What Video Card

[zion07]

I have a late 2008, 2.8 quad core Mac Pro.

My GeForce 8800GT just took a dump and I am so confused as to what cards I can replace it with.

I don't really wanna spend an arm and a leg but i do game with my machine. Can anyone point me to which cards are compatible? What can I put in there with good performance?

Please help...I'm sooo frustrated.....

 

[Hellhammer]

ATI 5770 is decent deal, 250$ IIRC

 

[zion07]

Can I use any 5770 or does it need to be Mac proprietary?

 

[Hellhammer]

Can I use any 5770 or does it need to be Mac proprietary?

You need the Mac version. If you waited, you could probably flash a PC version but as you need it now, just buy the Apple version

 

[zion07]

I sincerely appreciate the help. Have a great day!!!

 

[zion07]

Any Other Options?

Does anyone else have any suggestions other than the 5770? It's amazing that there aren't more options for sucha widely used machine! wow....

Anyone???

 

[CaptainChunk]

Does anyone else have any suggestions other than the 5770? It's amazing that there aren't more options for sucha widely used machine! wow....

Anyone???

Welcome to being a Mac Pro owner. Outside of flashing, your readily available options are:

1. GeForce GT 120 ($149 through Apple) - but it's a significant downgrade from your 8800 GT.

2. Radeon HD 4870 ($349 through Apple) - but the 5770 is roughly equivalent in performance for $100 less.

3. Radeon HD 5770 ($249 through Apple) - see above. Also noteworthy is that the 5770 supports DX11 in Windows.

4. Quadro FX 4800 ($1799 through Apple) - expensive professional workstation graphics card. Its additional features are worthless to the typical user.