Shad0wcat Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I noticed the Mac Pros start with Radeon 2600s and these can seem quite cheap online... I'm just wondering if these would work out of the box no problems... http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144320/show_product_reviews - PowerColor HD 2600XT 256MB DDR4 Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - 42.95 pounds or http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-HD26 - <h1 class="t14b"> Novatech HD 2600 PRO 256MB/512MB Hypermemory PCI-E DVI & TV Out - 23.44 pounds</h1> Obviously the cards are specced a little differently... but will they both work with full QE/CI ? Alternativly is there a card in the UK which is better than my current Geforce 6800 which will work nicely and is about the same price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 The 2600XT works well. It's not that much faster than a 6800 though. If you want a bigger speed jump go for a 3870 or 8800. But for a cheap card, it's perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad0wcat Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 Thanks for the reply, will that cheapy Novatech 2600 pro one for 23.44 work out of the box? I don't play many games so I don't really mind... Will it simply be a matter of taking the geforce out and putting the radeon in or will I have to mess around with some ktexts? Ok, just read some more posts, looks like the cheap 2600 Pro will work with some ktexts... Will I have to remove the Nvidia ones though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjduro Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'm using the HD Radeon 2600 Pro 512MB... almost the same price than the 256MB version, and a whole lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad0wcat Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 I was going to avoid the 512 as I thought it might not work... so I can use that, the standard install instructions for the 2600 listed in the graphics forum and get some QE/CI... sounds good. Now I have to figure out how I can recover from a black screen after messing up some NVCAP settings or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjduro Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 install OSX without any video drivers, then just grab the driver from this page http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=107526 install it, by double clicking it, and reboot. that's what I did with my Powercolor HD Radeon 2600 Pro PCI-e 512MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad0wcat Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 Awesome, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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