Re: 30-inch Cinema Display on Power Mac G5

I made the mistake of not realizing my G5 (duo, 2.5GHz) doesn't have a pci-e
slot....am replacing an AVI Radeon 9800 agp card....to get the better resolution. Ordered the AVI 1900xt which requires the pci express slot.
Ok, so now have it narrowed down to:
Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition RoHS 256 MB AGP
Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
Radeon 9600 Pro PC & Mac Edition
All 3 give resolution 2560 X 1600 resolution (not as good as the pci express card)
Anyone know the difference between these cards? Can't see it on ATI's site.
Am doing photo/video editing. Also want to use Final Cut Pro, so which is also best for that (support 2 moniters)

Ok, so now have it narrowed down to:
Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition RoHS 256 MB AGP
Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition
Radeon 9600 Pro PC & Mac Edition
All 3 give resolution 2560 X 1600 resolution
No, they don't (at least, not on the DVI port).
Anyone know the difference between these cards?
Can't see it on ATI's site.
On difference is the number of 30" displays they will run at full resolution.
The 9600 and X800 will run one, the 9800 will run zero. The 30" display needs dual-link DVI to run at full resolution. The 9800 only has single-link. The 9600 has one dual-link, and one single link DVI. The X800 has one dual link DVD and one ADC port (which can be used as single-link DVI with an adapter).
Another difference is speed. The X800 is a lot faster than the 9600.
Another difference is noise. The 9600 has no fan. The X800 has a small, fast, noisy fan. But don't worry. That fan will soon quit, so you can replace it with a quieter cooling kit.
You may be able to find some other dual-link cards. The AGP cards Apple sold that have dual-link DVI ports are:
ATI Radeon 9650 XT (one single-link, one dual-link DVI)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL (two dual-link DVI)
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL (two dual-link DVI)
Apple doesn't sell these as retail items, but might sell them as replacement parts, or you could look for them used. Be sure to get Mac versions.

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