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Old 16-08-2006, 04:12 PM
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Just a heads up to those looking at getting a Mac Pro and looking at possible options.

for those who haven't seen it this thread on apple's support forum, has a guy claiming that he has slapped a PC ATI 1900 XTX ( i'm assuming non EFI ) card in his Mac Pro and it was recognized and running under OS X.

I wouldn't be rushing out to source one just yet though.
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Old 16-08-2006, 04:14 PM
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I've wondered the same thing. If my 7900GTX would work in a mac pro I'd be one step closer to buying one.
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Old 16-08-2006, 04:17 PM
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Well since Macs are now much more similar to PCs, I'd assume that a PC graphics card would "just work". Seems logical to me! :P
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According to that thread though, they don't unless they have EFI support in the firmware of the cards...
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jerrah @ Aug 16 2006, 05:21 PM) [snapback]205628[/snapback]</div>
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According to that thread though, they don't unless they have EFI support in the firmware of the cards...
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Thats just it though, details are still sketchy, but it looks like if the EFI boot process recognizes the card, the Mac Pro will boot, and run OS X ( as long as OS X has the drivers ). No more "mac-afied" video roms.
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