post-flashed PC video card, in Windows?

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post-flashed PC video card, in Windows?

Hi all,

Just thinking of buying a PC video card and flashing it to make it work in my 2008 Mac Pro. I just have one question--after I flash the card and get it working in OSX, will I need to do anything different when using it in Windows via Boot Camp to get it working there, or will it just automagically work as if it was a native PC video card?

Mac Pro 2008

Posted on Nov 3, 2009 8:27 AM

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The hatter

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Nov 3, 2009 8:42 AM in response to canadave

Lots of ideas here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1

Not all cards work, and cards change so while one model may have worked in the past, it may not flash and worK now.

It depends what you hsve, what you hope to achieve.

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canadave Author

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Nov 3, 2009 9:05 AM in response to The hatter

Hi, thanks for your reply. I don't think I made my question clear enough, sorry about that. I know all about how different cards may be flashable, some models may work and some not, etc.

What I'm asking is, assuming I find a PC card that's flashable, and I flash it successfully so that it works in Mac OSX, will it also work *without any further tweaking* in Boot Camp Windows?

I'm just confused, because if a PC card is flashed to become "a Mac card", thus enabling it to work in OSX, wouldn't that at the same time stop it from working in Windows? Or does a flashed PC card work in both happily?

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The hatter

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Nov 3, 2009 9:30 AM in response to canadave

Mac cards should work in Windows. Even on a PC.

I'd ask in MacRumors.

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bphendri

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Nov 3, 2009 6:45 PM in response to canadave

What kind of PC Card.. I just flashed an eVGA 8800GTX and it works FLAWLESSLY!

I will add.. In both Mac OS X and Windows XP under Boot Camp

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