kuruu Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 Hi, I'm shopping for a friend who need to run Maya. She doesn't care about OS X and Maya 8.0 is not intel compatible. My question is this: MacPro only have one workstation video card option. It costs 'A LOT' extra. ($2000) Is it possible to buy a macpro, which is an excellent deal especially with the education discount. Use an aftermarket video card probably a ELSA ATi FireGL V5200 with windows and never boot into OS X? I only use a hackintosh, but I am guessing this would work? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBits Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I dont get it... why buy a mac then??? Buy a normal PC for half price... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Neo Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 I dont get it... why buy a mac then??? Buy a normal PC for half price... I don't think it will work. Because a Mac-Video card has a efi AND a bios firmware on its eprom (its 128 kb?!) and a normal pc card has ONLY a bios firmware on its eprom (its 64 kb?!) so i dont think this will work, but you can test it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandtete Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 It will work fine, but only in windows. In mac os x it wont see the card. But for what your looking for, windows will see the ati card fine and you should be able to install the drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo50 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 but for what all of this? you really can build your own system w/o buying a MacPro and spend extra money. or you tnink what it's cheaper ? i really can't undestand you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 I havent found anything that is cheaper than the macpro with those specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruu Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 thanks for the responses! and for a dual xeon 5150 system there is nothing cheaper! it's really a great deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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