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Apple today unveiled its new Power Mac G5 desktop line featuring the Power Mac G5 Quad, providing quad-core processing with two 2.5 GHz dual-core PowerPC G5 processors. All Power Mac G5 models now feature dual-core processors, a new PCI Express architecture and higher performance graphics options including NVIDIA's Quadro FX 4500, bringing the industry standard for workstation graphics to the Mac.
Today in New York Apple announced their latest Power Mac G5, and for the first time include an NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics solution in their high end configuration. The Power Mac will now be top-to-bottom NVIDIA with both NVIDIA Quadro and GeForce graphics.
Some of the highlights include:
  • First Apple PCI Express platform, with four x16 PCI Express mechanical slots that can drive up to 5 Apple 30" (dual-link) HD Cinema Displays or 8 standard (single-link) displays
  • First ever professional graphics on an Apple platform, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
  • 64-bit operating environment (CPU, GPU, and applications) with the fastest CPU offered by Apple paired with the fastest graphics offered by NVIDIA
"The Power Mac G5 Quad delivers the workstation performance our creative and scientific customers demand," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "With quad-core processing, a new PCI Express architecture, and the fastest workstation card from NVIDIA, the new Power Mac G5 Quad is the most powerful system we've ever made."