Reports have emerged that Apple began shipping some of its high-end Quad G5 systems containing the nVidia GeForce 7800 GT graphics card.
It had previously been stated by Apple that systems ordered with the high-end graphics card may not ship until late into December but some of these customers received shipping notifications mid last week.
Once a backlog of orders has been cleared Apple will begin selling the “PowerMac G5 Quad Ulitimate” which will sell for around $4000 and included the 7800, 1GB RAM and a 500GB Hard Drive.
On Apple’s website the card is stated to have the following specs:
- 256-bit Memory Interface
- 256MB of onboard GDDR3 SDRAM
- Total memory throughput of 32GBps
- Capable of delivering 700 million vertices per second
- and had a fill rate of 8 billion texels per second
- The card takes up a single slot and contains a Dual Link DVI connection
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Darrell Jackson
18th December 2005, 23.10 pm
I was planning to get the Quad but waiting for the MacWorld Expo to see whats coming out in upcoming months. I was also was thinking to see what’s the big deal about Apple move to Intel and waiting to see if that maybe better computer in the long run. Is the PowerMac G5 Quad Ultimate is better than the Quad that are out now?
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