Never tried it on the Pro, since it doesn't work, I can go get a cheap one that will, or use target disk mode, or transfer via flash drives from a PC that has a DVD drive, and so on. DVD read/write is slow as Christmas, molasses, etc. anyway. I may use an optical drive once a month.
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Graphics Card Question With the 680
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Never tried it on the Pro, since it doesn't work, I can go get a cheap one that will, or use target disk mode, or transfer via flash drives from a PC that has a DVD drive, and so on. DVD read/write is slow as Christmas, molasses, etc. anyway. I may use an optical drive once a month.
So it boots up and works in OSX, no boot screen obviously, but by the time 10.8.4 is official or Nvidia's updated drivers are out it should be fixed and supported?
I have a similar issue:
I have the first series USB SuperDrive, which I bought alsongside a Mac mini Server. It works fine with the Mac mini and MacBook Pro, but NOT with my Mac Pro (2008).
If it progresses like support for other GTX cards, everything may not get fixed as fast as soon as you'd like. You'll be stuck with no boot screen regardless. It took forever for them to fix Open Cl if your card had > 2 GB VRAM. Nvidia updated OS X drivers (unofficial GTX 6XX support) very quickly after the 10.8.2 OS X release, but that seems to have slowed. Apple went though a prolonged beta process with 10.8.3 and each iteration didn't seem to be making a whole lot of progress in terms of GPU performance, according to posts around the WWW.
My point is, if there's one thing I've learned about Mac Pro GPU upgrading in the past year, you've got to lower your expectations some. You'll get more performance with these Nvidia GPU cards (assuming your apps can fully utilize them, and depending on what you currently have), but you need to be patient and willing to put up with what comes with being an early adopter. It isn't all "plug and play" or, "it just works" this way.
The Apple USB Superdrive only works with Macs that shipped without an internal Superdrive. Only those Macs have the correct firmware code to enable the drive.
Really? That seems pretty dumb to me :/ It should just work on and computer with a USB port.
I'm working on some 3D stuff for a class I am taking and learning it as well.. and my viewports lag badly so I need to upgrade my card sooner rather then later ... The Titan is also somewhat out of my budget range would be stretching it so I think I may just go with an 680.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130794
Would anyone happen to know the max powerdraw for this card? Its a 6 and an 8 pin
EVGA's site states 195w which would be under the 225w supplied by 2x6pin and the slot, correct?
Has anyone ever put an ATI card and a 680 in the same Mac pro without issues? I know that it will require a separate power source, but are there any software related issues in doing it? if I were to power 1 display off my old 5870 and my 27in cinema display off the 680?
I believe I read software chooses which card they're using based on which display they are on?
Thanks in advance!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130794
Would anyone happen to know the max powerdraw for this card? Its a 6 and an 8 pin
EVGA's site states 195w which would be under the 225w supplied by 2x6pin and the slot, correct?
Has anyone ever put an ATI card and a 680 in the same Mac pro without issues? I know that it will require a separate power source, but are there any software related issues in doing it? if I were to power 1 display off my old 5870 and my 27in cinema display off the 680?
I believe I read software chooses which card they're using based on which display they are on?
Thanks in advance!
LOL!
Usually I browse around too.
Must admit I hadn't the need to have it work on the Mac Pro, I just noticed it.
But, I fell for the fact that it was "set" in firmware on the Mac Pro. Any ideas to why?