I Put an RTX 2070 in a Power Mac G5 😅

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The PowerMac G5 Quad was the only Power Mac to come with PCI-E slots. This means it can technically hold modern graphics cards. But, can we get them to WORK? Can we up the stock 256mb of VRAM to GIGABYTES? Is this a total fool's errand with no possible positive outcome?

Let's find out!

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🍎 Void Linux PPC: https://voidlinux-ppc.org/

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