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My MVC Flashed GTX 1080
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For those of us in the UK & EU MacStore UK (MVC's official contact over here) now have 1070s and 1080s listed. ££££ naturally....
Bloody hell, that GTX 1070's a bit pricey. Converting those good ol' British Pounds in to Euros comes out at around €680...that means I'm paying over €260 just to see a boot screen.
Think I'll be sticking with my old GT 120 and an off the shelf graphics card.
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Considering that answer, what is your exact relationship to MVC or their partners? As OP this could easily be hidden promotion if you either got a discount for it or work for them, which should violate the forum rules.
^^^^There's a sceptic in every crowd. My only relationship to MVC is I am a customer. Nothing more, nothing less. Since I did business with him in the past, long before the birth of his site (My last three cards have been flashed by him), I have his eMail address. Since he is banned here, I let him know that there was was a couple of unhappy people here. This morning he returned the eMail, expressing sorrow and told me that all eMails had been answered. Since I had this information, I thought I would share.
I hope that answers your question.
Lou
I hope that answers your question.
Lou
You noobs need to do research before buying. As evidenced by countless threads here, the man is busy and sometimes slow to respond to emails. But he always comes through. Never heard of him stiffing anyone.
Before calling anyone noob, you should read more carefully. No one was implying that Macvidcards was "stiffing" anyone. We just wanted our cards flashed and were worried from the lack of response to our questions would delay our projects. I myself have purchased cards and flashing services from him on multiple occasions, furthermore I am quite thankful to him for the services he provides to the Mac enthusiast community.
^^^^Nvidia driver is nice to have and use. but not necessary on cards up to and including the GTX 780, the one with the A chip. A flashed card will show a boot screen and work with Apple drivers. The GTX 980 and up require the Nvidia web driver whether flashed or not.
Lou
Lou
Can you tell me where to get the right cable to power the 8 pin 1070/1080? I can't find it here in The Netherlands. Any tips?
The flashed card will work with Apple driver?
I think those new card only drive by the EFI until Nvidia driver kicks in. And no Apple driver avail for them.
And those old card can work with Apple driver regardless if the card is flashed or not.
So, do you mean a flashed Maxwell or Pascal card can provide certain level of acceleration even web driver not installed yet. Am I missing something?
I understand your last sentence, that's why I asked. That particular sentence about "flash card can work with Apple driver" doesn't match to what I know. As I said. And as your last sentence stated. The new card must work with web driver.
And for older card, they can work with Apple driver regardless flashed or not. And I cannot think a single card that will work with Apple driver if flashed, and cannot work with Apple driver if unflashed. That's why I ask.
I totally understand that you are trying to help the others by sharing your experience. So do I. I just want to make things clear, and make sure the others won't go to flash the card because they believe only flashed card can run with Apple driver.
@Filin , You can boot into 10.4 Tiger with flashed R9 280X (i did), but it doesn't work with Apple drivers, it is just EFI initializing the screen. It is good enough to get some things done (for example - installing web drivers).
That's my understanding as well, it's drives by the EFI, but not Apple driver.
I am just a beginner in this area. I really have no idea how this MVC EFI work. As I can think of, there can be 3 cases. (All assume MVC flashed and no web driver yet)
1) EFI work at boot. And no Apple driver avail for that card. So, the display is coming from the EFI.
2) EFI work at boot, and able to confuse MacOS that is another card, which allow the OS provide other driver for this particular card to work. Well below the optimum performance, and may be buggy, but the screen is actually driven by the driver at some stage.
3) EFI work at boot, and native Apple driver available to this card. In the case, the driver will take over at some stage during boot.
So, my understanding is for both Maxwell and Pascal card. They belongs to case 1.
For other card, they belongs to case 3.
And no card belongs to case 2.