I've read a lot of people complaining about the 8800GT having rather poor quality/buggy drivers under OS X. It's kind of surprising to me to see people in this thread and the other Geforce GTX285 thread(s) talk about waiting for that one/canceling 4870 pre-orders. While I do think that Apple charging $349.99 for what is basically a ~$160-170 card at this point to be completely uncalled for and borderline nauseating, what makes people think that the drivers for the GTX285 are going to be any better than the poor quality ones for the 8800gt?.
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I was wondering this same thing. Is it just hopeful thinking, or is there some reason why we should expect more in the case of the GTX285?
Another question: will the "official" drivers for the 4870 native to 10.5.7 be the same as the ones people are downloading and installing, mentioned above?
Also, is there a thread about 4870 performance / drivers / general goodness on the Mac Pro? I have the 2600 and would really like to upgrade, but only if it is to something stable, non-buggy, and well supported and received. Otherwise, I'll just wait until such a thing exists . . . because while the 2600 isn't the best video card, it's definitely not buggy at all on my MP. And that's something. Still . . .