GeForce GTX 285 and MacPro 2.1 667 MHz Mem ??

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GeForce GTX 285 and MacPro 2.1 667 MHz Mem ??

Hi.

Desperatley looking for a Card to work with my Adobe CS5 and give me hardware Mercury Playback Engine. seems there are few options for the MacPro.
However the GTX 285 does work, but I am not sure if it will work with my 2.1 MacPro with 667 mem speed.

Does anyone have a clue as to whether it will work? I am happy with workarounds if needed 😉

Thanks

Jon

MacPRO 2.1, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 16, 2010 8:58 AM

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The hatter

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Sep 16, 2010 9:15 AM in response to Jpratchett

It will not. Not with Mac OS. Early 2008 or later IS required.

Has to be Mac with 64-bit EFI, not EFI32. No workaround available.

Wait until next century for OpenCL 2.0 and CS7 😉

Not being sold or manufactured.

ATI 5870 isn't available to order, except with new Mac Pros.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC743ZM/A

5770 is a better value, though how well it fits your needs, it is clear that Apple does not support early Mac Pro graphics and for now left out Nvidia.

http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g6.html - 285 vs 5870
http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g4.html
http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g7.html

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Jpratchett Author

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Sep 16, 2010 10:49 AM in response to The hatter

Thank you so much for your prompt reply, I notice in your sig that you run win7. Is the limitation to using a this card the operating system or the hardware/efi. And if I installed windows 7 instead of osx would a standard pc version work?

Thanks again

Jon

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Answer 3

DPArt

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Oct 3, 2010 11:26 PM in response to Jpratchett

There IS a workaround for GTX285 on 1st Gens.

You need a 7300GT in slot 3 or 4 and a little piece of software called ATY_Init.

A little clunky if you only have 1 display, but clunky is cheaper than new Mac.

Read up @ MacRumours or Netkas.org.

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