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Title: Package from the states
Post by Eye-Q on 24.04.05 at 19:35:34

At the weekend I got a package from my uncle who lives in the states. Inside:
- V5 5500 PCI Mac (ebay USA)
- iMac Game Wizard V2 (ebay USA)
- compaq V3 3500 from Gary
- three 3dfx-mousepads from Gary

Klick on image to open larger image

http://ingo.phpmail.de/files/usa-paket.jpg

Title: Re: Package from the states
Post by Eye-Q on 24.04.05 at 20:14:51

Indeed, there is no "ordinary" PCI-Connector. At the motherboard of the iMac there is a so-called "mezzanine-slot" which is basically the same functional principle as the connectors for the Q3D-shade cards but the mezzanine-slot is a bit longer. For an "ordinary" PCI-slot there was no place in the iMac, if you remember the old iMacs with the CRT inside. ;)

I don't think you can put two of them together in a SLI-configuration but I honestly don't know that exactly.

Unfortunately the batteries of my cam are just at low power so I can post an image from the backside of the card later on.

Title: Re: Package from the states
Post by gdonovan on 24.04.05 at 21:37:50

wrote on 24.04.05 at 19:45:43:

About that iMac Game Wizard V2

I have a boxed one for sale if you are looking for one, and no they cannot be run in SLI mode.

Title: Re: Package from the states
Post by Eye-Q on 25.04.05 at 18:56:21

Battery charging lasted longer than I thought...

Now after getting home from work I took a picture of the backside of the card:

http://ingo.phpmail.de/imac_game_wizard_back_small.jpg