PC Video Cards with Mac Pros

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Hi all,

 

There's a possibility my current video card (an X1900) is on its way out. That being said, I'm starting to look into the possibility of picking up a "PC" graphics card and following the steps (if any) to get it to work in both Windows and OSX.

 

Anybody have any experience with this, or can point me in the right direction ? Are there firmware flashing options out there to enable a PC card in OSX ? I'm assuming most cards will work fine in Windows with proper drivers, no?

 

I have a first generation Mac Pro (2 x dual core 2.66) with the PCI Express slot. Ideally I'd be looking at getting an upgrade to the X1900, so something high(er) end is preferred.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I apologize in advance if I've missed an obvious post about this in these forums already. Thanks!

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[MacUser2525]

Hi all,

 

There's a possibility my current video card (an X1900) is on its way out. That being said, I'm starting to look into the possibility of picking up a "PC" graphics card and following the steps (if any) to get it to work in both Windows and OSX.

 

Anybody have any experience with this, or can point me in the right direction ? Are there firmware flashing options out there to enable a PC card in OSX ? I'm assuming most cards will work fine in Windows with proper drivers, no?

 

I have a first generation Mac Pro (2 x dual core 2.66) with the PCI Express slot. Ideally I'd be looking at getting an upgrade to the X1900, so something high(er) end is preferred.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I apologize in advance if I've missed an obvious post about this in these forums already. Thanks!

 

 

Go to the Mac Rumors forum search on "8800gt 32bit rom flashing" without the quotes that should get you the thread there on doing what you want.