Would you buy the GTX 285 right now?

[goMac]

I have a 8800 in my Mac Pro currently, and with SC2 coming, I was thinking about picking up the 285. However, it seems like the 400 series might be coming to Mac sooner rather than later...

Any feedback? I'm not big on buying a 485 right now and using the hacked drivers... I do production work on my system so I need it to be rock solid, and it sounds like the hacked drivers have issues right now.

 

[strausd]

If you can wait do it, but if you need it now then go for it. We still don't know for sure when new GPUs will be out, hopefully soon!

 

[jav6454]

No, not even needing it. Get a GTX 460. Drivers are out or contact Rominator for them.

 

[robotartfashion]

No, not even needing it. Get a GTX 460. Drivers are out or contact Rominator for them.

Hey, I apologize if I sound like an idiot here

So if I buy the PC version of this card and contact said person on the boards I can install it on OSX? How much of a process is it? Does it require flashing of the card?

Thanks for the help Jav

Benji

 

[KevinJ]

I have been following (or atleast trying to) all the gpu threads on here.

I too have been contemplating the 285 but saw 1 or 2 posts about the 460.

I am on a MacPro 1.1 with a flashed ati 4870 card works fine but I need a nvidia cuda card for a gpu based render I am trying to test. Anyone know if there will be a conflict with the 2 cards?

Will zeus be able to flash the 460 card?

KJ