Im looking to upgrade the graphics on my Mac Pro 1,1 (currently has an ATI 5770). I pretty much only use it in bootcamp with windows 7 64 bit. I'm not going to buy the 5870 because the price is outrageous and its capability would be wasted on my machine. Would a PC card work in boot camp on my Mac Pro?
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 1,1
What do you want to do that the 5770 does not do for you?
yed. gaming?
Max settings gaming @1080p while screen recording, Autodesk 3DSMax and Inventor, Adobe After Effects. Mainly for gaming though.
So some of that would benefit from CUDA, and depends on your budget and level of performance.
People though are saying now is not the time to invest in building a PC when Intel seems near to having new processors and support for Ivy.
You are limited by our PCIe 1.1 bus though and that will always hurt, limits even buying flashed PC cards.
Ideal of course is even pre-built PC and throw in a good card.
Something with 2GB or more VRAM. CS6 users for example want GTX 570 w/ 2.5GB (or more), and 580 are better for now.
Someone did a write-up on how they got SLI working with theirs. But they have PCIe 2.x and two 16x slots.
http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1
I assume you got past the issue with installing and booting Windows 7 or later DVD (I cheat and use a PC then move the Windows drive before it has restarted over to my 1,1).
It was definately a pain to get 64 bit win 7 on there. I did it like a year ago, and I honestly don't remember what I did...
Say I bought the GTX 570 or 580 you mentioned; how much work would it take to get it to work in my machine (I'm not talking OSX here, just windows)?
imgburn to patch windows dvd is a pita and not worth the effort compared to the ease of a off the shelf pc
PC Graphics in Mac Pro with Bootcamp
