The Apple Store this week updated its high-end video card selection to include the EVGA GeForce GTX 285. This monster comes with 1GB of DDR3 memory and 240 stream-processors. This makes it the fastest video card Apple sells for its systems. This is important because Snow Leopard will use the GPUs of the video card to accelerate CPU intensive processes like video encoding and decoding.
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******Update: We called EVGA. The PC version will not work in a Mac.*******
The lowest price we could find for the Mac Version of this card is $438.
A word of caution from the comments on Apple's site: You need to make sure you install the driver from the CD BEFORE you install the card in your Mac. If you don't, the system will kernel panic and crash at startup. OSX Snow Leopard will likely have drivers built into the OS install disks. Review and more pictures.
via MacRumors
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The card that is linked to in
The card that is linked to in the article is NOT the Mac version and will not work in a Mac Pro without some firmware hacking (unless booted into windows).
I just received the GTX 285 from Apple (ordered yesterday arrived today standard free shipping) and you must install the drivers before installing the card. The installer requires Mac OS X 10.5.7.
The PC version can be flashed
The PC version can be flashed with a Mac BIOS easily and will run in a Mac.
Writing that BIOS is very hard though, but with one available from the Mac version it has just become incredibly easy to copy it.
Also, custom drivers from the "scene" also allow the PC version to be used.
Flashing ROM: Okay how? Where is the info?
I've heard you guys talking about how easy it is to go out and pick up a card and flash it with the EFI ROM, but nobody provides any information or a location on where. Somebody post something about it.
good to see that Mac's will
good to see that Mac's will finally have hardware options!
thats one of the main reasons that i still have a PC desktop.... because i like options
Adapters
It would be very cool if EVGA comes out with DVI-D Dual Link to Mini Displayport adapter so that the Apple LED Cinema Displays users can enjoy using the product, How hard is it to make an adapter? looking forward to see what EVGA comes up with i'll buy the 285 GTX today if it came with adapters