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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1045262" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Hey thanks again for all the info. I am seriously interested in one of these...so that's why I'm asking so many questions & making sure everything is clear (plus you never know...there may be other folks out there that want to do the same thing in the future...and they may be reading this thread for help)!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>One thing that always tips me off when I'm questioning if a video card is a genuine Macintosh card or not...is many current PC/Windows video cards have a round serial port of sorts along with the VGA or DVI ports. It's been years & years since I've seen a serial port on a Macintosh video card!</p><p></p><p>So a couple more questions:</p><p></p><p>- sometimes on flashed PC cards (used on a Macintosh)...1 or 2 of the "pins" before inserting into the PCI slot need to be covered to make the flashed card work on a Mac. Did or does this flashed 4870 require this?</p><p></p><p>- Is this 4870 a "double-wide card"? Takes up two video (PCIe) slots?</p><p></p><p>- Does this 4870 only fit into the Mac Pro's "main" video slot (I forget what this slot is called)? The reason why I ask is. I have an X1900 card in my Mac Pro currently...and would like to install a 2nd video card into one of the other PCIe slots to run a 3rd monitor.</p><p></p><p>- Do you mind saying how much you paid for the card?</p><p></p><p>Thanks a bunch,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1045262, member: 56379"] Hey thanks again for all the info. I am seriously interested in one of these...so that's why I'm asking so many questions & making sure everything is clear (plus you never know...there may be other folks out there that want to do the same thing in the future...and they may be reading this thread for help)!:) One thing that always tips me off when I'm questioning if a video card is a genuine Macintosh card or not...is many current PC/Windows video cards have a round serial port of sorts along with the VGA or DVI ports. It's been years & years since I've seen a serial port on a Macintosh video card! So a couple more questions: - sometimes on flashed PC cards (used on a Macintosh)...1 or 2 of the "pins" before inserting into the PCI slot need to be covered to make the flashed card work on a Mac. Did or does this flashed 4870 require this? - Is this 4870 a "double-wide card"? Takes up two video (PCIe) slots? - Does this 4870 only fit into the Mac Pro's "main" video slot (I forget what this slot is called)? The reason why I ask is. I have an X1900 card in my Mac Pro currently...and would like to install a 2nd video card into one of the other PCIe slots to run a 3rd monitor. - Do you mind saying how much you paid for the card? Thanks a bunch, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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