8800 GT cards ARE available for older Mac Pros...

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Frank Einstein wrote:
do you think windows will auto-detect the card, since i used my bootcamp install cd to install the drivers for my current windows installation, would it have the drivers for this card installed or no?
currently using the x1900 right now with just the bootcamp drivers.
Before you swapped cards I would download the nVidia drivers now and put them somewhere on your Windows drive, make a folder for them. I'm not sure if you are using XP or Vista. Vista has a larger driver library (and newer) and I would think would detect it, but I'd still want the latest and greatest from nVidia's site.
Worse that can happen is you'd have to start Windows in Safe Mode (basic VGA drivers) and then run the nVidia driver setup from the file you had previously downloaded.
I just ordered the card for my Mac Pro. I had to downgrade my ATI x1900XT due to stability issues.
Steve

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MikeJamesG wrote:
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carl wolf wrote:
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