nVidia and 2010 Mac Pro

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Ned Soltz Author

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nVidia and 2010 Mac Pro

Has anyone successfully run either any of the nVidia cards on a 2010 Mac Pro?

Posted on Nov 10, 2010 7:27 AM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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Nov 10, 2010 8:03 AM in response to Ned Soltz

Any card that ran on 2008 or later will of course. Like GTX 285, definitely the GT 120.

You don't say what "either any" refers to (fill in the blank).

What I haven't seen done natively as is would be a GTX 400 series.

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Ned Soltz Author

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Nov 11, 2010 8:02 AM in response to The hatter

Thanks... by "either" I meant the two cards Apple marketed with most recent MacPro's-- the GTX 285 or the Quadro FX4800. I figured that to be the case, and I appreciate your confirming.

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The hatter

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Nov 11, 2010 9:01 AM in response to Ned Soltz

Ned,

Some people have been unsure and asked if even the GT120 which shipped as OEM in 2009, so there are at least three Nvidia that are 'recent' and GT120 is still currently available. More than can be said about ATI/AMD.

I thought 10.6.5 might result in some more cards being taken off the "unavailable" list 😟

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Zach84

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Nov 15, 2010 9:38 AM in response to Ned Soltz

bump

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DPArt

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Nov 18, 2010 5:40 PM in response to Zach84

The posted Nvidia Quadro drivers also contain support for GTX480.

Not sure how they would power it but the card works great in 10.6.5 with these new drivers.

I would guess that a consumer lever Nvidia card may be in works.

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