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First post, by squareguy

Posted on 2018-11-01, 14:11

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I noticed there are a few Apple Geforce FX 5200 AGP cards on eBay for cheap. High quality build and a little research tells me that Apple only had the Ultra version in either 64MB or 128MB. So.... has anyone successfully flashed one of these to a PC BIOS?

If not, I guess I am the guinea pig. Anyone have a good place with a repository of FX 5200 BIOS(s)?

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Reply 1 of 6, by Jo22

Posted on 2018-11-01, 15:11

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I've never tried it this way round, sorry. 🙁
I flashed Geforce 2 or 4 MX PC cards to Mac before.

From what I remember, anything past Geforce 3 or 4 requires accurate firmware settings.
Before, it was mainly the Video RAM speed that had to be adapted to the target card.
The firmware themselves were pretty much interchangeable.

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Reply 2 of 6, by The Serpent Rider

Posted on 2018-11-01, 15:47

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They're also AGP Pro, which is very limiting factor.

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Reply 3 of 6, by squareguy

Posted on 2018-11-01, 17:20

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Well, that does put a damper on things then 🙁

Reply 4 of 6, by MERCURY127

Posted on 2018-11-02, 07:20

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u can try insert agp pro card into agp slot - pro version just have little more power contacts...

Reply 5 of 6, by xjas

Posted on 2018-11-02, 10:16

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AGP Pro slots aren't hard to come across; a lot of Asus boards seemed to have them among others. I have an A7V333 right here with one & my old CUV4X-D and PC-DL did too.

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Reply 6 of 6, by The Serpent Rider

Posted on 2018-11-03, 02:39

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Even if they are not too hard to find, but you're limited to them only.

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