Is anyone running a Nvidia GT 120 in an earlyish Mac Pro (ca 2007)??

My original NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT is not doing any sort of a good job with Second Life.. after installing Snow Leopard. It wasn't too bad before that install tho.
Some say the GT 120 does a great job in the early Mac Pro. What say ye?

You can't. The firmware is wrong.
Whoever 'some say' they aren't using pre-2008.

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Hi
Just installed the Base NV GT-120 graphics card in order to use the new Mac Cinema Display 24".
Also still running the original ATI HD 2600 card.
Installation was easy.....
The ATI card runs a 20" Cinema Display and the 24" is on the new NV card.
GREAT picture on the 24" Display!
Just to let you know....The MDP cannot be the primary port for the display. That is all the dock/menus are all on the "smaller" or display on the DVI port.
UNLESS you re-write the code in terminal....which Apple support advised me not to....
Any thoughts/ advice?
Lenny

1. open your "System Preferences" and click on "Displays".
2. select the tab "Arrange", you will see two blue rectangles which represent your two displays. you can drag those rectanglea to change the arrangement of your screens.
3. in one rectangle you see a small white rectangle on top. this is representing your menu bar. just drag the menubar to your desired primary screen. close the preferences and that's it.

Anyone running logic on a 6 or 12 core Mac Pro yet?

Curious as to what the reports are.

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PS--the support tech suggested the P-RAM as his second choice; he said that using the Migration Assistant may cause problems for other apps, and that the beset solution would be to wipe the disk, reinstall the OS, and do fresh installs on all apps. I may do that if I run into any more problems.

Anyone using the Ati Graphics Card 5770 with a Mac Pro 2.93Ghz (2009)

I would like to upgrade my stock Geforce Gt 120 cards in my Mac Pro 2.93Ghz 8 core (early 2009) to the Ati 5770 card which will be connected to 2 Apple 27inch Retina Displays.
I am aware that Apple states that the 5770 card is not compatible with the 2009 model but I have also read that Barefeats say this is not true and will work on the 2009 machines.
Having read numerous reports from people having problems when using the 5770 in there 2009 models such a faster fan speeds and excessive noise I really don't know what to do?....
Can anyone chime in with their experience and recommendations on the 5770 and also what Mac Pro model and OS version was used?.
I have looked at the Ati 5870 but it is a bit more than my current budget and my graphics power needs.
Many Thanks
Noodlez.

Very few problems. Some try to do something w/ the wrong dual link active adapters or to use HDMI or something else. I know of very few let alone "numerous" reports. But 10's of thousands of Mac Pro 1,1 and above love it and are fine and happy - and you need 10.6.5 (10.6.8 of course has a much improved driver whereas 10.6.4-1/2 was OEM and basic shoddy and not on the retail 10.6.3 DVD).
ML use to be trouble on a 2008 3,1 too. At this day and age unless you have PowerPC apps plugins or drivers and hardware 10.8.3 is the way to go. And 10.8.3 opens up more graphic card choices too. Nvidia GTX series or AMD 79xx and EVGA has Mac Edition as does AMD have 7950.
Barefeasts.com has test results
I think you want to double check but "RETINA" is a MacBook Pro only and might be thinking of Thunderbolt, which will not connect to a Mac Pro. There still is a non-Thunderbolt 27" which is.

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Mark

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As the name implies it is a candidate for release to the public. Many larger developers have mutliple versions of their products and will have often 1 through to about 5 release candidates from which they will select one to release as the final product.
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Anyone running a Nvidia GTX680 Mac Edition in there Mac Pro

I was thinking of putting this card in 3.06 12 core, and my son's 2008 2.8 8 core. Is anyone running this card? Does it play nice with both OSX, and Windows?

The people that are you will find on MacRumors and thread like the one on X-Plane. You do need Mountain lion.
GTX 680 (2 or 4MB VR) and X-Plane 10 ( 1 2 3 4 5)
GTX 680 4GIG model and power requirements (MP 4.1)?
GTX680 Or Sapphire 7950?
Barefeats tested those too:
May 10th, 2013 -- Do the newest GPUs run faster on the 2010 Mac Pro than on the 2009 and 2008 Mac Pro?
April 26th, 2013 -- PART THREE: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition versus the 'Sharks' (insane GPUs like the GeForce GTX 580 Classified and GTX 690)
April 18th, 2013 -- PART TWO: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 "Mac Edition" Versus Past and Present Mac GPUs running Pro Apps
April 16th, 2013 -- PART ONE: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 "Mac Edition" versus Past and Present Mac GPUs running OpenGL accelerated Games and Benchmarks
Would have thought you have been around here long enough to have seen these.

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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Please help me. I have created a draft website and tested it on my hard disk. It ran perfectly without problems. Then uploaded it to my host (www.shorestopeaks.com) and I am getting a lot of error even if I am browsing using Safari (wonder what PC users are getting).
Why is this happening? Is there any way to fix it? iWeb would loose entirely its value to me if I can't fix it because I only run commercial sites, so I cannot depend on .Mac.
BTW. I have never owned an actual .Mac account (opened a trial and never had time to try it ) Can I run a website from there with a commercial URL that doesn't include .Mac anywhere?
Thanks.

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Within iWeb, I published to a folder on my desktop and then uploaded the files to my website using Transmit. If you need more specific information/instructions, I can help with that too.
Soul
P.S. Not much content at my new site yet because it's, well, NEW. There is a little, though.
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Multiple GeForce GT 120 Graphics cards on Mac Pro

I have an Early 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 Quadcore 2.66GHz running OS 10.6.8, with the factory-supplied NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 Graphics card (in PCIe Slot 1), connected to a Lacie Photon19vision Monitor (via VGA thru MiniDisplayPort adaptor) and a 30" Apple Cinema Display (via Dual-link DVI) - this has been working perfectly for years.
I have just got a 2nd GeForce GT 120 from eBay to utilise a 2nd Lacie Photon19Vision Monitor as a 3rd display via this 2nd NVIDIA card, which I installed in PCIe Slot 2. Both this 2nd card and this 3rd display are recognised in System Profiler, but I am unable to get a visible signal through to the display. I have tried the following connections:
VGA (monitor) - VGA/MiniDisplayPort Adapter (card)
DVI (Monitor) - DVI (card
DVI (monitor) - DVI/MiniDisplayPort Adapter (card)
None of these have worked.
Any advice on using more than 1 GeForce GT 120 graphics card in the Mac Pro, and/or the best connection configuration?
Many thanks in advance!
Na1dacra

The hatter is right that at one point, multiple NVIDIA cards caused a problem. But that problem was Kernel Panics, not failure to operate.
You need to be certain the new card works by itself. To do that, install it in slot 1 as the only card, and be certain all the old functions work as you expect. Then you have known-good parts going forward into more complex testing.
When using multiple display, you must be certain you have completely eliminated Mirroring, which will limit resolutions to those that seem to be possible for both displays. You should have a separate blue box for each display, and none should overlap.

NVIDIA 8800gt for Mac Pro (mid 2007 models) not compatible with TIGER !

Just tried to install Tiger on a hard drive while i was successfully able to use the NVIDIA 8800gt in Leopard on another hard drive and the computer would either stall or just have the gray screen come up. Brought it to Tekserve and they said Apple doesn't have firmware for this yet and it won't run on Tiger.. runs flawlessly on Leopard.. anyone have updates on this?

I purchased the 8800 card intending to run it with Tiger. I was assured both by the sales person I spoke with, and the engineer they checked with that it would work under Tiger. I even asked if it came with a driver CD and they said no, but it wasn't needed, it would "just work".
Of course, when I got it and put it in my Mac Pro running 10.4.11, it didn't boot. Then I realized there was a sticker on the box that said it required "10.5.2". I checked the product web page and it did not mention Leopard as a requirement. However, as of Monday April 28th, this was added to the web page. I have a screenshot from two days before which doesn't list it.
Anyway, I've returned the card and will be credited, but I am very disappointed. I can only conclude there was every intention to support tiger (probably with a Tiger Graphics Update 1.0 or some such) but this wasn't ready in time and they hastilty had to slap on the "10.5.2 required" sticker to the boxes.
Hopefully this update will come out at some point, and then I can repurchase the card. (I do not wish to upgrade to Leopard until the finder is fixed.) It would also be nice is there was a 10.4.12 release that supports the new Mac Pro's (hint: you'll get more sales if you do!)
If all else fails maybe ATI will have a new card out in the near future, and hopefully will support Tiger. I think they do a better job on drivers than nvidia anyway.

Nvidia quadro 4000 or 5000 in Mac Pro

Hello all,
I have this question that I already make to a sale advisor in a Mac store and he do not know what to answer and also I do it to a technical Mac sales agent and again nothing.
I do not own a Mac pro yet, I am looking to buy one becuase is the only system that can hold (in a stable way) both Mac OS X and Windows 7.
I am a professional working with 3D content creation, CAD design and digital video and I want to be able to do pro 3D content with Windows 7 and also working in pro videos in Mac OSX. The actual graphic cards for the Mac pro 2010 are intended for video games instead of professional production (this is the info posted in the AMD/ATI website when one do the search for Radeon 5770 and 5780, of course they can handle some 3d content but not as the latest generation of Nvidia cards)
My question is:
Can I use a Mac pro with one of those ATI cards installed in the 1st PCIe 2.0 16x port for the MAC OS X and then install a Nvidia Quadro 4000 or 5000 in the second PCIe 2.0 16x port for Windows 7? (given the fact that Nvidia do not have even beta drivers for Mac OS X for those types of cards yet)
Im thinking that I can use the Mac with the ATI and then when swiching to Windows (trough Boot Camp) using the Nvidia Quadro but I am not sure if this is possible and if installing another card will created probs. and if is posible how to relate each card to each OS.
I ask this before having the Mac becuase I am planing to make a huge inversion on it and I want to be sure about this. (The specs. will be 32gb ram, 512gb ssd, 3x2tb hdd, 2x2.93ghz6c xeons)
Thank you all and I will be pleased to heard any comments or suggestions.

The Quadro FX 5800 is launching at $3,499, and its spec sheet looks well furnished: 240 stream processors, fill rate of 52 billion texels per second, 128-bit precision, true 10-bit color support, 102GB/s memory bandwidth (which should translate to an 800MHz GDDR3 clock speed, if my math is right), and "interactive 4D modeling with time lapse capabilities." Nvidia says the Quadro FX 5800 should be well suited to applications like "oil and gas exploration, medical imaging, styling and design, and scientific visualization."
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/15866
First announced fall-winter 2008
http://www.nvidia.com/object/productquadro_fx_5800us.html
If you wanted to use nVidia's Quadro CX to speed up CS5, it is Windows only, and the Mac only has TWO 6-pin connectors. So even though Quadro 5800 power is under 200W there are no more aux power connectors. Though you can try to add a small 450W PSU for graphics 2 x 8-pin./2 x 6-pin) it gets messy running from the 2nd optical drive bay and tight fit-impossible for cables. Not designed for dual graphic card power.
The GTX 285 EVGA came out for Mac last year but drivers have been a problem with performance and a year later 10.6.4 and nVidia rushed to post a patch but there has been no word now that the GTX 285 went EOL. What's up with that?

PS6 Video using NVIDIA GTX 680 card in 2009 Mac Pro OS 10.9.4- slow.

Hi,
I just put a GTX 680 in my juiced up Mac Pro, replacing the original NVDIA 120... and the speeds in PS6 doing video seem to be exactly the same as before..... What are the settings I should have in preferences? Do I need a driver or anything? Looking in the graphics card part of PS6 prefs, it seems to be registering the 680..... and everything works... but I see no difference in any speed.
Any advice?

Hi,
I've done all the preferences I can find online.
If I turn "use Graphics processor" to "off"... it seems to make no difference to the video speeds- playback, export...
Have I just wasted $700 on the GTX 680?
I'm running Photoshop CS6 Extended.... does this mean the videon editing does NOT use the GPU?
Please offer some insight, advice or information...
Thanks

Is anyone running a Nvidia GT 120 in an earlyish Mac Pro (ca 2007)??

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