1. Update Mac Graphics Driver

Just a quick reality check - The 8800 just became available - it is totally unsupported by Apple, and putting one in a Mac forces you to give up OSX as long as the card is there. The card manufacturers like BFG don't support this card in the Mac. There are no official or unofficial drivers for OS X. The Windows drivers are early versions that will doubtless see much revision to iron out bugs and performance deficiencies. It also needs two power cables which, as you can see from this thread, means either a jury rig or a few extra parts from newegg, plus noticably higher electric bills and brownouts every time you boot up your computer. The 'Titan' drivers may or may not provide a solution of sorts but bear in mind that these are not optimized for any card in particular and therefore will not necessarily provide good performance. A lot of development is still needed and it won't happen over night. For mac os x free mixmeister fusion 7.7.0.1 dl bittorrent.

If you have a Mac Pro and - want the 8800 for bragging rights - want to tinker with the 'Titan' drivers and the 8800 series - don't mind giving up OS X and running Windows all the time or - don't mind constantly swapping video cards whenever booting into a different OS Then go ahead and get the most powerful video card in existence at the moment. Otherwise an OEM Apple X1900XT will give you most of the performance you could desire and will work in either OS X or Windows. I hope people keep tinkering with this, but keep in mind this is well beyond the state-of-the-Mac.it will probably be several months before we get new video cards (and thus, Apple ROM files to hack). Don't expect an elegant solution to show up anythime soon. Still, it's nice to know that Mac owners these days at least have the option of putting the latest high-end gaming cards in their Mac Pro.even if it isn't officially sanctioned. You are right Lord.

I agree with everything you say. It is a pain to switch vid cards for OSX indeed. I still have not tested it for compatability with this card and I dont have such high hopes.

Update Mac Graphics Driver

The only reason I did it is because I game alot and use the mac pro as a high end workstation for Poser and Vue 6 Inf, and I also play alot of games. The prob is, using the 30' apple display that I use, if you want to game at the high rez of the monitor, you need the horsepower of the latest and greatest cards.

Yes its a pain to switch and im not too inclined to try that hack to let you use it in OSX and i'll probably kill the OS in trying, but its nice to have a machine that is capable of doing the best of both words. Click to expand.Your computer will probably not even start. I hooked my x1900 and a 10kRPM HD up to the optical line and the computer refused to turn on-the power light would turn on and immediately turn off. The 8800 takes way more power, so it probably wouldn't even work with the whole power-line dedicated to it. Use the PCIe power from the mobo-it's just a $30 cable and it'll save you a huge headache.

I'm using an external PSU for my vid card at present, I'll be buying a cable as soon as they come down in price. Your computer will probably not even start. I hooked my x1900 and a 10kRPM HD up to the optical line and the computer refused to turn on-the power light would turn on and immediately turn off. The 8800 takes way more power, so it probably wouldn't even work with the whole power-line dedicated to it. Use the PCIe power from the mobo-it's just a $30 cable and it'll save you a huge headache. I'm using an external PSU for my vid card at present, I'll be buying a cable as soon as they come down in price. Click to expand.first - it grabs it's power source from the motherboard.

There are 6 pin pci express power sockets on the motherboard. So the x1900 connects thiere for power unfortunetly it's not standard connector it's been modified by apple so it's smaller than normal. When you buy the x1900 from apple they provide you with that 'booster cable' second - the x1900 uses a single 6pin pci express power source althought the 8800 GTX requires much more power so it will need 2 of them.

Required max of 180W of power. And yes the Mac Pro does have 2 sockets on the motherboard for 6 pin connectors. Both connectors can outpiut max of 225W so should be enough althought i myself have yet to buy the 8800 whihc i'm planning to soon. Gonna by the 6 pin power connectors too you can buy it from.

At $30 a piece i'll keep you guys posted when i get it.