Graphics Card for BootCamp

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hey,

Im trying to save myself some money and not switch to a PC when i have a perfectly good mac pro. I want to get a little more into PC gaming but my 5770 is killing me. is it possible to run a PC PCIe video card when im in bootcamp and then use my 5770 when im on osx? OR can i crossfire them?

ive also heard of some kext software you can get but im not really sure how those work.

thanks
 
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No. As our Mac Pro experts who post here will tell you, you can not use a PC graphics card in your Mac Pro because the firmware is different. You need a graphics card that is Mac compatible or a PC graphics card that has had its firmware altered for the Mac.
 
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Use a flashed ATI Radeon HD4870 1GB card, and when in Windows simply was a matter of updating Windows driver from ATI. Just gotta be a Mac compatible card as staff points out.
 

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