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Graphics card options for original Mac Pro...
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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1045254" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Yes… the seller said it was an Apple ATI card, though I thought it was odd that he said it was tested in a PC. The fact that it appears to me to be new, that the cables weren't included (which would have been a dead giveaway since the Mac-side has different connectors), and was easily a hundred bucks less than a new Apple-branded one, leads me to believe it was a PC model that was flashed. I believe there is a downside in that these re-flashed PC versions won't work properly with Windows in Boot Camp… I may reinstall Windows for kicks to verify that.</p><p></p><p>Anywho… yes… to be perfectly clear… this card, the 4870, is most definitely working flawlessly in my first-gen 2006 Quad-Core Mac Pro.</p><p></p><p>As a side note… from what I read, you need at least 10.5.8 (or so) just to use it on the original Mac Pro, and 10.6.3 to really take full advantage of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1045254, member: 38864"] Yes… the seller said it was an Apple ATI card, though I thought it was odd that he said it was tested in a PC. The fact that it appears to me to be new, that the cables weren't included (which would have been a dead giveaway since the Mac-side has different connectors), and was easily a hundred bucks less than a new Apple-branded one, leads me to believe it was a PC model that was flashed. I believe there is a downside in that these re-flashed PC versions won't work properly with Windows in Boot Camp… I may reinstall Windows for kicks to verify that. Anywho… yes… to be perfectly clear… this card, the 4870, is most definitely working flawlessly in my first-gen 2006 Quad-Core Mac Pro. As a side note… from what I read, you need at least 10.5.8 (or so) just to use it on the original Mac Pro, and 10.6.3 to really take full advantage of it. [/QUOTE]
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