G5 w/ PCI-express, use of standard video cards

I was wondering now that Apple is using PCI-express, can you use standard off the shelf PCI-express video cards normally for use on Windows boxes?

Also this....
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=3&id=1688

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The pcie 3.0 specification is backwardly compatible to pcie 2.0. The problem you may run into is that of compatibility with the vBIOS of the video card. Major video card makers have forums that are usually quite helpful with that kind of knowlege.
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Try doing a Google search with your PC's product name and upgrading video card as the keywords to sift through the information freely available on the internet.
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boogs wrote:
I tried installing the drivers for my laptop from HP's support site. Still the same result.
This problem only appeared a few weeks ago. Before that, the same drivers from the HP site installed and functioned normally.
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Note sure but if we can know the system P/N others can look to see what drivers it has for the graphics to know what is there.
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Buy from a Mac-savvy Vendor who can tell you what RAM goes in your Mac, and guarantees it will work or your money back. \{It costs then money to get it wrong.]
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