Power Mac G5 (Early 2005)

Introduced: April 2005
Terminated: October 2005

Description

The Power Mac G5 (Early 2005) was a speed bump of the previous model. There were three different configurations. The low-end configuration had dual 2.0Ghz processors, had a 160Gb hard drive and 512Mb of RAM. Midrange configuration had dual 2.3Ghz processors, had a 250Gb hard drive and 512Mb of RAM. The high-end configuration ran dual 2.7Ghz processors, had a 250Gb hard drive and 512Mb of RAM.

History

Apart from the increased processor speeds, the Power Mac G4 (Early 2005) was essentially the same as the previous model. As was typical for speed bumped models, the graphics and optical drives were improved.

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Specifications

Processor: PowerPC 970fx (G5)
Number of Cores: 1
Processor Speed: dual 2.0, dual 2.3, or dual 2.7 GHz
Benchmarks: dual 2.0 GHz: 1671, dual 2.3 GHz: 1957, dual 2.7 GHz: 2245
Cache: 64 KB (instruction), 32 KB (data) L1, 512 KB L2
System Bus: dual 1.0, dual 1.15, or dual 1.35 GHz
Hard Drive: 160, 250, or 400 GB 7200-rpm
Media: 16x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Peripherals: Apple Keyboard, Apple Mouse
Weight and Dimensions (US): 44.4 lbs., 20.1” H x 8.1” W x 18.7” D
Weight and Dimensions (Metric): 20.2 kg, 51.1 cm H x 20.6 cm W x 47.5 cm D
Original Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.4 (8A428)
Later Mac OS:—
Maximum Mac OS: Latest release of Mac OS X
Hardware Test: AHT (Power Mac) 2.5, 2.5.2
Firmware: Open Firmware
Firmware Update: None
Logicboard RAM: None
Maximum RAM: 4.0 GB (dual 2.0 GHz) or 8.0 GB (dual 2.3 GHz+)
Type of RAM Slots: 4 (dual 2.0 GHz), or 8 - PC3200 (dual 2.3 GHz+) 2.5v, unbuffered, 8-byte, nonparity 184-pin DDR SDRAM (matched pairs)
Minimum RAM Speed:—
Interleaving Support: Yes
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL, ATI Radeon 9600, Radeon 9650, or Radeon X850 XT
ATI Card Model: ATY,RV350 (9600) ATY,RV351 (9650) ATY,R480 (X850 XT)
Graphics Memory: 256 MB (6800 and X850 XT) or 128 MB (9600) or 256 MB (9650)
Built-in Display: None
Display Modes: Dual display extended and video mirroring
Display Connection: 2 - DVI (9600) or 1 - DVI and 1 - dual-link DVI (9650) 1 - dual-link DVI and 1 - ADC (X850 XT) or 2 - dual-link DVI (6800 Ultra)
Expansion Slots: 3 - PCI (dual 2.0 GHz) 3 - PCI-X (dual 2.3 GHz+), 1 - 8x AGP Pro
Expansion Bays: 2 - Internal 3.5” Serial ATA drive bays, 1 - optical drive bay
Hard Drive Bus: 2 - 1.5 Gbps Serial ATA (SATA) controllers
Large Drive Support: Yes (128 GB or larger per drive)
Optical Drive Bus: Ultra ATA/100
Backup Battery: 3.6 V 850 mAh Lithium (922-4028)
Max Watts: 450 W or 600 W
Line Voltage: 100–125V AC or 200–240V AC
Liquid Cooling: Yes (On dual 2.7 GHz)
AirPort: Optional AirPort Extreme card (802.11b/g) (external antenna)
Bluetooth: Optional Bluetooth 1.1
Ethernet: 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45)
Modem: Optional 56k v92
ADB: None
Serial: None
SCSI: None
USB: 3 - 480Mbps
FireWire: 2 - 400 MBit/s, 1 - 800 MBit/s (15W total power)
Audio In: 1 - 3.5-mm analog input jack, 1 - optical S/PDIF (Toslink) input (24-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate)
Audio Out: 2 - 3.5-mm analog output jacks, 1 - optical S/PDIF (Toslink) output, 1 - Built-in speaker (24-bit 44.1 kHz sample rate)