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Apple's discontinues Geforce 8800GT

IEatApples said:
Hmm… wonder if the Nvidia 285 will have similarly bad driver support? … Maybe I should buy the 4870 instead? 😕
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That is exactly what I am afraid of.
For that reason my first preference would be for the HD 4890 followed by the 4870 1GB card.
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Maybe the 8800GT (as well as the ATI 2400) have been D/C'd to replace them with cards that support mini displayport.

That would allow a new 30" Cinema display to work with all current shipping Macs as well as allow older Mac Pro's to use the new display.
 
Topper said:
That is exactly what I am afraid of.
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Which is why I don't get all the optimism about the 285. I was optimistic like that before, until I ordered the 8800 GT with my Penryn Mac Pro - before we all found out how well it worked. I am willing to be impressed by a change, though.
 
IEatApples said:
So, would that make the 4870 512MB card your third (and thus far only available) choice?
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No, it would go like this:
1. HD 4890
2. GTX 285
3. HD 4870 1GB
4. HD 4870 512GB

I need the extra vram for a game that I play.
If it wasn't for that game (X-Plane), the 4870 512MB card would work just fine.

As a last resort, my understanding is that a PC 4870 1GB card can be flashed with the rom of the HD 4870 512MB Mac card.
 
Topper said:
No, it would go like this:
1. HD 4890
2. GTX 285
3. HD 4870 1GB
4. HD 4870 512GB

I need the extra vram for a game that I play.
If it wasn't for that game (X-Plane), the 4870 512MB card would work just fine.

As a last resort, my understanding is that a PC 4870 1GB card can be flashed with the rom of the HD 4870 512MB Mac card.
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Remember you do not have to flash the Radeon HD 4890 to make it work in Mac OSX. I got mine dirt cheap compared to the Geforce GTX 285.

Radeon4890.png
 
Akula971 said:
Are you saying that I can buy a standard HD4890 and it will work in my MacPro under OS X?
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If you use ATY_init, that is exactly what I am implying 😉

But you will need another Mac compatible graphic card to initialize EFI or else it will not boot into Mac OSX.

In my case I have a Radeon HD 2600XT (for EFI) as well as a Radeon HD 4890 installed.
 
Pressure said:
If you use ATY_init, that is exactly what I am implying 😉

But you will need another Mac compatible graphic card to initialize EFI or else it will not boot into Mac OSX.

In my case I have a Radeon HD 2600XT (for EFI) as well as a Radeon HD 4890 installed.
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Hmm… but you still wouldn't have any drivers, right?
 
Ouch...

This is really bad.

2 weeks ago my 8800GT stopped working for no good reason.
I still had 3 weeks warranty so I felt lucky and sent it to the shop for a fix or replacement.
Now the guy has been playing hard to get or something. I still havnt got it back.
Im starting to understand why now. He doesnt have one to send me.

I have the 1st gen Mac Pro. What am I supposed to do now?
Or.
What is the shop supposed to do?

THe card was clearly still under warranty so they need to do something....
Grr.
 
aliasant said:
This is really bad.

2 weeks ago my 8800GT stopped working for no good reason.
I still had 3 weeks warranty so I felt lucky and sent it to the shop for a fix or replacement.
Now the guy has been playing hard to get or something. I still havnt got it back.
Im starting to understand why now. He doesnt have one to send me.

I have the 1st gen Mac Pro. What am I supposed to do now?
Or.
What is the shop supposed to do?

THe card was clearly still under warranty so they need to do something....
Grr.
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Service parts are different, you'll still be able to get 'em through there. Hell, you can order an iSight right now if you're willing to shell out for it.
 
grue said:
Service parts are different, you'll still be able to get 'em through there. Hell, you can order an iSight right now if you're willing to shell out for it.
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Euw. Dont want that to happen. It would mean that they need to send the card some were else to repair it and that might take freaqin years.

I talked to the guy in the shop last week and he said something about the card being discontinued. He didnt say it was but that it might be. I didnt take him serious since the card has only been out there about a year.

Now Im forced to use my old crappy ATI 1900 XT. Something is seriously wrong with this card. Impossible to play any games or use it for any other 3d demanding task. 2d is ok. Some strange dots on the screen and other minor problems but its no were near as good as the 8800GT has been.
 
aliasant said:
Euw. Dont want that to happen. It would mean that they need to send the card some were else to repair it and that might take freaqin years.
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Apple does whole-module exchanges. If your card is under warranty and it fails, they order a whole unit replacement from the service depot and the entire card is replaced. It's not worth the labour for them to repair cards, displays, etc etc.
 
grue said:
Apple does whole-module exchanges. If your card is under warranty and it fails, they order a whole unit replacement from the service depot and the entire card is replaced. It's not worth the labour for them to repair cards, displays, etc etc.
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Seems to be the case =). Just got a mail from the rep guy. He said Apple will send me a new card. Pfew.

Now. I still would like to replace it soon. I will need a better card so what are the options for us stuck with a 2007 Mac Pro?
I read some were that some one managed to put a 4870 or 90 in a Mac Pro.

Is it possible to get it working in both OS X and Windows?
 
Pressure said:
If you use ATY_init, that is exactly what I am implying 😉

But you will need another Mac compatible graphic card to initialize EFI or else it will not boot into Mac OSX.

In my case I have a Radeon HD 2600XT (for EFI) as well as a Radeon HD 4890 installed.
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Hardmac.com had an unflashed 4890 working on a Mac Pro without the use of any other graphic cards. They just used ATY_init.
 
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