Power Mac G5: How to Improve PCI Card Performance

  • Last Modified: June 24, 2004
  • Article: TA25473
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Learn how to take advantage of improved PCI card performance in Power Mac G5 or Power Mac G5 (June 2004) computers with PCI-X slots.

Products Affected

Power Mac G5

The architecture of the Power Mac G5 computer provides improved performance for PCI cards that transfer data (such as large video or graphic files) directly between cards.

To benefit from this performance, pair the cards in PCI slots 2 and 3. The slot numbers can be found on the left plastic card guide.

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