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Pictures of Quadro FX5600 and Transintl RAM

Awesome kittiyut!

I love being overkill! Why not when you can afford it anyway right?

Spec out your MP dude. I'm sure everyone wants to know!

Congrats on an obscene machine, and for christ's sake someone helps this dude out with his bootcamp problem!
 
kittiyut said:
You are right. I just WANTED it. And when you have the money, it is NOT wasted. It is all relative you see. I also got the $560 off from the ADC discount.

I also WANTED 16GB ram, 4 TB drives but I didn't order from Apple. If I did, THAT would be money WASTED!!
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+1 I agree with you, I can't other people telling me how to spend my money. I buy what I want cause I can. Post some more pictures of that machine, spec it out here as well!
 
Mr.PS said:
+1 I agree with you, I can't other people telling me how to spend my money. I buy what I want cause I can. Post some more pictures of that machine, spec it out here as well!
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+1. Out with it already.

I expect to see no less than 2 30" ACD from you. :p
 
orpheus1120 said:
+1. Out with it already.

I expect to see no less than 2 30" ACD from you. :p
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I'm actually about to pull the trigger; however, I'm waiting for the possibility of an HDCP capable ACD now that the Blue-ray vs HD-DVD wars are over. If it's not here by June I'm going to go for another 30" ACD. No more Mac Pro goodies after that. :) Macbook Pro or Macbook Air is in the picture, need a mobile mac now for when I travel. Dell and Vista no longer are suitable for travel after using OSX and Mac :)
 
Totally agree with the earlier posts. If you work for your money, spend it on what you want. If that's an expensive computer, then fair enough.

Yes, you can argue that an expensive computer is a waste of money.

But you could argue the same for expensive cars, audio equipment, holidays, drinking, smoking, or being buried in an expensive coffin.
 
Tallest Skil said:
That's exactly why I'm taking the dirt nap naked! Why waste money on an expensive suit that gets filled with worms within a month?
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The more expensive ones are usually hermetically sealed. There are never any worms, termites, anything in them.
 
orpheus1120 said:
+1. Out with it already.

I expect to see no less than 2 30" ACD from you. :p
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Well, if the 30" ACD was a new model that has the same spec as the dell 3008 (with all those fancy connections and high gamut coverage) I would certainly get one. Unfortunately, like most people here on this forum, I am still waiting... Wouldn't it be nice if you have the option of choosing between matte and glossy 30" ??
 
oh come on, the current 30" ACD has the best quality LCD panel to date. What more do you want? And speaking of fancy connections, I can hardly see the point really. What else are you gonna connect it to anyway? For me, it's gonna be dual display for me on my MP and I'll call it a day.

Like many have said before, there really isn't much competition for the 30" ACD currently in turn of quality and price, so even if an update ever occurs (which I doubt is anytime soon), I don't think the update matters to me only because my use of the 30" is simple.

It's not really true that many of us are holding off. Plenty have already bought the 30". That's no end to waiting you know. ;)
 
It sure is nice. How much is it retailing in the states (I'm from Singapore)?

I did a search, and a member here has got a 3008! :eek:
 
orpheus1120 said:
It sure is nice. How much is it retailing in the states (I'm from Singapore)?

I did a search, and a member here has got a 3008! :eek:
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Starting at $1,999 (plus applicable tax and shipping) I'm sure you can get it for cheaper with a system or coupons. For now, I'm just gonna wait in hopes that Apple will release a similar one.
 
Mr.PS said:
The more expensive ones are usually hermetically sealed. There are never any worms, termites, anything in them.
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this made me laugh so hard! worms don't come from the outside of the coffin my friend...
 
Kittiyut!


I beg of you! Take a dump of the cards firmware. I have to look into the possibilities to flash a PC 8800GTX with it!

It would not only enable Mac Users to get a stronger card then 8800GT, it may give pre-08 mac pro users a 8800 card!!

Please follow these steps!

1. Find a USB key that you don't mind formatting.
2. Download this program and install it: http://i.thepcspy.com/USB_Boot.zip. It is a Hewlett Packard program that makes USB keys bootable, but doesn't only work on HP PCs. The archive password is pasta.
3. Use the program to format your USB key. Select the "Create a DOS Startup Disk" option and choose the folder "DOS System Files" from within the unzipped archive.
4. Once the disk has formatted, copy the rest of the files from "DOS System Files" to the root of the USB key. It may ask you whether to replace some files, say "no."
5. Download nvflash 5.57. Any earlier version will not work with the 8800GT. http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...lash_5.57.html
6. Copy nvflash.exe and cwsdpmi.exe to the root of the flash drive.
7. Put the 8800GT in the PC, be sure to connect the additional power.
8. Reboot your PC and boot from the flash drive. You may have to enter your BIOS settings and tell it to enable USB boot. On my Intel bios this involves pressing F2 at startup, and the option is in the Booting screen of the BIOS.
9. Once the flash drive boots up, type nvflash --save myrom.rom.

The file myrom.rom now contains a copy of the card's firmware.
 
Cindori said:
Kittiyut!


I beg of you! Take a dump of the cards firmware. I have to look into the possibilities to flash a PC 8800GTX with it!

It would not only enable Mac Users to get a stronger card then 8800GT, it may give pre-08 mac pro users a 8800 card!!

Please follow these steps!

1. Find a USB key that you don't mind formatting.
2. Download this program and install it: http://i.thepcspy.com/USB_Boot.zip. It is a Hewlett Packard program that makes USB keys bootable, but doesn't only work on HP PCs. The archive password is pasta.
3. Use the program to format your USB key. Select the "Create a DOS Startup Disk" option and choose the folder "DOS System Files" from within the unzipped archive.
4. Once the disk has formatted, copy the rest of the files from "DOS System Files" to the root of the USB key. It may ask you whether to replace some files, say "no."
5. Download nvflash 5.57. Any earlier version will not work with the 8800GT. http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...lash_5.57.html
6. Copy nvflash.exe and cwsdpmi.exe to the root of the flash drive.
7. Put the 8800GT in the PC, be sure to connect the additional power.
8. Reboot your PC and boot from the flash drive. You may have to enter your BIOS settings and tell it to enable USB boot. On my Intel bios this involves pressing F2 at startup, and the option is in the Booting screen of the BIOS.
9. Once the flash drive boots up, type nvflash --save myrom.rom.

The file myrom.rom now contains a copy of the card's firmware.
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I wished I had seen this post earlier, but I am about to catch a flight to Mexico and will be away for a week. I can do it when I get back. However, per your instructions, I do not have a 8800GT! Did you mean the FX5600 instead? Secondly, I also don't have a PC :(

KK
 
kittiyut said:
I wished I had seen this post earlier, but I am about to catch a flight to Mexico and will be away for a week. I can do it when I get back. However, per your instructions, I do not have a 8800GT! Did you mean the FX5600 instead? Secondly, I also don't have a PC :(

KK
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Being away from such a machine for a whole week!? damn i feel sorry for u :(


anyway yeah I meant the Quad instead of 8800. And I think you can do all the steps on the Mac instead of PC.
 
Cindori said:
Is that true??? Can you flash a GTX with FX 5600 rom and use it under OSX??

IF SO

GREAT +REP

Could thread maker please post his rom? :D!
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Even if this were possible the 8800GTX would only at most perform like an 8800GTX, it would not perform like the FX 5600 as there is a hardware lock to prevent turning geforce cards into quadro cards and gaining access to the improvements of the quadro drivers.
 
Haha rofl man, you think I'm saying you can magicly upgrade the 8800 to a quadro card? All im saying is that could be a way of getting a PC GTX to work in Mac Pro. That is not a small thing. It would actually enable all these 2000+ people at
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/geforce8800/signatures.html
to get not only the desired card, but a better one, for roughly the same money.

IF you can flash a 8800GTX with Quadro rom
and
IF a Quadro rom contains older EFI
 
Cindori said:
Haha rofl man, you think I'm saying you can magicly upgrade the 8800 to a quadro card? All im saying is that could be a way of getting a PC GTX to work in Mac Pro. That is not a small thing. It would actually enable all these 2000+ people at
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/geforce8800/signatures.html
to get not only the desired card, but a better one, for roughly the same money.

IF you can flash a 8800GTX with Quadro rom
and
IF a Quadro rom contains older EFI
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Yes I did as many people mistakenly believe it is possible to do this. This stems from it once being possible, 6800GTs to FX 4000s was the last popular one.

People have used the OSX Quadro FX 4500 ROM on PC 7800GTs and assumed they would get the benefits, they didn't of course, but using the ROM worked.
 
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