Powerbook G4 GPU choice

[Gary Driggs]

Power systems from Apple were all discontinued in 2006 when they switched to Intel processors. IBM still makes several expensive servers based on the architecture, however. Fixstars used to make the PowerStation that shipped with Yellow Dog Linux and the following specs but Apple G4 and G5 systems are probably easier to find:
         - Quad-core 2.5GHz IBM 970MP CPUs.
         - Up to 32GB RAM and 4 hot-swap SAS drive bays.
         - ATI X1650 Pro graphics card.
         - Dual Gig-e and 5 USB 2.0 ports.
         - DVD/CD-RW and YDL v6.1 pre-installed.
Also, you might check with the nouveau driver devs but last I looked in they hadn't made a lot of progress toward supporting anything but x86_64 systems. Others here may have more current info, however.

On another side note, the first beta motherboards for A-Eon's AmigaOne X1000 workstation have finally shipped but I don't know if anyone in the BSD or Linux communities have yet to announce their intention to work on it. You can find its specs in Wikipedia & elsewhere.

-Gary


On Oct 4, 2011, at 2:33 AM, Любомир Григоров wrote:

> I am looking toward getting a Powerbook G4. Which GPU has more support for
> 3D (nouveau said it was getting artifacts, couldn't find info on ati). I
> prefer the ATI due to double memory.
> 
> - NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200  / (NV34)
> - ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 / (R300)
> 
> Also, this is the latest PPC notebook out there right? Is there some Chinese
> brand out there still doing PPC? I only found an ARM notebook by Genisi. If
> you know of any vendor, please do share.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> -- 
> Lyubomir Grigorov (bgalakazam)
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