, and , literally making it a GT.

The 6800 has a slower GPU than the ATI X800, but the memory runs at 500mhz, allowing the 6800 GT to deliver a Stunning Price-Performance Ratio. They're usually priced a bit similar to the ATI 9800 XT, about 1/2 the price of the ATI X800 XT; While in OpenGL rendering tests, they're only about 15% slower than an X800 XT, and Literally Stomp the 9800 XT. They also support Final Cut Pro video editing programs like, Final Cut Pro HD, Motion, and Color.



The nVidia 6800 GTs are a much faster card than the 9800 XTs. They have double the pixel pipelines, and faster memory than the 9800 XTs. Once modified for mac the DVI/VGA ports and fan speed controls all work properly. There is no Tradeoff to be made between getting Digital output, or having proper fan controls like with the 9800 XT. The 6800 GTs are not just a good alternative to a 9800 XT, they are a superior alternative at a lower price.

DO NOT USE THIS CARD WITHOUT INSTALLING THE POWER CABLE!

These cards need Lots of Power, and since they have regular PC-Clone AGP card slot connectors, they can NOT get power from the G5s ADC power connector (the little extra slot connector located in front of the G5s AGP Pro slot). You MUST remember to hook up the card to the G5s drive power (Use the Y connector to split power from the G5s optical drive. Disconnect the power cable from the optical drive. Connect the female end of the Y cable to the male power cable that you just disconnected from the optical drive. Then use one male end of the Y cable to reconnect power to the optical drive, and the other male end to connect to the video card). ATI made a PDF file on how to do this for their Mac Edition 9800 Cards G5_molex.pdf. Failure to hook up drive power can damage the video card, and possibly even hurt your Mac as the card would try and draw the needed power thru the AGP slot, which simply is not built to deliver that amount of power.

Cards are currently setup for full 8X AGP operation in G5 PowerMacs with 8X AGP slots, and were burn-in tested as such. Other Sellers of these cards sell them already disabled to 4X AGP, using this as part of their "sales pitch" saying the cards are G4 and G5 compatible, discreetly not mentioning that in order for the cards to work in the G4, they must be disabled to 4X AGP, which means that if put in a G5 they will still only be running as 4X AGP rather than 8X AGP. The G5s 8X AGP slot can use 4X or 8X AGP cards, so there is no obvious problem using a modded 4X AGP card in a G5, I just prefer to leave the cards working as 8X cards allowing them to perform to their full potential in a G5 machine. It is Fairly easy to disable the card to 4X AGP, you can do this on your own, at your own risk.

The cards can be hobbled down to 4X AGP operation if you want to use them in a G4 4X AGP slot. There are directions and pictures, showing how to disable 8X AGP cards to operate as 4X AGP cards in PowerMac G4s on The Mac Elite Site. This is done by disabling Pins 3 and 11 on the backside of the AGP slot connector. There are several ways disable these pins, such as putting tape over the connectors, or cutting the traces, on some cards you can even remove resistors located somewhere along the trace. The link above is to a Mac Elite page with lots of info and pictures on how to disable 8X cards to operate as 4X cards for use in G4 PowerMacs.


All Items are shipped via the US Postal Service. The Mail Carrier stops by Week Day Mornings (Not Sundays/Holidays), so I can just leave things downstairs for Daily Pickup. The post office only insures Items (NOT including the postage). This results in them effectively Being Paid to loose/damage an item. Since it seems terribly unethical/unfair that they should be paid for loosing/damaging an item, insured items are "Marked-Up" enough to cover the postage fees, so that if they do Loose/Smash something, it is insured for the Full Amount.

For USPS Shipping US Military Bases & Protectorates, Guam, Puerto-Rico, American Samoa, Micronesia, Palau and (US Virgin, Marshal & Northern Mariana Islands) are All Considered Part Of the US.

Given all the time spent pre-testing video cards in Windows, converting them to Mac, and then extensively testing in Macs, it seems counter productive to pack cards poorly so they're easily damaged in shipping. The cards are put in anti-static bags, wrapped in bubblewrap, then placed in a small box, reinforced with rigid foam, so it 's hard to crush. A larger outer box (a bit smaller than the US Postal Service Medium Flat Rate Box), is lined with rigid foam and a layer of foam peanuts put in the bottom. The smaller box is then put inside the larger box, and any extra goodies like adapters (video or power) cables are wrapped in bubblewrap and placed above the smaller box. This uses about $4 in materials, and takes around 20 minutes to pack a card, Priority Mail w Delivery Confirmation, Insurance and packing materials is about $15-16. This may seem like overkill, but it greatly decreases the chances of you getting a damaged card, which would not only be frustrating for you, but a complete waste of all the time put into making sure you got a rock solid Mac video card.

PayPal Addresses & BUGs

PayPal, Payments are ONLY Accepted if transaction is fully eligible for Seller Protection. This SHOULD mean the Buyers shipping address must be PayPal CONFIRMED. HOWEVER Since March 1st, a PayPal Bug/Error has made ALL CASH based payments, and many Payments made with Credit-Cards Linked-To PayPal Accounts show-up as "Not Eligible" for Seller Protection.

If payment is Cred-Card based it MAY? show up properly, if Bank-Account based it USUALLY shows up properly. The only Sure-Way around This-Bug is to Select that you DO NOT HAVE a PayPal account at checkout, then you MUST give them a Credit-Card and an email address that ARE NOT associated with Your PayPal account. AND the shipping address you provide MUST match the billing address on the credit card. If either (email or cred card) is associated with a PayPal account they will refuse to process the transaction saying you must login to your PayPal Account. If you login to paypal, (and pay with CASH) they will certainly send me an email that says the transaction is "Not Eligible" for seller protection.

I Do Not Sell or Ship in Washington State, and don't want to process refunds when folks from Washington place orders. People often Have/Leave Old/Out-of-Date/Incorrect Shipping Info in PayPal, which causes problems when things get Lost in the Mail. Sometimes People from other countries use Friends/Relatives address in the US so they have PayPal Confirmed shipping info. Standard PayPal settings can't deal with any of these things. Because of this, ALL Payments are put on Hold/Review, so I can Verify that Buyers are NOT in Washington, The shipping info is Good/Current, and hopefully avoid any other problems/issues/questions by communicating BEFORE Accepting Payment.

I would like to put a contact link in here, but don't want the spam-bots getting info off web pages, and flooding my in-box with garbage. So You'll have to do a bit of cut/paste, sorry for the trouble. Name is christian_g then there is that little round symbol with the "a" inside, and provider is fastmail. net (remove the space before net).



$109.00
EVGA nVidia 6800 GT
INCLUDES Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation and Insurance (Canada Adds $17-23; depending on insurance).
(Canadian Buyers Please eMail Me for shipping quote on Sub Close-To $100 Items.)
(Shipping with tracking to Canada is about $33-$35 minus any "Included" US-Shipping)

PLEASE DO NOT Click Buy-Now if You are in WA; I DO NOT Sell or Ship Within Washington State.

I'm REALLY busy working on the items I sell. I do the most thorough testing and best packing reasonably possible to make sure You get a great product. Taking time from what's important to the end result, in order to work as an unpaid Tax Collector seems counter-productive. Don't get me wrong, I can't think of anyplace I would rather live, but spending time working on the actual business seems more reasonable than spending it filling out complicated forms. With this in mind, I WILL-NOT sell or ship anything in Washington. The paperwork is much less time consuming if it's mostly a bunch of zeros.