My Power Mac G5 did not have the Airport/Bluetooth option installed. Recommended budget: ~$100 Wireless/Bluetooth This great post on MacRumors highlights the available options of video cards for every Power Mac G5.

I’ll be honest – I haven’t noticed much of a difference, even in games. Personally, I moved from the stock 6600 card to a 7800 GT. Figure out a reasonable budget and look for options that might work for you. If you use applications that need to offload processing to a video card or seek to do some gaming on larger monitors, a better video card is helpful. Even the first Power Mac G5’s stock video card fills the basic needs of Leopard, including Quartz Extreme and Core Image compatibility.Ī stock video card is a decent option, especially if you are sticking to basic tasks of writing, browsing, and so on, and don’t have extra cash lying around to burn. Keep in mind that a video card will only do so much to speed up your Mac. The possibility of slotting in a faster model’s motherboard into your existing case is theoretically an option, but has anyone done it? Video CardsĪ Power Mac G5, depending on its model, has some available video card upgrade options.

Recommended budget: $50-60 for 4 GB of RAM CPU UpgradesĪs far as I know, there are no CPU upgrade options for Power Mac G5s. I recommend OWC for RAM, hard drives, and other components that are guaranteed to work with your Mac. All RAM must be installed in pairs, so keep that in mind as you look for deals.

Note that each model has different limits and types of RAM. After 8 GB or so, performance improvements are negligible unless you work with large video/data projects. The first component to upgrade is your G5’s memory.

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