Maury Markowitz Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I am trying to understand the various threads I have read over in the Hackintosh side of these forums. It appears that you can just drop in a bog-standard 8800GT, modify a few files (or simply wait for 10.5.2) and presto, 8800GT goodness on OSx86. Is the same true on my real Mac Pro? I realize there are EFI boot ROM issues, etc. etc. etc., but it is entirely possible that nVIDIA is putting them into the ROMs out of the box. Is there a final answer on this? IE, someone has actually tried it? Maury Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80799-8800gt-g92-on-mac-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 you would need to flash a PC 8800GT with the Mac Rom. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80799-8800gt-g92-on-mac-pro/#findComment-572805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 True. We're still waiting for it, but I think a Mac version of the 8800GT will come out, for older Mac Pro's and possibly Powermac G5's. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80799-8800gt-g92-on-mac-pro/#findComment-572966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Not for G5. They are AGP and GeForce 8800GT is PCIe 1.0/2.0. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80799-8800gt-g92-on-mac-pro/#findComment-572984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMX-Knuckles Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Dualcore G5's used PCIe. Mac Pros should be able to use bog-standard 8800GT's as they aready have EFI-compatible firmware, but you'd need OpenFirmware compatible BIOS for graphics card with PowerPC Mac and that's unlikely to see. AFAIK the most recent card for PowerPC was PCIe Radeon x850. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80799-8800gt-g92-on-mac-pro/#findComment-573040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 AFAIK the most recent card for PowerPC was PCIe Radeon x850. They sell an ATI Radeon X1900 for the G5, you know. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80799-8800gt-g92-on-mac-pro/#findComment-573047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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