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Mac Pro - Video Card Options for Boot Camp??

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gscottnelson

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Aug 7, 2007
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Hey Gang -

I had read the great detailed in 2006 about using different video cards in your Mac Pro.

Here is the $Million$ question???

Can you buy another faster PC-express video card and drop it into another slot as long as you leave the stock video card in. My Dell 19" has 2 monitor inputs and could have 1 cord going from each video card - depending if I want to play games on Boot Camp or just boot up in OS X??? Any answers??????​
 
it'll probably work in bootcamp but unless it's a 7300GT, X1900XT, or 4500, it wont work in OSX
 
Hey Slughead - Thanx for the quick response - but I don't quite understand....Boot camp will see it but the Mac OSX won't?
 
So....

Boot Camp will work - but Mac OS X would never boot - unless you disconnected the "PC Video" Card every time you wanted to go in to OSX....even though the original Mac Video card is left installed???
 
Does that mean

I could buy any smokin PC Card and it would work in the Windows World.....but Mac will be dead until I disconnect that PC Card...

Hmmm.... instead of holding shift key - have to open the box....
 
Opps - yea...Thanks

Thanks much - Wonder if there will be a new video card option when the Mac Pro refreshes in a month or too..
 
gscottnelson said:
Thanks much - Wonder if there will be a new video card option when the Mac Pro refreshes in a month or too..
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There's no guarantee Apple will refresh it in a month either. With the way they've been treating the Mac Pro, I highly doubt it.

So it's got a new RAID card - big deal. I'm sure some people will consider that an update.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Get your S__t together Apple.:mad:
 
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