by "Giovanni Azua" <bravegag@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Nov 25, 2007 at 01:27 PM
hi,
I was thinking of buying a new Mac Pro too but discarded the
idea precisely for this very same reason i.e. their handful very
limited sup****ted set of video cards. Opted to stay with my
Dell Precision 670 and upgrade it.
When I investigated it turned out that is not a hardware incompatibility
e.g. the 8800 would fit the PCIe and even work from e.g. Windows XP
booted from Boot Camp, the problem is that Mac OS would not
recognize such card and not boot... it is a Mac OS drivers issue
AFAIK. I even remember reading that someone was kept switching
two video cards all the time. It is really a shame on such a big
player and successful monster like Apple.
Regards,
Giovanni
"No One" <aintnoway@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:dofn15-b2v.ln1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I've been thinking about the Mac Pro but noticed that the video options
> available are pretty much at the bottom of each of their respective
> categories. Is the video upgradable via any off the shelf PCI-e card or
> does one have to buy a special "Mac" version? For instance, would an
> nVidia 8800 board work fine in it.
>
> For that matter, why does Apple sell memory upgrades at twice the price
> Kingston does?
