Anyone figure out how to install a PC vision of ATI x1900xt on a Mac Pro?

[Wintrmte]

So...

Getting back on topic here. Did the PC version of the X1900 XT work?

 

[Mr. Mister]

Its a mini 6 Pin connector on the Motherboard, smaller than the 6 pin power plug on a PC video card, To use my 7800GTX i had to tap into the 2nd bay's CD rom power and use the 4 to 6 pin power adapter that came with the video card.

How long is it till somebody makes a little adapter for the mini-6 on the mobo to the fullsize 6-pin that the cards use?

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

How long is it till somebody makes a little adapter for the mini-6 on the mobo to the fullsize 6-pin that the cards use?

That shouldn't be too hard, all you need are the two connectors and a bit of cable.

 

[Mr. Mister]

It's good to know that there are in fact dedicated GPU power cables, I was getting worried that there'd be some madly propriety way of doing it (this seems to be something that can be overcome with a clever adapter) or that Apple was making its cards underperform to draw less power.

 

[csubear]

Understood. But it should work without the power connector, and if it doesn't, well, for testing, why not place a PC next to it and just use the power connector from that? (Assuming you still have a PC.)

that == bad idea. You may fry your motherboard if the video card is not isolated to the mother board. The pc and the mac will not be sharing a common ground.

 

[macincar]

I've read many of your guys' post and thanks. Just one question, if we want a pc video card working in OSX, what we need to do is a "hardware hack"(add EFI part?) or a "software hack"(flashing rom)?

If it's the "Hardware hack", I'd like to buy a mac version x1900xt. If it's not, I rather wait for the time comes.

 

[timb]

that == bad idea. You may fry your motherboard if the video card is not isolated to the mother board. The pc and the mac will not be sharing a common ground.

As long as the Mac and PC are plugged into the same outlet, or at the very least the same circuit, it will be sharing a common ground. Trust me, this will work.

 

[CyberPrey]

As long as the Mac and PC are plugged into the same outlet, or at the very least the same circuit, it will be sharing a common ground. Trust me, this will work.

It does work, I've tried that with other PC's before...

However, I'm not going to do it to my Mac Pro I can't afford to buy another one, and I can't wait to get it repaired/replaced