Wireless/blue tooth installation in a Power Mac G5 bought in August 2004

I have a power mac G5 2.0, bought in August 2004 and it did not come with wireless or bluetooth. I would like to install it now but all the cards that I see advertised are for G5's made after October 2005. If someone has a part number for what I need it would be much appreciated. Also if anyone has a part number for a Gforce video card with 128/256MB that will work in this unit could they post it. like to up grade the Gforce 5200 while I am at it.
Power Mac G5 late 2004 Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Power Mac G5 late 2004 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hi, and a Warm Welcome to Apple Discussions and the Power Mac G5 Forum!
The Bluetooth card and antenna as a kit, including the screws, is shown here
http://www.mac-pro.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1515/.f?sc=2&category=180
The Bluetooth installation instructions are here
http://tersus.no/bluetooth/
The Airport Extreme! card is available here (and elsewhere, no doubt)
http://www.mac-pro.com/Apple-AirPort-Extreme-Card?sc=2&category=22
The installation instructions are here
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/pdf/g5/apec_c.pdf
The G5 should have the antenna wiring for Airport and Bluetooth already in place; the Airport antenna
http://www.welovemacs.com/9226043.html
should have come in the box with the G5, originally.
You can compare the performance of alternative graphics cards here
http://www.barefeats.com/rad4x.html
and elsewhere on that site. The graphics card slot on your G5 is AGP - and card should be a 'Mac' version.
Getting your hands on one is another matter; there are links to suggested suppliers at the end of Barefeats comparisons; there are some listed here
http://eshop.macsales.com/search/agpvideocards
Best to check availability by phone. Good Luck.

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