Mac Pro with a Quadro 4000 and Octane?

[cgxev]

I'm considering buying Octane because of the GPU rendering.

So once i got my new mac pro, i'm going to buy the Quadro 4000, here are the questions: Does anyone have experience with a mac pro and a quadro 4000? what is the performance? Is this a right decision?

I'm looking forward to an answer.

kind regards B.C. Dreier Gligoor

[radiance]

I would consider buying a Geforce card instead, and using it with windows in bootcamp, until Mac OS X natively supports them.
It will be much cheaper and faster...

Radiance

[zoozou]

Hi,

I just got a refurbished MacPro with a Geforce GT 120. I am looking into buying Octane render with either a Geforce 480 or 580.
Do you know if it's possible to install those cards on a mac pro?? if so, can they work on the mac side?
Thank you very much.

[radiance]

Hi,

I just got a refurbished MacPro with a Geforce GT 120. I am looking into buying Octane render with either a Geforce 480 or 580.
Do you know if it's possible to install those cards on a mac pro?? if so, can they work on the mac side?
Thank you very much.

You can put a GTX4/5 PCI-E card in it, but it won't work in Mac OS X until apple releases support for it in OS X,
it will work when you boot into windows via bootcamp, where you can install official Nvidia Windows drivers.

Radiance

[zoozou]

Thanks a lot.
Another quick question though: could i have both the GT 120 and GTX 4/5 installed on the mac pro, and use each one separately for both systems? meaning the 120 would be used for the OSX side and the 480 for the Windows side??
Thanks

[radiance]

Thanks a lot.
Another quick question though: could i have both the GT 120 and GTX 4/5 installed on the mac pro, and use each one separately for both systems? meaning the 120 would be used for the OSX side and the 480 for the Windows side??
Thanks

I think so yes, i have not tested this myself though.

Radiance