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== Xenon Engineering Verification 1 == | == Xenon Engineering Verification 1 == | ||
Adopters of the | Adopters of the partner preview program received G5 Alpha towers. Supplied with newly written XSS drivers for graphics. These units would also replace the Internal XeCV G5 for hardware engineers. | ||
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Revision as of 13:42, 23 February 2023
| Note Article under construction |
Xenon Component Verification
Initially off the Shelf PowerMac G5 PCI-X series A1047 supplied by Apple. Units given for internal software development, component and peripheral testing.
| Delivery | 10/15/2003 |
|---|---|
| Hardware Group | XeCV |
| Motherboard PCB | Apple PowerMac G5 820-1592-A |
| CPU | PowerPC 970 2.0GHz |
| GPU card | GeForce FX 5200 Ultra |
| RAM | 512MB (2x256) DDR 400MHz PC3200 |
| Storage | 80GB Hard Drive |
Xenon Engineering Verification 1
Adopters of the partner preview program received G5 Alpha towers. Supplied with newly written XSS drivers for graphics. These units would also replace the Internal XeCV G5 for hardware engineers.
| Pre-Order | 1/15/2004 |
|---|---|
| Delivery | 2/09/2004 |
| Hardware Group | XeEV1 |
| Motherboard PCB | Apple PowerMac G5 820-1592-A |
| CPU | Initially: PowerPC 970 2.0GHz Post-June: Dual PowerPC 970/970fx 2.0GHz |
| RAM | 512MB (2x256) DDR 400MHz PC3200 |
| Storage | 160GB Hard Drive |
Type 1
Commonly referred to by the community (but not by Microsoft) as "Alpha 1".
| GPU Card | ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition | Video Memory | 128MB |
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Notes
- End of support: February 2005
Type 2
Commonly referred to by the community (but not by Microsoft) as "Alpha 2".
| GPU Card | ATI Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition | Video Memory | 256MB |
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Notes
- End of support: May 2005