tripwu Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Anyone tryed using an apple video card, or flashing the bios to the mac version? could work with some of the 5200, 9600, 9800, x800, 6800 ultra? ...just a thought Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/303-mac-video-card/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotShot Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 That wouldn't work like you're thinking it would work. Mac hardware doesn't work in a PC. A Mac video card in your PC would give you a black screen at boot. The Mac versions of these are Mac versions because they're to be used on Mac hardware, regardless of the software involved Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/303-mac-video-card/#findComment-2105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerpentDrago Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 That wouldn't work like you're thinking it would work. Mac hardware doesn't work in a PC. A Mac video card in your PC would give you a black screen at boot. The Mac versions of these are Mac versions because they're to be used on Mac hardware, regardless of the software involved <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kinda wrong actually , Only Diffrence between lets say an ATI mac card and a ATI pc card is the bios , there is mac bios avaliable for ati cards that i know of .... http://www.techpowerup.com/bios/?search=mac&Submit=Search now if this would allow quartz to work with ati cards in accelerated mode i doubt it , that would depend on the drivers included in the os be x86 compiled ..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/303-mac-video-card/#findComment-2278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 if you flash your PC VGA card with a MAC bios, it won't initialize in a PC anymore. in other words: you fry your card. it has already been tried with such a result. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/303-mac-video-card/#findComment-2404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzylyon Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Kinda wrong actually , Only Diffrence between lets say an ATI mac card and a ATI pc card is the bios , there is mac bios avaliable for ati cards that i know of .... http://www.techpowerup.com/bios/?search=mac&Submit=Search now if this would allow quartz to work with ati cards in accelerated mode i doubt it , that would depend on the drivers included in the os be x86 compiled ..... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Uh, kinda wrong actually... Read the post that you were quoting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/303-mac-video-card/#findComment-2467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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