I have this card in my MacPro, but will be getting the ATI 3870 and will either sell the Nvidia or give it to my brother for his PC.
Will it work in any PC that has PCIE?
Will it work in any PC that has PCIE?
the 8800gt is better than the 3870 so im curious as to why?
the 8800gt is better than the 3870 so im curious as to why?
I have this card in my MacPro, but will be getting the ATI 3870 and will either sell the Nvidia or give it to my brother for his PC.
Will it work in any PC that has PCIE?
He originally asked about the 8800 Mac version use in a PC.One would of thought it would work trouble free, without flashing. After all the Mac version does have dual-rom, making it compatible with both the Mac side and under bootcamp.
He originally asked about the 8800 Mac version use in a PC.
Are you sure this one also has dual ROM?
I knew the 3870 did, but was under the impression the 8800 didn't, hence the need to flash it, assuming it had a large enough ROM capacity (128K).
I took it from another approach. As I understand it, Apple made the adjustments to the 8800's design for use in a Mac. Hardware wise, just spec'd a larger ROM. Then developed the firmware, which is EFI. When you enter Boot Camp, it then relys on BIOS Emulation for it to function, just as the the logic board does.I would of thought the Mac version of 8800GTS will have EFI ROM and standard PC ROM, since it works both inside OSX and Windows.... but this was under bootcamp. And I know the ROM capacity on the Mac card is one and half, that of the PC.
Assuming he/she has the inclination.For the best result, if the OP has access to a PC, he/she should try it.
Won't cause the card any harm either way. At worst, the card will refuse to powerup!!