Rwild Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Okay, I have a high end new Mac Pro which is being used for high-def video editing. I need eSATA ports to hook into 3 PCIe slots as I have external enclosures with 60TB of storage. So, I am in need of one graphics card. The 8800s aren't packing enough I don't think and I sure as heck don't need a Quadro. So, I am looking for something in the middle. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130374 Can I hook something like this up in my Mac Pro? Will Leopard recognize this without any hacking? I have a perfectly working hackintosh already, I just need this one to be running top notch for the business. Please let me know. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122076-pcie-issues-with-new-mac-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrock42 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 the sil3132 has drivers to make it work with a mac. check the silicon image website. i dont think it matters what brand it is, but they have them on newegg. as for your GFX card, i think you have to flash it to make it think it's the mac version. Kinda bunk that the gear for mac is more expensive then the same thing for pc. Also the 8800gt is enough for me. I do a lot in FCP and motion, but lately have been doing realtime editing of live hd with my hack. everything gets hotter, and i can really only have the one program open because I dont have alot of ram, but i get no dropouts. Are you in FCP or AVID for your high end editing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122076-pcie-issues-with-new-mac-pro/#findComment-863942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rwild Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 We are using FCP Studio for all of our editing.... I am getting a little lag with the 8 core, 3.0 GHz Harpertown, 16 Gigs of RAM, and the 8800GT... Who knows, maybe I should upgrade my RAM setup? Either way, thanks for the tips... Is there any tutorial out there of how I can go about flashing that card? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122076-pcie-issues-with-new-mac-pro/#findComment-864418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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