osx/g5 question for darthnvader or any advanced peeps

[macStuff]

is the Geforce 6000 series re-flashable for the PowerMac G5???
i just realized - i have a Radeon 9800 Pro in my G5
but i also have this Geforce 6200 card from EVGA that has 512MB of video ram
as far as i know its a windows/PC card
is it possible to flash this card for my powermac G5?
is it even worth it? ie: is it supported in all 3 ppc osx panther/tiger/leopard?
would it outperform the radeon 9800 pro?
im leaning towards yes because it has like 3 times as much video ram?
but not sure if ppc osx will even support 512mb vram on the geforce6200

https://www.evga.com/products/specs/gpu.aspx?pn=985ce82d-e10e-4ac1-9fc7-4d25bfa653c5
let me know???

[darthnVader]

I did a 512mb 6200 back in the day, it required a little special magic that I don't have the tool chain for anymore.

However the 6200 was a budget card, and the 9800 was a pro card. So it's really night and day as far as speed, with the  9800 winning on all counts.

I think the 9800 had a full 256bit vram path, and all 6200's were limited to 64bit paths. Not taking into account the clock speed of the Vram( faster on the 9800 ).

So the extra Vram won't really help in anything real world, because the data path and clock speeds are just too slow, but it looks really cool in ASP.

The GPU on the 9800 is also much faster.

[macStuff]

ok fair enough - i thought because it was alot newer it would be better but i guess you are right.. u cant compare pro to basic model

[reader50]

The late-2005 G5 offered the GF 7800GT (256 MB) or the Quadro FX 4500 (512 MB). I seem to recall the G5 can recognize up to 1 GB VRAM - though I think that was the limit of all installed vid cards combined.

[refinery]

the 9800 pro is definitely the better card there. faster GPU, faster RAM, more shader units, more everything, except RAM. stick with what you got unless you're after silence