PCIe or PCIx

[tim carter]

I'm looking into buying a used G5 from someone... how would I tell them how to indentify whether it has PCIe or PCIx?

[pezking]

Compare the specs at www.everymac.com

Quite useful.

Specifically only the LATE 2005 models have PCIe.

They are: Dual Core 2.0Ghz, Dual Core 2.3Ghz, and 2 x Dual Core 2.5Ghz which is commonly referred to as the Quad Core.

Note the "Dual Core" means that one processor chip has two cores, rather than the earlier Dual Processor models which had two separate processor chips.

Alternatively get the seller to take some photos of the slots.

[tim carter]

so my g4 would have pcix?

[BCM]

Yes

[tim carter]

Here is the info listed on this G5... I just need to know that I will be ok switching from my G4 with no issues and my cards are going to be ok.. let me know your thoughts.. thanks

APPLE POWER MAC G5 2 X 2.0 GHZ POWERPC G5 PROCESSOR'S. This comes with 4.0GB's of Ram, 2 X 160 Gb HDD and CD-RW/DVD-RW drive . ATI 128Mb video card include both DVI and ADC video output's. Comes complete with the original keyboard & mouse. MAC OS X 10.5.6 Leopard.

[pezking]

The fact that the video card has ADC outputs on it - it must be PCIx.

The late 2005 Powermac G5s only had DVI, unless the graphics card has been changed at some point.

90% certain you'll be fine.