Mac Pro Video Card

Hey guys,

I have a 2008 Mac Pro and my NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT has stopped working. I'm looking for a replacemet and wondering if this GeForce GTX 560 Ti would work. here is the link to the card I'm looking at. NCIX.com - Buy EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Fermi 850MHZ 2048MB Superclocked GDDR5 PCI-E 2.0 2XDVI Mini-HDMI Video Card - eVGA - 02G-P3-1469-KR - in Canada. or this one http://ncix.com/products/?sku=64191. One is PCI-E 2.0 and the other is PCI-E.

baker1444 said:

Hey guys,

I have a 2008 Mac Pro and my NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT has stopped working. I'm looking for a replacemet and wondering if this GeForce GTX 560 Ti would work. here is the link to the card I'm looking at.

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Nope...won't work. No where does it say that it's Macintosh or Mac OS compatible.

- Nick

It seems to me that there is not a whole lot out there for video cards for the mac. I'm running windows 7 pro through boot camp and I need a good video card for 3ds max. I'd also like a card that is CUDA for running Vray RT.

baker1444 said:

It seems to me that there is not a whole lot out there for video cards for the mac.

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You're absolutely correct. And to make the choices even more "narrow"...all Macintosh video cards (that are available) are not compatible with all Mac Pro models (models 2006-2011).

- Nick

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Yeah....I'm not sure if there are any other options than that myself. Mac video cards aren't cheap or in huge supply, so your best bet would probably be trying to find some 2nd hand ones on eBay.