The Power Mac G5 had PCI-X slots and 8X AGP slot. The high-end configuration ran dual 2.0Ghz, had a 160Gb hard drive and 512Mb of RAM.
Midrange configuration ran at 1.8Ghz, had a 160Gb hard drive and 512Mb of RAM. The low-end configuration ran at 1.6Ghz, had an 80Gb hard drive and 256Mb of RAM. There were three different configurations in the initial release. All models were discontinued in June 2004.The Power Mac G5 was housed in a new and innovative aluminum casing. In November, Apple lowered the price of the 1.6 GHz model to $1,799, and replaced the single 1.8 GHz model with a dual 1.8 GHz model for $2,499. Although officially introduced for pre-ordering in June, the 1.6 and 1.8 GHz models didn't ship until August, and the dual 2.0 GHz models did not begin volume shipments until September.
The 1.8 and dual 2.0 GHz models, both with a 160 GB hard drive and 512 MB of RAM, sold for $2399 and $2999 respectively. The 1.6 GHz model, with an 80 GB hard drive and 256 MB of RAM, sold for $1999.
There were three configurations for the PowerMac G5. A total of 9 computer-controlled fans were used in the G5, which amazingly was one of the quietest PowerMacs in years. The case was divided into 4 discreet "thermal zones" each with its own cooling system. The PowerPC 970 was a higher-power and higher-temperature chip than its 74xx predecessors, and a considerable amount of engineering went into the cooling system of the PowerMac G5. This represented a more than six-fold improvement over the previous PowerMac G4 model. Most impressive of all was the front-side bus speed, which was increased to half of the processor speed-up to 1.0 GHz. It included a variety of motherboard enhancements, including PCI-X slots, and 8X AGP slot, a Serial-ATA bus, and up to 8 GB of RAM. It featured either a single 1.6 or 1.8 GHz processor, or dual 2.0 GHz processors. Housed in an innovative new Aluminum enclosure, the PowerMac G5 was the first 64-bit consumer-level desktop computer ever sold. Apple and IBM had worked closely together for nearly a year of the PowerPC 970 Processor (publicly referred to as the G5), and the 64-bit PowerMac G5 represented a huge leap forward in both processor and machine design. 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
0 kommentar(er)
