Anyone experience flashing a NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800ULTRA (PC-version) for Mac Pro 3.1 ...?

I have a NVIDIA GeForce 8800ULTRA (that I bought new, a few years ago, for my PC) that I would like to use (if possible) for my Mac Pro 3.1
I know... There are 8800GT's for the Mac Pro 1.1 & 2.1 ...
But the 8800ULTRA was the flagship, so I would like to use it for my Mac Pro, if possible.
Anyone experience in flashing video cards...?

As the User Tip indicates, there are tradeoffs. It will not work "just like a genuine Mac" card:
If you are Meet ALL of these:
• running 10.8.3 or later AND
• don't care about "no boot screens" etc AND
• can re-wire or otherwise "work out" the power cabling, THEN:
You can use many more cards, even most "PC-only cards".

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