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Using the ports on your graphics card – Apple Power Mac G5 (Early 2005) User Manual

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Chapter 2

Using Your Computer

Using the Ports on Your Graphics Card

The graphics cards used with the Power Mac G5 have unique ports with different
capabilities. Use System Profiler to determine which graphics card is installed in your
Power Mac G5.

To open System Profiler:

1

Choose Apple () > About This Mac.

2

Click More Info.

3

Select Graphics/Displays.

Use the guidelines in the table below to determine the type of ports on your graphics
card.

You can connect a video device using the DVI to Video Adapter to ports with TV-out
capability. For more information, see “Connecting a Television, VCR, or Other Video
Device” on page 25.

Graphics card

Port 2

Port 1

ATI Radeon 9600

single-link DVI

single-link DVI
TV out

ATI Radeon 9650

dual-link DVI

single-link DVI
TV out

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL

dual-link DVI
TV out

dual-link DVI
TV out

ATI Radeon X850 XT

dual-link DVI
TV out

ADC

DVI display ports

ADC display port

DVI display port

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