ChrisG said:Whatever gave you that idea?
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Oh, just guessing
ChrisG said:Whatever gave you that idea?
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Josias said:Oh, just guessing, but now I see BlizzrdBomb saying that the 7950 GX2 "gas everything splattered", and I looked at his article. I saw that it's better than the X1900 XT and all the hi-end nVidia cards, but in that comparison were only 7800, 7900 and 7950 cards, no Quadro cards at all, which is why I'm still in doubt. I still believe the Quadro's are way better, but the sentence that it" had everything else splattered", made me think twice...
wako said:I dont know why you guys keep thinking the 7950 or Nvidia in general has the best card. So far many gamers perfer the x1900xtx as it performs the best. True a 7950 GX2 card can definitely beat it, as can the 7900GTX beat it in some applications (it is pretty much even), but it doesnt lead by much, and you pay a very hefty price for the performance you want. 450 for x1900xtx, 500 for 7900gtx, and a whopping 600 for the 7950GX2. Id rather save the money and still get about the same performance.
Remind you, these cards are built with gamers in mind almost entirely. If you want a professional card, Nvidia provides them in their Quadro line so it is no use in comparing it.
And finally the 7950GX2 WILL NOT work on the Mac Pro more than likely. Why you might ask? Well Ill let the Nvidia webpage answer this one...
Click Here
Right now the ATI Radeon X1900 XT card is offered as a $499 kit, and the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT as a $149 kit at the Apple Store as single line items.Austin-jr said:When Apple finally offered better cards they were available ONLY on NEW built to order machines. No faster Photoshop for you! There is a very small upgrade path to be had, better make the right choice the first time or be stuck.
http://www.apple.com/macpro/graphics.html
tipdrill407 said:I'm not an expert, but i don't see why that wouldn't work if the card works with an EFI computer.
quadgirl said:Barefeats are experts and have added this:
Will graphics cards from the PCI-Express Dual-Core G5 Power Macs work in the Mac Pro? NO.
Will graphics cards from the Mac Pro work in the Dual-Core G5 Power Macs? NO.
Will standard Windows PC graphics cards work in the Mac Pro? NO. They require special firmware to work in the Mac Pro.
Is there support for SLI on the Mac Pro? NO.
http://www.barefeats.com/quad05.html
omfgninja said:Compairing a 7950 to a Quattro is like Apples to Oranges.
omfgninja said:So what? They dont list that motherboard, BFD.
That page is probably more directed toward people who want to build thier own computer.
I went ahead and googled to see if I could come up with a better answer. Heres what I got:
http://www.ipspty.com.au/computers/xeon/x-3.htm
This company sells Xeon Workstations, with the 5000x chipset (The same as the Mac Pro) and they sell the 7950GX2 as an option.
The only problem will be getting drivers. But I dont see any problem with putting the card in there, and then use it under Windows (Most people who are considering a 7950GX2 are probably worried about gaming under windows anyway.)
And honestly, as long as you can stick that card in your Mac and not have it blow up, we will eventualy have drivers. Im sure without a doubt, we will either have offical real drivers, or hacked ones.
Fadl said:Maybe barefeats is wrong. Where did they have those infos from or did they test it themselfes?
quadgirl said:Barefeats has been around for donkey's years. They do their own tests and generally know what they're talking about.
Before they posted that information I couldn't really see how Apple were going to stop people from adding a PC card with the same chipset. Looks like they've still got us over a barrell with VGA cards![]()
aiongiant said:can someone with a 7950 gx2 confirm the rom size of these cards? 64k or 128k?
casue posted in the other thread that apple vid cards use the 128k for both bios for osx and windows
I like tiger directEmrtr4 said:Thanks for the reply on the memory.
Newegg is the best, Newegg+Mac is even better.
Actually in many tests the x1900 scored only 20 fps lower and even outperformed it in some. so the 7950gtx doesnt really blow it out of the water.michaeldmartin said:HAHHAHAHAHHAHA!
You're kidding right? NO!
The x1900 is NOWHERE NEAR as good as the 7950GTX
In fact, the 7950GTX is the best consumer card IN THE WORLD.
No it doesnt... unless you call a 4 fps difference splattering. Your eye cant tell a difference in FPS above 80. so whether it is 100 or 300 it will just look the same. and the 1900xt only scored 3 fps lower than the 7900gt in SLI mode. HA.BlizzardBomb said:Wow, I thought most people knew that nVidia made the fastest cards in the industry![]()
The 7950 GX2 has everything splattered especially when you pump up the resolution and throw some AA in.
I'mAMac said:No it doesnt... unless you call a 4 fps difference splattering. Your eye cant tell a difference in FPS above 80. so whether it is 100 or 300 it will just look the same. and the 1900xt only scored 3 fps lower than the 7900gt in SLI mode. HA.
They already tried it, and it works, but you have to switch displays to! So they are working around it now. They have copied the EFI files of the 7300 rom and put that in a pc 7800. Guess what, it boots into Os X as well! But you still don't have the appropriate drivers to get all the power out of it plus at the downside of the MacPro, you are missing the extra power that you'll need to give to the high-end graphics card. You can however take it from the second DVD drive with a hack/mod. The guys at strangedogs are working on it!!omfgninja said:just a thought....
And knowing all this, I was kinda suprised that no one bought up the idea of dropping a 7950 into the Mac Pro with the intention of ONLY having it run under windows.
At this point, I see Mac Pro users not having drivers, or any other hacks avaible, a worst case scenario.
But if this did happen, why not just pop that 7950 into the 16x lane slot anyway, and then also have a 7300 in one of your 8x lanes (or even 4x).