Geforce GTX 285 mac edition on a G5

I am thinking about getting one but i want to know if it will work with a Dual G5 from around 2006 with pci express graphics.

NVIDIA GTX 285
System Requirements
Mac Pro 2008 or 2009 with OS X 10.5.7 or later
Mac Pro (Early 2009) or Mac Pro (Early 2008 with 800Mhz DDR2 FB-DIMM memory)
2 PCI Express slots (only one is used but the card is double-wide)

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Early 2009 MacPro with GTX 285 (Mac Edition) - Dual Monitor Setup

Hey Guys - I tried going through the forum to find this, and I think I see some common responses, but wanted to detail my question and make sure I have it right.
I have a MacPro (early 2009) with the EVGA GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition GPU. I replaced the GT120 that came with the MacPro. I was initially planning on attaching two monitors to the GTX 285, but I have heard rumors that for smoother performance, I should hook up the GT120 as well and hook up one monitor to that one.
However, I am reading posts regarding other configurations (4870 and GT120, etc), and it seems like there are different responses. Basically, I am looking for better performance for graphics demanding application (gaming, photo-edit, movie, etc).
Thanks for your time and responses ahead of time.

I'm so happy that you're soooo happy. If you were so so happy, I would be disappointed. Blessed? You honor me Japamac-san. I have not bestowed blessings in years, it must have been accidental. Well, I am getting old, there's a reason people move away from me on the subway. I'm glad you interpreted it that way.
Well, ok, the cats out of the bag. I do expect 10.6.2 to do something significant for this card. For gosh sake something has to one day justify this investment...
Both EVGA and Nvidia say it's all up to Apple.
Apple says,... well Apple never says anything,.. but since they sell it on their website one would think it was in their interest to do their best. It's really not nice to sell one card as a 200 dollar option, granted 350 by itself, and another for well over 400 that is only marginally better. It's like looking for a Ford, changing your mind for the Porsche, and ending up getting a Ford with a Porsche sticker on it. This card wails in Windows, how can Apple deny that performance to it's own OS?
While OS changes are incremental one doesn't necessarily expect that all things related to the industry will be. CUDA and Open CL are emerging technologies, but the 285 is real and out there. And it has been for quite some time now. Perhaps more honest marketing campaigns are needed, something like, "Here's the best video card for the Mac out there in existence, you'll just have to wait a few years to see that for yourself, maybe".
Nah, it's not right, you buy a product for what it is, not for what it could be. If it gets better over time that's great, but right from the start it should be worth the price. The 285 hasn't been that yet.
And we 285 owners waited for Snow, with all the talk of Apple's unleashing the power of the GPU. It came and the card ran slower. 10.6.1,... well at least the OS ran better. 10.6.2, well I can't say much about it, but if one can believe what they read, it looks like Apple is at least aware of certain things to be especially worked on. The question for me is to what degree they fine tune things. Can it really be as difficult to create a driver for Nvidia cards, unlike the drivers for ATIs which seem to work with such ease? It's almost like Apple and ATI are intrinsically bound somehow. For instance, with the 285 a new game like COD4 runs just perfectly for me with a 30" monitor, but another game under Rosetta runs not too well at all. Put the 4870 in and COD4 runs very well but not as good as the 285. The Rosetta game however runs great with the ATI. It's things like that I find to be very weird.
If the history of OS X has shown us anything
The history of anything only shows me we learn nothing from it. That's my biggest fear in this case, but I'm encouraged by what I hear.
Expecting 10.6.1 or even 10.6.2, .3, or even .4 to be perfect
That's an odd thing isn't it? How long would car companies last if they fine tuned their cars by analyzing how they failed and crashed for their customers on the road? "Yo, Edsel, I think we need a way to stop them once they're going".
Yet as much as we pay for our computers and equipment we realize that the companies are using us as their R&D Depts. It's an interesting cycle, we're sold things that don't work well, give feedback to make them work well, and next time we buy the better product and it starts all over again.
Well, it's been an interesting chat, full of sound and fury, signifying... well, probably something.

GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition Graphics Card advice wanted 2008 Mac Pro. Eight core desktop.

I have read some threads yet it is not clear to me if it is a good move to upgrade an Mac Pro eight core 3.1- 2008 to use GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition Graphics Card. I ask as my GeForce 8800 GT 2008 card has given up the ghost, and it has done sterling service R.I.P.. The machine is in the repair shop for a service itself, and this problem. So I thought an upgrade, as I am at it. Daunting choice out there. Um, learning curve and all that!
I mainly do 2D graphics, Canvas, Adobe stuff, yet a little amount of video, which may grow some. No games on this work horse!
So here I am fishing for experienced advice were my own is not, from anyone who has done this. Has it held up, do you get a boot screen, does it run two monsters easily via DVI.
If you have one or something good fitted please share the skinny!
For me it is turning into the year of the video card. My laptop looks like it got the disease first!
Thanks.

#1: AMD 7950 Mac Edition, or not. $425
#2: GTX 680 Mac $625
#3: MacVidCards - various but worth a look
http://www.ebay.com/sch/macvidcards/m.html
#4: GTX 285, no idea how 'safe' as often read someone (not Macvidcards) flashed PC card and sold as "Mac" and they are old, and may not be supported in Mavericks (and that would apply to a 8800 too).
Information purposes only:
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Geforce-Gtx285-Graphics-Pci-express/dp/B00G9TQMOE/
Check out Barefeats, again, for ideas if you want 'near best.'
A new gpu is $5000 cheaper than an overhaul and new MP.
A 2008 though will never perform as well as later models. Ideal is 2010 or later.
Even a top of the line iMac with GTX if you are having a lot of trouble and thinking of ditching the 2008.

GTX 285 mac edition at Germany/Europe

Hi all,
I really want the GTX 285 mac edition graphic-card and I'm still waiting when starts the shipment in Germany/Europe!!!!
Does anybody have information about that????
Thx in advance and best wishes,
Masterdid

Hi The Hetter,
thx a lot for your comment ... but I didn't complain, I asked for information! Waiting with an endpoint is easier than waiting into the deep black (I hope that is a conceptional english formulation) ... and the GTX 285 mac edition is available, the point is: not in Germany!!!
Anyway, reading at EVGA forum was very interesting ... there still some problems with drivers, OpenGL at MacOS which have to be solved ... perhaps it's better to wait ... germany get it not, until the card will run fine (at the latest with snow leopard)
With bootcamp the card must be the heaven :-P
And ... thx for the suggestion to look at "MacRumors", I didn't know this site before!
Best wishes,
Masterdid

EVGA GTX 285 Mac Edition - No OpenGL in Photoshop

Has anyone else had experiences running the new GTX 285 and Photoshop CS4?
I have a 2008 Mac Pro here, RAID 0 1TB, 32GB RAM, Three Displays (ATI Radeon HD 2600 driving one, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 driving two).
OpenGL used to work fine with my previous card, the ATI Radeon HD 3870 - however after upgrading to the GTX, Photoshop cannot detect and use OpenGL with it.
AfterEffects CS4 picks up the card fine (and by that I mean in the preferences, it's listed along with everything 'Supported').
Any thoughts?
Regards,
Robert Tolton

Ah ha, that might explain why it worked with my all ATI setup.
And now that you've mentioned it, I don't think I ever had OpenGL support when I had the nVidia 7300GT and the ATI HD 3870 in my 2007 Mac Pro - again, a mixture of graphics cards.
I do still have that old nVidia card in the 2007 Mac Pro - might do a swap. If it works, then I'll plant down more cash for the nVidia GT 120 from the Apple Store. Which says it's not compatible with 2008 Mac Pros, but tests have proven that it works fine.

NVidia GeForce 8800 GT *and* GeForce GTX 285 in a Mac Pro?

Hi,
my Mac Pro came with an nVidia GeForce 8800 GT, and I've now bought an extra GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition (for the Compute Level 1.3 double precision floating point capability in CUDA).
(Everything bought from the Mac Store)
I wasn't aware that I was expected to throw away the GeForce 8800 GT , what with the other three PCI-e slots being free.
The GTX 285 (max requirement: 204 W) requires two extra PCI-e power connectors. The 8800 GT (max: 110 W) uses one. There are only two available from the motherboard though.
So, *although I realize this isn't supported*, has anyone else managed to scrounge some current from somewhere else on the motherboard?
I'm only using one hard drive and one optical drive and no other PCI-e cards. Surely the power supply (around 1000 W ?) can supply the extra?
Does anyone know how much current the PCI-e extra power connectors are rated for?
Thanks,
colin

Search long enough and you may find...
According to this
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#pciexpress
The PCI-e slot can supply up to 75 W, whilst a 6 pin cable can provide another 75 W.
So:
2 PCI-e slots + 2 auxiliary 6-pin connector = 300 W
"Even with only two 12 volt lines the standard implementation of PCI Express power cables use large enough gauge wire and a good enough connector to provide much more than the three amps per wire required to provide 75 watts. Nonetheless, the 6 pin PCI Express power cable officially provides only 75 watts. *In all likelihood, however, real implementations of this power cable can provide far more than 75 watts.* "
Hmmm

GeForce GTX 285 for Mac with Mavericks OK on Mac Pro early-2008?

GeForce GTX 285 for Mac with Mavericks OK on Mac Pro early-2008?

I am running a GTX 285 video card in an Early 2008 Mac Pro under Mavericks with no problems whatsoever. I get all the usual start up screens and the Alt-Boot screen as well.
Tom

Mercury CUDA not enabling when using NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 on Apple Mac Pro after Mavericks install

Been using the same setup since CS5 with the Mercury CUDA running perfectly. After recent upgrade of OS X to 10.9 Mercury CUDA is no longer available and only lets me run with the OpenGL or software options. Im using a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 for apple computers. Here are the results for the GPUSniffer program in the latest Premiere Pro 7.1.0 files. The LAST line make me chucle because it the first on the list of supported card in the "cuda_supported_cards.txt" file. Anybody else seen this?
--- OpenGL Info ---
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 OpenGL Engine
OpenGL Version: 2.1 NVIDIA-8.18.27 310.40.05f01
GLSL Version: 1.20
Monitors: 1
Monitor 0 properties -
   Size: (0, 0, 1920, 1080)
   Max texture size: 8192
   Supports non-power of two: 1
   Shaders 444: 1
   Shaders 422: 1
   Shaders 420: 1
--- GPU Computation Info ---
Found 1 devices supporting GPU computation.
OpenCL Device 0 -
   Name: GeForce GTX 285
   Vendor: NVIDIA (Apple platform)
   Capability: 1.2
   Driver: 1
   Total Video Memory: 1024MB
   * Not enabled by default because it did not match the named list of cards.

found a link from a couple of days ago on a creative cow forum post one of the poster saying they are from adobe stating this
Re: Mercury Playback Engine MacPro
by Peter Garaway on Nov 12, 2013 at 9:49:16 am
Hi Wendell,
Sorry for the inconvenience. NVIDIA is currently working on drivers that support CUDA on Mavericks 10.9 with some of the older NVIDIA cards such as the GTX 285 and the Quadro 4800.
For others interested, the Quadro 4000, K5000 and GTX 680 ect... work with CUDA in 10.9.
Best,
Peter Garaway
Adobe
Premiere Pro
I have latest CUDA drivers, so i guess i am just waiting till a proper update that have the fixes to support my card.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and 10.6.4

Hello, so I have a Mac Pro 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon and installed the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285. when I updated to 10.6.4 last night I started getting a lot of flickers and really weird graphical things on the screen and the computer would freeze. In my CUDA pane under system preferences it says that the update server is unavailable and that an update is required...
CUDA Driver Version: 3.0.14
GPU Driver Version: 1.6.16.11 (19.5.8f01)
I thought these were the latest and greatest... no? What should I do?
Message was edited by: jamesglader

I assume you know what Nvidia's GPGPU and CUDA (as well as PhysX) are and about, and how Adobe and Nvidia have shown what can be done off-loading some of the work the processor use to have to do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA - has been updated recently too. It is NOT just aimed at OpenCL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cuda3_0downloads.html
Maybe there is some porting of CUDA to OpenCL going on though, depending how you read it. From Nvidia:
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a new cross-vendor standard for heterogeneous computing that runs on the CUDA architecture. Using OpenCL, developers will be able to harness the massive parallel computing power of NVIDIA GPU’s to create compelling computing applications.
As the OpenCL standard matures and is supported on processors from other vendors, NVIDIA will continue to provide the drivers, tools and training resources developers need to create GPU accelerated applications.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/cudaopenclnew.html
10.6.3 brought new APIs. OpenCL 1.1 was just now finalized.
And of course, a lot of people are able to turn to Flash 10.1 and use GPU if they GPU is from Nvidia.
One Mac Pro owner has both ATI 4870 for display purposes, the GTX 285, getting power from 450W PSU placed in lower optical drive bay, for handling rendering and GPGPU tasks.

Geforce gtx 285 not going under Lion OS

Hello I need help on something, I just bought a geforce gtx 285 for mac, I got it however I dont manage to get it to work under lion, here is what I did:
1. I did a clean install of Lion, installed the drivers of the card from nvidia page (right drivers) however then after I change the card and I turn on the computer, the computer gets frozen after 2 minutes, with the scrolling whell also frozen.
2. I did an installation of Snow Leopard, got the card to work, installed, I then upgraded to Lion however I got the same result.
I dont know if I got the right card or is a pc gtx 285 "made" to work on a mac. The card is a GTX 285 BFG edition. It does not say "MAC EDITION" however it worked on snow leopard.
Can anyone help me on this?
thanks.

Then it is not Apple ROM card.
It may and could work but not have early boot screen.
The only driver you need is for CUDA.
What driver did you dl? links are always more help than "got it from x".
This is the most helpful thread on the GTX support
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1360927

Bootcamp gtx 680 mac edition and windows 8.1 BLACKSCREEN

I have an MacPro 5,1 with EVGA GTX 680 Mac EDITION, with two SSD drives
1 SSD Mac OS X 10.8.5
1 SSD Windows 8.1
Using BootCamp5.1.5621 drivers on the MacPro.
DAY1
Put in the new Card OS X Booted Great, tested everything as expected. Then I booted over to Windows 8.1 Screen resolution came in at 640x480, so I rebooted. The screen was completely black on reboot.
DAY2
Read that Windows 8.1 was using old or expired drivers in its automatic driver updates, I safe-booted and disabled
like here
http://superuser.com/questions/665158/can-i-prevent-a-driver-from-being-installe d-with-windows-8-1
rebooted, still black screen.
DAY3 and DAY4
STEP1.
Safe Booted and got an app called DDU
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/550192/geforce-drivers/display-driver-u ninstaller-ddu-v12-6-0-released-03-17-14-/26/
I uninstalled ALL drivers for windows 8.1 I rebooted and under DEVICE MANAGER it saw my video card as the Generic Microsoft Video driver or whatever it was.
I then installed the EVGA drivers according to the EVGA website.
I tried Driver 335.23
During install SCREEN FLASHES BLACK, then BLACK FOREVER.
WENT BACK TO STEP1.
I tried Beta Driver 334.67
During install SCREEN FLASHES BLACK, then BLACK FOREVER.
WENT BACK TO STEP1.
I tried GEFORCE DRIVERS 334.89, 326.01, 327.23 and 335.23.
During install SCREEN FLASHES BLACK, then BLACK FOREVER.
WENT BACK TO STEP1.
DAY5
Safe Booted and got an app called DDU
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/550192/geforce-drivers/display-driver-u ninstaller-ddu-v12-6-0-released-03-17-14-/26/
I uninstalled ALL drivers for windows 8.1 I rebooted and under DEVICE MANAGER it saw my video card as the Generic Microsoft Video driver or whatever it was.
Then I went back to the BOOTCAMP folder, found the NVIDIA drivers for the video card and it ERRORS during the installation.
I can't even begin to explain how frustrated I am,
BTW the card is SUPER SOLID and runs Perfect in OS X.
I drowing in black screens...

It removed all extra peripherals and it worked. Ended up being an ATTOTECH card, that was making it crash.

Geforce GTX 285, OS10.6.4, new driver, and performance

An experience: I was one of the unhappy users of a Geforce GTX 285, a GPU that just didn't want to perform according to specs. As an X-Plane pilot this fact gave me headaches and a low fps level. Now, shortly after installing the OS update to 10.6.4 I discovered a very recent new driver (19.5.8f03) for the card (http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce-macosx-19.5.8f03-driver.html)
I installed it and also re-installed the latest CUDA version 3.0.14 (http://www.nvidia.com/object/MacOSX-CUDA-3.0.html). Since this update the GTX's performance is excellent on the Mac OS side of my PM.
I am no expert, but for power saving reasons the card seems to have three levels of clock speed that X-Plane was rarely able to trigger to the highest level. Perhaps the new driver lowers the load thresholds that trigger the card into higher performance?
Did anybody have a similar experience? Does anybody of you cognoscenti have an idea of what the driver changes may have been?

I've installed this new driver and it has not made the slightest difference to the performance of the MacPro running 10.6.4 with an EVGA 285 for Mac.
Half-Life2 frame rates are exactly the same post driver update as they were prior (much lower fps than when running 10.6.3).
What I have noticed is the fan noise ramps to an alarmingly high speed when entering various in-game environments. The fan was running so loud I quit the game in fear that some damage might be done to the card.
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=428085

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Mac/Adobe QT32 Server (Not Responding)

Has anyone else used a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4GB on a mac in AE? We just got one from Macvidcards and AE seems really slow starting and closing.
In fact when you quit the MediaCore then hangs for ages when you restart. I edited the supported Raytracer setting and it is seen and can use Cuda.
Also is anyone still getting "Adobe QT32 Server (Not Responding)", every time you start AE? If you look in process viewer it shows up.
Mid 2010 Mac pro
AE Version 13.1.1.3
Mac os x 10.10.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Mac 4gb
32GB RAM

fixing permissions problem that impedes start of Adobe applications
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 and Snow Leopard

Are the latest Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 drives included in Snow Leopard?
I ordered my 285 with my copy of Snow Leopard, and I plan to do a clean install of SL then install the 285. I wanted to make sure that I wasn't going to need to install the drivers that come with the card since I read those were not up to par.
Thanks,
--Jaime

I have the GTX 285 also in 10.6 and its great... Though I think that the drivers are gonna get better over time. On my MacBook Pro (June '07) it took them till Feb. '08 to make the drivers never crash and run decent. Then after that, i wasn't till 10.5.6 that it really started getting close to the FPS of when you run the same program or game in Windows XP or Vista (since their drivers get alot more love).
For intance I get better framerates in Second Life in Windows 7 on my Mac Pro than I do in Snow Leopard, and I can promise you it's the GPU drivers. Sometimes I wish Apple would hire an extra GPU coder or two.

GeForce GTX 285

Any scoop on what the new GeForce GTX 285 card will cost in the UK? Will it cost more that the ATI Radeon HD 4870?
What's the advise for gamers using windows in boot camp. Should we patiently wait for the GeForce GTX 285 if the price is right? From the reports and articles it out performs the ATI HD 4870.
Its a shame apple holds it customers to ransom. I use to be a PC user, I miss the easy of upgrading and changing.

I'm afraid not but, it is available in a week or two on the USA website. I think I'll keep an eye on the Barefeats.com site because they usually get onto these things before anybody else. I think the main problem will be - how good are the drivers, especially with the Pro Apps. One has to assume that they have got their act together with this one and that they have also tested it with Snow Leopard(which I shall be testing this weekend!. So here's hopeing :-))
http://store.apple.com/us/product/TW387ZM/A

Geforce GTX 285 mac edition on a G5

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