Ati xt1900 and nvidia 7300

do you think it could be a problem to install an ati graphic board with the existing Nvidia7300 on my Mac Pro running Leopard?
thanks
Message was edited by: Lele PH.

I think you'll get better answers in the "Expandind your MAc pro" forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1125
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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ATI Primary and Nvidia Secondary for Hardware MPE Acceleration

Hi everyone,
I'm not sure if this has been discovered yet. I think it is very exciting, and very important for anyone with an AMD (ATI) GPU who wants hardware MPE acceleration.
It is possible to use Hardware MPE acceleration while using an ATI video card as your primary adapter, and a lesser CUDA Nvidia GPU as a secondary adapter not connected to any monitor.
My system:
CPU: 1090T
Mobo: 890GX
RAM: 8 1333
RAID: No
GPU1: 5870
GPU2: GTS 450
As you can see, I have a Nvidia and AMD GPU in the same system. The 5870 is obviously by far the most powerful of the two, and it is what I use to record rendered footage using FRAPS.
Recently, I became aware of the powers of hardware MPE. I concluded that the best way to obtain HMPE and maintain my FRAPS recording was to purchase a GTX 480. However, this was out of my wallets league as I could not sell the 5870.
I was already aware that PhysX (A CUDA physics calculation library) could only be run on Nvidia CUDA GPUs (Like HMPE). Many Nvidia card users used secondary CUDA cards to accelerate physics calculation in games. ATI card users could not use a secondary Nvidia card for physics calculation as the Nvidia driver locked down PhysX in the presence of an active ATI GPU. Luckily a clever fellow called GenL managed to hack the Nvidia drivers to force PhysX to work in the presence of an ATI GPU.
I hypothesised that if I performed that hack, HMPE would gain access to CUDA in a similar fashion to PhysX, thus allowing me to buy a far cheaper GTS 450 and pair it as an HMPE renderer with my 5870. After buying a GTS 450, I failed at implementing the hack and was about to give up.
HMPE worked when my monitor was connected to the GTS 450, but if i tried to start PPro with the 5870 connected to any monitor HMPE was unavailable.
I had two monitors connected to my GTS 450, and was playing around with adding stupid amounts of HMPE accelerated effects to an AVCHD clip. Realising that it was impractical to constantly switch the DVI cable from 5870 to GTS 450 I decided to leave my primary monitor connected to the 5870 and give up on HMPE. So, I reached around behind my computer and did it, but crucially did not quit PPro before I did so.
When the screen flickered back to life, the yellow HMPE preview bar was still yellow. The timeline still scrubbed perfectly smoothly. HMPE was still working with a 5870 as the primary monitor: The PPro window was on the 5870 monitor, and the 5870 was rendering the window!
I found that provided I did not close PPro, I could switch between HMPE and SMPE at will, all while using the 5870 as the primary adapter.
I tested this using a 10 second composition of 3 AVCHD 1920x1080 Clips with CC, drop shadow, gaussian blur, edge feather, Basic 3D, transform, Ultra Key, drop shadow applied, rotatating amongst each other. I could still switch even if the 5870 was the only card connected to a monitor.
Rendering this test clip via PPro direct export takes 30 seconds in HMPE mode with the 5870 and 1.43 in SMPE mode with the 5870.
However: Rendering performance in AME stays the same whether I selected HMPE or SMPE. I believe this is because AME is a separate application that 're-detects' the ATI card and disables HMPE before beginning the encode, in the same manner that restarting PPro while using the 5870 removes the HMPE option. Rendering the clip in SMPE and HMPE modes using the GTS 450 gave the same 30 second vs 1.43 minute result.
Therefore, as long as you are happy to encode via direct PPro export you will still see the benefit of HMPE while using an AMD card as the primary adapter.
I hope this is as terribly excited to other users of ATI cards as it was for me. This has saved me several hundred dollars.
Cheers,
NS2HD

Interesting results. I own a system manufactured by BOXX, a system developer out of Texas who really knows their stuff. I had asked them if it would be possible to purchase a CUDA enabled card and put it in my secondary slot and use it for MPE while maintaining my current (nvidia) card to run my monitors (also giving me the ability to run four screens). They said that no, according to the Adobe developers they were working with, Premiere could only use MPE off the CUDA card if the monitor previewing your work was plugged into that card. I guess they were wrong!
Also, from my understanding, you don't see lesser results with AME because it's a separate program that starts separately, you see the lesser results because it has not yet been coded to take advantage of CUDA.

ATI 4870 AND NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT together ?

hello. i have a mac pro 1.1 with the stock NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT video card. I will receive a new ATI Radeon HD 4870 card today and was wondering if it was possible to have both cards installed and if this wold provide a performance boost (ie will rendering videos utilize the power of both combined etc) . Also, i would like the option of having 3 displays . So 2 questions,
1. can i have both cards installed at once?
2. and if yes, will it provide benefits or problems/conflicts ?
thanks
Mac Pro 1,1 , 5GB Ram , Latest Snow Leopard , Mac 20ish" Display, and Sony Bravia 52" as display using dvi-hdmi cable .

I've run the 4870 together with the 7300gt; there were no problems whatsoever. You'll be able to run 4 monitors, other than that there are no other benefits. This is under OSX.
Note though, if you're running windows under bootcamp, with both cards installed you will likely run into driver conflicts. Best to keep to the same "clan" (ATI or Nvidia) when booting in windows.

ATI and Nvidia cards together?

Is it possible to run an Nvidia card with an ATI card simultaneously? I have a 2007 mac pro with the stock 7300gt. I need another graphics card for a third monitor and would like to purchase the new ATI 3870. Does anyone here have an Nvidia and ATI card running together? Are there any issues? Thanks.

Hi Ashuta,
With respect, I think you confused it. I replied to dualrecto's question. As I didn't want to assume what he meant, I took the opportunity to answer to it in relation to both OS X and Windows. His question concerned the 7300 and the 3870, not the latter and 8800.
I haven't seen any info that the 8800 and the 3870 could run together in OS X. However, as was written in the Macnn post that I linked to in the second of the two Apple Discussions links you included, the "no-mixing of video card rule" apparently doesn't apply to the newer Mac Pros. Since the ATi 2600 and the nVidia 7300 work simultaneously under OS X perhaps the 8800 and the 3870 will also work under OS X (and saying that, perhaps it will be possible to run also the combo dualrecto is seeking).
Whether you should switch to the 3870: I guess it depends on what you want to use the cards for. The 8800 is superior in 3D rendering provided the application can take advantage of it's OpenGL functions. Which is why it does well as a gaming card. If not, it seems the 3870 is a better bet: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/ATI3870_Mac_PC_review/radeonhd3870review.html.
Good luck!
/p

NVIDIA 7300 vs ATI HD 2600 (on iMac)

Trying to compare the current top-end iMac to the current bottom-end Mac Pro. It's quite tricky! My particular area of interest is editing High Def videos in FCE. Also running Parallels with Windows XP.
I'm curious to know how the iMac's ATI Radeon HD 2600 compares to the NVIDIA 7300 GT. I know that the ATI 1900 is supposed to run rings around the NVIDIA, but what about the HD 2600?
Also, how can one compare the 2.8GHz Core2 extreme to a pair of 2.66 "Woodcrests"?
I really like the expandability of the Mac Pro (the first thing I'd do is sling a couple of 1TB disks in).
Of course I'm also watching what upgrades come out this quarter, but money IS an issue, and I'm hoping that we'll see a lot of cheap current generation Mac Pro's around that I could buy with 24" screen for a similar amount of money as a comparable iMac.

The 8800GT is known to be a killer performer, only being around 10% slower than their fastest card, the 8800 Ultra.
It is also, roughly, 2X faster than the X1900 XT. I can;t wait for Apple to sell the upgrade.
The rest of the Mac Pro's - comparing the 3.0 GHz Harpertown vs my current 3.0 Clovertown shows almost no difference - 10% or so. I am surprised with all the extra memory bandwidth and the greater cache and the faster dividers and all that the speed difference is so low.
The 2.8 Harpertowns are essentially as fast as the 3.0 Clovertown's, perhaps even faster. Faster still with the 8800GT card, yet almost $1,000 cheaper than the 3.0 system was yesterday - and with BT and an extra GB of RAM to boot.
I'd say that's a great move by Apple.

MSI 4670 Video Card and NVIDIA/ATI drivers on K8NGM2-FID

I installed an MSI R4670-2D512 video card yesterday and had a problem with drivers that I'd like to understand better. What I did was uninstall all the NVIDIA drivers, install the board, install the ATI drivers, and update the ATI drivers (with reboots). In the end, I had no LAN connection, and XP's hardware warnings (and Device Manager) showed no "Other PCI Bridge," "SM Bus Control," and "Video Controller." Reinstalling drivers from the motherboard's CD got all those going again, but I'm wondering if that's created any underlying NVIDIA/ATI conflicts. I've disabled GeForce 6150 under Display Adapters, leaving the 4670. That covers the video controller, but should I do the same for the other two? And should I have even needed any of the three? Thanks.

Quote from: BOSSKILLER on 22-November-08, 03:56:04
"I've disabled GeForce 6150 under Display Adapters, leaving the 4670. That covers the video controller, but should I do the same for the other two? And should I have even needed any of the three? Thanks."[/i]
Show us what you mean.
Actually, I misspoke: video controller and Display Adapters were in different categories. What do you want to see? Under Display Adapters, both the ATI 4670 and GeForce 6150 are listed. I disabled the latter (right click, disable), so there's a red X through it now. The three yellow '?' that were under Device Mgr > "Other Devices" are no longer there. They were listed at the time under "Other Devices," but once those motherboard CD's drivers were reloaded they dispersed to other locations with new names and the Other Devices category disappeared. I'm guessing one of those three is now called the "NVidia NForce Networking Controller," since when the problem arose there was only a "1394 Net Adapter" under Network Adapters. I couldn't find the other two, hence I wouldn't know what to show you.

NVidia 7300 GT

Hi,
I have a late 2007 model of Intel Mac Pro. It has a nVidia 7300 GT graphics card. I was wondering if i could add another one. Is there a Mac Specific 7300 GT ? or can i install the normal PC version of it?
Thanks In Advance.

You need a card made for the Mac Pro. (Are you really running OSX 10.4.1?)
Apple is no longer selling any NVIDIA cards that work with your Mac Pro, but their ATI card will work (despite Apple saying it's for only 2008 and 2009 Mac Pros) if you upgrade to OSX 10.5.7
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB999ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=NDE4NDMxOA>
The nVidia 7300 GT is available used
<http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-Pro-PCI-E-Nvidia-GeForce-7300-GT-7300GT-Video-CardW0QQitemZ280371698116QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item41477499c4&trksid=p3286.c0.m14>
as is the NVIDIA 8800 GT. Be sure to get the one for the 2006-2007 Mac Pro. There is a different version for the later Mac Pros that won't work in yours. It also will require you update to OSX 10.5.7
<http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-GeForce-8800-GT-512MB-Video-Card-intel-Mac-Pro-0607W0QQitemZ250470444658QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a5133ae72&trksid=p3286.c0.m14>

DVI to Component video w/ MacBook Pro and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M card...

I just got a new MacBook Pro with the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M video card. On the NVIDIA website for the card, it states:
"Integrated HDTV encoder provides analog TV-output (Component/Composite/S-Video) up to 1080i/1080p resolution".
I have a Sony HDTV that only has component video (Y Pr Pb) inputs (the red/green/blue inputs). It is capable of HD up to 1080i.
If the NVIDIA card does output an analog TV (Component) signal, it should work. However, when I went to the place that sells the DVI-to-Component adapter, I got some bad news:
See it here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E8V0YI/ref=pdluc_sbs_0202
I wrote a question to the Sewell folks about this product and asked this:
Will this work with the dual link DVI-I port on my macbook pro? Graphics card info: Nvidia 8600 GT 256MB of GDDR3 memory Here is the link to the card's site: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8600.html
They answered:
Unfortunately this will not work. While the GPU may support the function, the Mac Version of the cards do not implement the component signal.
I think they are still thinking about the older MacBooks that use the ATI chipset and don't know about the new NVIDIA cards.
Is component really not implemented in the new MacBook Pros?
I have the 17" model that has more VRAM than the 15" and I got the HD screen upgrade.
Does anyone know any solution that will work with the MacBook Pro with the NVIDIA chipset? As I said, I'm trying to output an HD signal from the DVI port on the MacBook Pro to component video input on my HD television.
Thanks for the help.

Sorry, the website for the Sewell adapter is here:
http://sewelldirect.com/dvivideoadapter.asp

Any known problems with 2.6.32.5 kernel, xorg 1.7.3.902 and nvidia 190

Hi everybody.
Last update I did was when xorg 1.7.x (where x is between 1 and 3, dont remember), and it broke my xorg, I had some glitches with graphics, and x randomly crashed.
Now xorg 1.7.3, kernel 2.6.32.5 and nvidia 190.53 is here for pretty long time and as arch suer I feel committed to update
So i read the forum here a bit, and havent found any particular issues that broke the system, but I want to be safe.
I got nvidia geforce 6600 agp if it does matter.
So is there any particular issues that can arise after updating?
Thanks a lot!

Similar problem here, after updating xorg and nvidia driver the system freezes with nvidia logo on display and caps lock and scroll lock leds blinking.
I got nvidia geforce 7300.
Any solution to this besides downgrading?

Mac Pro 3.1 (early 2008) and nVIDIA Quadro FX5600

Hi all,
I am triying to install nVIDIA Quadro FX5600 on a Mac Pro 3.1 (early 2008).
Well, indeed I have been using this graphics card in this computer already, however, a few hours after installing the card, I updated the Mac OS, and there began the problems.
Characteristics:
-Mac Pro 3.1 (early 2008)
-2 x 2,8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
-12GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
Graphics cards:
-slot 1: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
-slot 2: nVIDIA Quadro FX5600
The story is a little bit long, however I think it is important to give the maximum information:
1-I purchased the nVIDIA Quadro FX5600, and took the computer and the card to an apple reseller to install it.
2-They installedit, physically, in slot 2, and left in slot 1 the ATI Radeon, the card included in the computer when I purchased it.
3-They told me that after installing the drivers in Mac OS 10.10.2, when restarting the computer after installing, they had kernel panic problems.
4-They installed the card in another Mac computer with Mac OS 10.9.5 to check if the card was compatible with Mac, and it worked perfectly.
5-And finally, "they say", that they repeated the same operation than in point 2 and 3, also in my computer, and this time they didn't have kernel panic problems. So I took the computer at home, ready to use my new graphics card
6-When I arrived at home, I worked about 4/5 hours with the computer, and before ending the day and closing the computer, I installed two Mac updates. One of them was a security update and the other one an iMovie update. The first one worked, however the iMovie one didn't, it gave an error. I decided to give no importance and close the app store.
7-Just after closing the app store, it appeared a message from nVidia controller, saying that there was a new update. So I install it, and once installed, it recommended to restart the computer, so I restarted.
8-When the computer restarted, before loading the Mac OS desktop, they appeared the kernel panic problems, and seconds after the computer restarted automatically again. The same thing continuosly, all the time.
9-The computer's disk is divided into two parts, Mac OS and Windows 7 professional. So I decided to erase all the content in the Mac OS part and install the OS 10.10.2 again from zero (I have a copy in time machine of all my documents).
10-Once Mac OS 10.10.2 (14C1510) installed again, I have installed the Quadro & Geforce Mac OS X driver release 343.02.02 again which is the driver compatible with the operative system.
11-The same problem has occured, when restarting the computer after installing the drivers, the same problem as in point 3 occurs again.
12-I repeated the same operation as in point 9 and 10, however, this time, before restarting the computer after installing the nVIDIA drivers, I installed the CUDA 6.5.46 driver, and the same problem has occured.
The key is that the computer has been working with this graphics card, however, the story has turned crazy...
Anyone has experienced the same problems? Any clue about it?
Many thanks in advanced!

You probably read how that 10.10.2 security update changed the build number of the OS, how Apple is still using really old Nvidia driver from 10.8.2.
So called "Security Update 2015-002" from today will purposely break nVidia drivers! ( 1 2 3)
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1853748
Mixing ATI and Nvidia in older versions of Windows was a no-no.
With 10.10 I would ditch the 2600XT, it is doing nothing for you except taking up a slot.
you really just could ask and no need to drag 60 lbs and have someone else put a GPU in and attach the 6-pin aux power.
Another site along with MacIntouch to check daily and keep your eye on:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/
Nvidia Graphics Driver Update for OS X 10.10.2 w/Security Update 2015-002
Nvidia download page for Graphics driver 343.02.02f03 for OS X 10.10.2 (build 14C1510). Here's a clip from the main D/L page tab (other than version info typical boilerplate).
"New in Release 343.02.02f03
Graphics driver updated for OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 (14C1510) Contains performance improvements and bug fixes for a wide range of applications.
Includes NVIDIA Driver Manager preference pane."
See linked page for more info. (As of March 12th post date still links to Cuda 6.5.46 from January 28th but that could change.)

Late 2006, 24" iMac, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Screen Tearing, nVidia 7300

Late 2006, 24" iMac, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Screen Tearing, nVidia GeForce 7300 GT
I've been suffering with screen tearing, strange screen artifacts, etc. followed by totally unresponsive freezing machine. This problem has been happening to varying degrees for about 9 months.
Initially, I was able to mitigate the problem with smcFanControl. Adjusting the fan speeds up helped keep the machine cool and prevent most of the problems. Recently, we had a spell of hot weather and the fans just couldn't keep up. If you're using smcFanControl, the only fan speed that will really make a difference is the CPU. The HDD and ODD fans are no where near where you need to be.
Also, I noticed the machine was LOADED with dust when I took it apart, including the heat sink fins for the graphics card. If you have time you may want to try a thorough cleaning with compressed air before replacing the card. You just need to get through step 11 below to access what needs to be cleaned.
Based on reading here and elsewhere, I decided to replace the graphics card. To give back to the community, I wanted to layout the procedure here.
Where to buy the card.
I had a tough time finding the right card. I did exhaustive web searches using every combination of Nvidia 7300 GT, etc. You really need to search by the Apple part number. The Apple part number for the 7300 is 661-4179, for the 7600 is 661-4180. I found it at We Love Macs and at dv warehouse. I paid $248 for the 7600 card. BE CAREFUL buying a "refurbished" card. At We Love Macs, "refurbished" means "pulled from a working machine." Could be a machine with as much mileage as yours and prone to the same failures as yours.
The card is an MXM style card (generally used in laptops), with a giant heat sink and heat pipe assembly. The card can be separated from the heat assembly. If I had time, I would have tried a generic, cheaper, MXM style card.
Dispelling some myths.
People here and elsewhere have said that no Intel iMac graphics card can be replaced, that they're wedded to the logic board. The one on this model can be replaced, I've done it. Also, some have said you can't put a 256MB, 7600 GT in a machine that originally had a 128MB, 7300 GT. Also, not true. That's what I did to my machine and it is working fine.
So here's the step-by-step on my take apart and replacement. This is just one user helping out others, PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK. This takes about 1 1/2 hours to take apart and 2 to put back together.
1) Install the iStat widget and monitor the temperatures for a few days and record the temperatures (to be able to verify that you've completed the repair correctly later)
2) Make a complete backup of any internal drives and make sure the backup will be bootable (use Carbon Copy Cloner)
3) Use static safeguards, like an anti-static wrist strap.
4) Get a pen a stack of paper envelopes to separate and label the pieces you remove.
5) You'll need a #2 Phillips and #6, 8, 10 Torx. Most of the screws at T-8. There are 8 T-8s holding in the LCD. They are about 1 1/4" down. You'll need a long, skinny T-8 to get to them.
6) Unplug the machine and place it on it's back on a large white sheet of paper.
7) Remove RAM door, #2 Phillips x 2.
8) Remove RAM.
9) Remove 4 T-8s along bottom.
10) Remove large rectangular plastic bezel surrounding the whole machine, tilt up being careful not to stress iSight cables. You'll need to stretch it around the RAM ejection tabs.
11) Detach two iSight cables.
12) Peel up black stickers at lower corners of speakers.
13) Remove LCD screws, T-8 x 8. You'll probably drop a few, they're pretty easy to retrieve.
14) Remove two retaining screws on right hand LCD cable. T-6 x2 Unplug cable.
15) Remove LCD inverter cable, left.
Start unplugging everything connected to the logic board.
16) Unplug cable coming from right speaker. Note cable routing, it is the only one that's a little tricky. Also, note that the left one plugs in on the right and the right one plugs in on the left.
17) Remove right speaker. T-10 Note: left and right speaker screws are different lengths.
18) Unplug ODD blower cable.
19) Unplug ODD temp cable and lift up tape.
20) Unplug HDD blower cable.
21) Unplug the HDD temp cable.
22) Unplug the camera & mic cable.
23) Unscrew the clamp securing the airport card (has two antenna cables going to it, labeled PCIE), T-6 x 2
24) Unplug SATA cable.
25) Unplug Power cable, thick black plastic harness, socket.
26) Unplug ambient temp cable.
27) Unscrew the bluetooth card, T-6 x2.
28) Unplug CPU blower cable.
29) Unplug power button cable, 2 conductor, tiny cable, bottom left.
30) Unscrew left speaker, T-10, unplug from logic board, but just leave dangling, no need to remove cable completely.
31) Remove logic board screws. Be careful to segregate them, they have different lengths and different thread pitches and thread types. Some are machine threads going into metal, some are coarse threads going into plastic.
31a) Heat sink frame to case T-8 x 2
31b) Logic board to case T-8 x 3
31c) Screws at heat sink from arrows T-8 x 3
31d) Logic board at bottom near RAM slot T-8 x 2
32) Unplug ODD ribbon cable, be extremely careful. Release plastic tabs on each side to remove. Be sure it is fully and evenly seated when you put it back later.
33) Remove logic board with attached graphics card.
34) Unplug graphics card heat sink sensor cable at logic board end.
35) Remove graphics card screws 2 x T-6
36) Remove single screw from small L-bracket on heat sink 1 x T-6
Replace graphics card.
Reverse steps, put everything back together. Be careful not to pinch any cables when you put the logic board back in. When you put the LCD back in, if you can't get the screws to stick to the driver, use some glue stick from your kid's art supplies.
Test everything. You've disconnected every cable in the system.
I torture tested the machine with a space heater on it, 5 different videos of different formats playing at the same time. No problems.
I took a lot of pictures inside the machine. As soon as I figure out a good place to post them, I'll try to add a link here.
Good luck

Greetings!
I know this is in response to your post from over 2 years ago, but I was searching on Apple's site for the max RAM I can upgrade our refurbed iMac too and it brought up this post.
Oddly enough, I've been experiencing the same screen issues and locking up on our iMac as well. I was concerned it was a bad memory module, but now I'm thinking it's the same issue you found.
Because I bought this some 2+ years ago refurbed from Apple, I'm not surprised that could be the actual problem.
I've pulled this thing apart once to replace the hard-drive which crashed about a year ago, so I'm not totally new at opening it up, but this process you mention sounds pretty intense...just wanted to get your second take on it based on what I've done thus far.
Thanks again for posting this...it was an eye-opener as to what might actually be causing our issues with our trusted Mac!
Joshua

Single NVIDIA 7300 GT...how would it handle dual 20' Dells?

I'm a student film editor...just wondering how well my single NVIDIA 7300 card in my MacPro would handle dual 20' Dell Widescreens. I have one, but I feel like I need a second one...but I don't think I want the second one if it means that I really ought to upgrade my graphics card as well. Any advice?
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

they will improve the speed of the graphics fitting 2 7300 GT's
This is a pile of bollocks. Adding a 2nd Nvidia 7300 GT will only give additional display support and will make no difference to your GPU processing abilities. SLI is not supported under Mac OS X.

Photoshop CS5 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Crash

My specifications:
Photoshop CS5 (x64)
Windows 7 x64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 (latest v197.45 driver)
Intel i7 920 2.67 GHz
My card is listed as a tested card for CS5 and NVIDIA says this is compatible with CS5, but today after using it, my screen went blank and the display driver recovered itself. It took about 5 minutes until Photoshop CS5 became responsive again and the GPU features were disabled. I am going to try GPU advanced mode and basic mode instead of normal mode to see what happens, but this is a shame that I have issues like this. I also had issues with CS4 like this.
What I did to cause this issue: I clicked" Place.." to place an object and that is when it crashed. It only happens randomly as I use Photoshop. Please NVIDIA or Adobe fix this issue. I love the GPU features and I want to run them, but this crashing is annoying for spending so much on buying this product. I hate to have to pay to contact Adobe technical support, it should be included with the purchase of software!
How to fix this without having to go to basic GPU mode or disabled GPU mode?

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SteveR From UK wrote:
With my own problems and a keen observer of this thread it making me think that I should stay away from Nvidia cards cards completed and go ATI
It comes down to policies within companies that in some cases we simply cannot know.
For example:
Does nVidia or ATI have a better plan to support cards with new drivers into the future? My experience is that right now, with my particular video card, ATI does a better job of making new features available (and making them work right) than nVidia. Is this based on support policy or simply what the engineers can and can't do? Maybe it's partially a matter of funding.
Who has a better handle on how to develop unified software and keep it working on all a whole family of cards? What is their software quality? I am active on Windows forums, and it sure seemed to take nVidia a lot longer to stabilize their drivers for Windows 7 than ATI.
Who has a better test lab? You can imagine that if one company has a better built/funded/maintained test lab, they're more likely to make new versions of drivers for old cards work properly if they have a computer set aside somewhere with that old card in it just waiting to try out new drivers. Unfortunately you can imagine with these companies making many, many new models all the time that funding that lab (and funding the MAINTENANCE of that lab) could get to be HUGE!
Lastly, how much do Marketing or other greedy business people influence company direction, vs. Engineers? Imagine a Marketing person's thoughts: "Stop making new drivers for that old card; we're not selling those and haven't for a long time. If a person has one and can't run the latest game or graphics software, he'll go buy a new one, and that's more money for us."
By the way, just to get an idea of how many different cards we're talking about, look at the sheer number of models listed in the various lists on this page: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
Just food for thought.
-Noel

Using twoo NVIDIA 7300 cards: firmware bug? Screen refresh problem

strange bug with Mac Pro 2.66 Xeon:
I have two Displays, 20 and 23".
When both connected to the standard NVIDIA card in the Mac Pro, evreything is fine.
I ordered a second NVIDIA card wich I installed in slot 4, using 8 lanes for this card.
Now, when one display is connected to the standard card and the second display is connected to the second NVIDIA card, the screen of the display connected to the build in card (the 16 lanes card) does noet refresh correctly. You can not see what iMovie is displaying for example, iMovie screen is white and does not display what should be on screen.
Sometimes none of the main screen is refresehd (example: Safari content is not updated, while in fact it is!) but the mousecursor moves correctlyon screen.
Also third party software (like FotoMagico) is not updated on screen
Connecting both displays to one card and everything is fine!
A strange bug wich I guess is related to the Mac Pro firmware
I've tried the second NVIDIA card in all the PCI-E slots to see if this makes a difference, it does not.
I used the PCI-E configure tool to vhange the speed of the lanes for the PCI-E slots, also this makes no diffrence.
At this moment my second card is not usable.
This is a problem on all three Mac Pro's we tried this on (2.66 version, 2 machines with 1Gb RAM, 1 machine with 3Gb RAM), latest OS 10.4.7
Starting in safe mode makes no difference on either Mac Pro

I am running two 7300 GTs in my 2.66 GHz Mac Pro driving (2) 20" + (1) 30" Cinema Display. I am not seeing the issue you mention in iMovie. Quicktime flickers every once in a while when playing iTunes video content, but that started with the iTunes / Quicktime upgrade, not when I added the extra card.
I have my nVidia 7300 cards in slots 1 &2 each running 8 lanes. Might be worth a try. The 7300 is not that "high performance" that running in 8 lanes is going to make a huge difference in speed. What it will do for you is get the cards on an equal footing.

Second Ati 3870 and STILL noisy!

Hi,
I just got a replacement Ati radeon 3870 because the first cards fans didn't run at all for a minute or so and would then spin up full for 30 seconds or so and so forth, regardless of what i was doing.
My replacement card came today but this cards fan runs full all of the time!!!!????????
Surely this is a driver or fan control issue or something, my previous nvidia 8800GT was silent all of the time, but alas I could not play Call of Duty 2 with that card hence the switch.
Is there anything i can do to help cool the card besides fitting aftermarket fans which i don't feel confident doing and they don't seem to support the 3870 100%. Maybe open up the PCI slots or upping the Mac Pros fans via SMC Fan Control?
Or do i return it and switch back to a 8800gt and forfit Call Of Duty 2 or wait and switch it for a 4870?
I'm going to try and live with the fan noise tonight but does anyone own a quiet 3870?

Have you tried running Apple Hardware Test?
I wonder if there could be an underlying problem, seeing how it is the same under Windows - and you installed ATI latest Catalyst after uninstall and deleting old prior drivers - can't have ATI and Nvidia drivers or cards in Windows.
Sounds like "old stock" from early batches back in Aug/Sept.
Was just reading an article on power and noice:
Of course, noise levels will vary greatly in the real world along with the acoustic properties of the PC enclosure used, whether the enclosure provides adequate cooling to avoid a card's highest fan speeds, placement of the enclosure in the room, and a whole range of other variables. These results should give a reasonably good picture of comparative fan noise, though.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/16504/10
And there are some faulty cooling and fan units out there (I had Radeon 9800 where fan would die, it was too hot for G4 MDD) ATI has not been great (X1900 was terrible design also). I try to use eVGA (Nvidia) when possible.
+Asus custom coolers get caught in the CrossFire+
The Radeon HD 4850 was an instant hit around these parts, but the first implementations caused us to raise (or is it singe?) an eyebrow over their thermals. Their single-slot coolers were never very beefy, and AMD tuned their fan speed control points pretty aggressively for good acoustics. The result was GPU temperatures approaching 90°C under load and idle temperatures around 80°C. Nothing to be worried about, according to AMD, but those temps were high enough to prompt us to look forward to 4850 cards with aftermarket cooling.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/16229/4
People have used copper coolers for 8800 and for ATI Radeon.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/8800GTAcceleroS1/8800GTAcceleroS1R2.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186016
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/productinfo.php?cPath=2&mID=105&language=en

Ati xt1900 and nvidia 7300

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