I just purchased a GTX 285 for the Mac and did EXTENSIVE research to see it would work with the model that I have. (Never really got a good answer from Nvidia or Apple) As I go to instal the bloomin drivers it says not nividia is not compatible with this mac. I have not installed the card yet and i am hoping thats why... but I really do not want to unwrap this thing in anyway as I doubt I can return it if I do.
Does anyone know for sure if you need to have an Nvidia card in the machine just to instal the drivers. Its probably a dumb question but hey I am hoping I have not bought a lemon.
Thanks
I tried to find the latest drivers from Nvidia but f there is secret MAC site that anyone knows of.... love to hear it
Thanks
GTX 285
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- p3taoctane
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Windows 7 Pro_SP 1_64 bit_48 GB Ram_Intel Xeon X5660 2.80 GHZ x2_6 580GTX_1 Quadra 4800
Probably not. I've tried to do that a few times on the PC and the nvidia installer always terminates if a supported card isn't in the system.
System 1: EVGA gtx470 1280Mb and MSI gtx470 1280 in Cubix Xpander for Octane, AMD 945, 4Gb Ram
All systems are at stock speeds and settings.
All systems are at stock speeds and settings.
- SurfingAlien
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Hi!
following Mac Store info, the GTX285 Mac Edition 1Gb should be compatible with Mac pros early 2008 (and newer, of course): http://www.apple-history.com/
cheers,
A
following Mac Store info, the GTX285 Mac Edition 1Gb should be compatible with Mac pros early 2008 (and newer, of course): http://www.apple-history.com/
cheers,
A
MacBookPro unibody 2x2.4GHz | 4Gb | 9400M+9600GT 256Mb | OSX 10.6.8
i7 2600-K @3.4GHz | 8Gb | GTX560Ti 2Gb | Windows7x64 | Octane 1.0 b2.52
i7 2600-K @3.4GHz | 8Gb | GTX560Ti 2Gb | Windows7x64 | Octane 1.0 b2.52