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Gomff
Sep 7, 2010, 09:26 AM
Just wondering....I have a couple of PCI 6800's kicking about and thought they could come in handy to drive a small external monitor.

Is it possible?

Thanks for any advice.....


Pressure
Sep 7, 2010, 10:23 AM
The Mac Pro has no PCI slots, so computer says no (see if anyone can catch that reference ;) ).
sochet
Sep 7, 2010, 10:47 AM
The Mac Pro has no PCI slots, so computer says no (see if anyone can catch that reference ;) ).

Little Britain :P
Pressure
Sep 7, 2010, 12:10 PM
Little Britain :P

Milk and cookies for you :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2083/2233096758_e569060637_m.jpg
Gomff
Sep 7, 2010, 05:07 PM
Sorry, my mistake, it's a PCIE card like the onehere (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/nVidia-Geforce-6800-256Mb-PCIE-DVI-VGA-Video-Card-M7803-/360291697471?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item53e30f033f)

Make any difference?

Thanks again.....
CaoCao
Sep 8, 2010, 12:17 AM
Just wondering....I have a couple of PCI 6800's kicking about and thought they could come in handy to drive a small external monitor.

Is it possible?

Thanks for any advice.....

You do realize this card is like from 2004 right?
Gomff
Sep 8, 2010, 02:49 AM
You do realize this card is like from 2004 right?

And your point is......?

I just want to know if I can get it working to drive a second monitor, not play Crysis with it.
Pressure
Sep 8, 2010, 05:19 AM
Sorry, my mistake, it's a PCIE card like the onehere (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/nVidia-Geforce-6800-256Mb-PCIE-DVI-VGA-Video-Card-M7803-/360291697471?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item53e30f033f)

Make any difference?

Thanks again.....

Now I am on shaky ground but wasn't the Geforce 6800 Ultra DDL only AGP Pro?

It were superseded by the Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition and Radeon X850 Mac Edition.

The Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) were the only one to get a 16x PCI Express connector and used the following graphic cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE, GeForce 6600, GeForce 7800 GT, or Quadro FX 4500 with 128, 256, or 512 MB of DDR RAM.
macz1
Sep 8, 2010, 05:28 AM
I would rather wait for the ATI 68XX to come out... the apple drivers seem already to include some support for it...
Gomff
Sep 8, 2010, 07:56 AM
It's no big deal......I was just wondering whether it could be done or whether to sling it out.