Will I be able to upgrade my old Tiger?

Can you please help me out? I got my wonderful Mac G5 exactly 6 years ago this month, so it's now pretty much an antique -- though it still runs like brand new! My current system software is still Tiger ... OS 10.4.11 to be specific. My Mac is also NOT an Intel, it's a PowerPC G5 (3.0), with 2 GHz speed, and two DDR SDRAM memory cards of 256 MB each, for a total of 512 RAM. I would LOVE to upgrade to Leopard (finally!!), but need to know if it's impossible at this point. I know you need an Intel processor for Snow Leopard ... but what about just plain old "Leopard"? Can I at least upgrade to that? And then ... my next question is can I buy an upgrade that will take me all the way up to 10.5.8? Or do I have to buy several versions of Leopard in order to upgrade one after another? (The reason being that I now have a 2 TB external harddrive that won't mount to the desktop of this Mac. I'm being told during the software install that it requires 10.5.8 to do so.)
I was also told a few months ago (by someone at MacMall, if I remember??) that I need to purchase two 512-RAM memory cards in order to upgrade to Leopard, but just haven't had time to research that. Was he correct? Is that all I need to do before the Leopard software will work on my system? I simply can't afford to go out and buy a brand new Mac just yet ... maybe next year. But meanwhile, there are so many things I'm encountering on the internet now (for example) that I can't open or run, due to my old software. It's frustrating!
One more thing ... once I upgrade to Leopard (if possible!), will I also then need to purchase a separate upgrade for all of the iLife software packages? Will any of the old iLife run at all, using Leopard?
Thanks for any help you can give me!

Hi there!
but need to know if it's impossible at this point. I know you need an Intel processor for Snow Leopard ... but what about just plain old "Leopard"?
Yes it is, but I'd highly recommend more RAM, (Memory).
Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
    *  Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
minimum system requirements
    * 512MB of memory (I say 1.5GB for PPC at least, 2-3GB minimum for IntelMacs)
    * DVD drive for installation
    * 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
You have to call Apple & likely ask for a Product Specialist to get it, if they still have it! Helps to tell them you have an iPad/iPhone & you can't run 10.6.
my next question is can I buy an upgrade that will take me all the way up to 10.5.8? Or do I have to buy several versions of Leopard in order to upgrade one after another? (The reason being that I now have a 2 TB external harddrive that won't mount to the desktop of this Mac. I'm being told during the software install that it requires 10.5.8 to do so.)
Once you get Leo, you can upgrade for free to the current 10.5.8.
The 2 TB Drive is another problem, 10.4.x should do it, did you format it yet?
How to format your disks...
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html
Thanks to Pondini, Formatting,  Partitioning, Verifying,  and  Repairing  Disks...
http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/DU.html
I was also told a few months ago (by someone at MacMall, if I remember??) that I need to purchase two 512-RAM memory cards in order to upgrade to Leopard, but just haven't had time to research that. Was he correct? Is that all I need to do before the Leopard software will work on my system? I simply can't afford to go out and buy a brand new Mac just yet ... maybe next year. But meanwhile, there are so many things I'm encountering on the internet now (for example) that I can't open or run, due to my old software. It's frustrating!
You really need more RAM, I suggest maxing it out.
So we know more about it...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Quad
Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 4
CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 10 GB
Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1
One more thing ... once I upgrade to Leopard (if possible!), will I also then need to purchase a separate upgrade for all of the iLife software packages? Will any of the old iLife run at all, using Leopard
Depends which versions you have already, many earlier versions do run fine in Leo/10.5.

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