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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
MacPro 1,1 + nVidia 8800GT + Snow = ?
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<blockquote data-quote="dcouzin" data-source="post: 1303752" data-attributes="member: 216110"><p>Every video card is flashed. There is firmware flashed into the card's ROM. Different firmwares can make the same card compatible with different computers. The applemacanix cards are indeed re-flashed with new firmware. Reflashing doesn't reduce the card's quality. <em>If</em> the only difference between the Apple supplied 8800GT for MacPro1,1 and the Windows 8800GT is in the firmware, then reflashing with a copy of the Apple firmware is a fine idea (technologically). Neither pigoo3 nor I know whether the firmware was the only difference in this case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dcouzin, post: 1303752, member: 216110"] Every video card is flashed. There is firmware flashed into the card's ROM. Different firmwares can make the same card compatible with different computers. The applemacanix cards are indeed re-flashed with new firmware. Reflashing doesn't reduce the card's quality. [I]If[/I] the only difference between the Apple supplied 8800GT for MacPro1,1 and the Windows 8800GT is in the firmware, then reflashing with a copy of the Apple firmware is a fine idea (technologically). Neither pigoo3 nor I know whether the firmware was the only difference in this case. [/QUOTE]
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