New IMac GeForce 8800 GS Graphics card questions

I am considering buying a new IMac 3.06 Intel Processor with 500 GB HD, 2GB RAM, Geforce 8800 GS Graphics Card and 24 inch display.
Will this computer be able to run Windows Vista Aero Glass with all features turned on via Bootcamp software included with Jaguar?
Also does anyone have any information on this GeForce 8800 GS card? I've tried googling it and keep getting sporadic results of Geforce GTS and Geforce GTX cards but nothing about this GS card!
I want to run Vistas AeroGlass and the games I'm interested in playing are WOW, Oblivion, Battlefield 2142 & COD 4.
Can the new IMacs with this GeForce 8800 GS handle all this?

I have the AL iMac 2.4GHz w/ 1GB RAM and the Radeon 2600 w/ 256. Running XP in BootCamp I can run COD4 @ Max and is very playable (not necessarily full throttle) w/ plenty of action on screen. Also the PREY demo works just about as good. If I go to 1600x1200 it will run flawlessly.
WoW will play great on Leopard (though I've had a few freezes in game:::not sure if this is Mac update related or patching for WoW itself). You can also max WoW out and it runs smoother than COD4 (WoW is older) but for the beauty of the game and smoothness tune it a bit and you are cool. And yes AAx8:)
Can't wait until I go to the Corsair 4GB kit w/ 4-4-12 cycle:):):P

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After calling NVIDIA I've finally discovered what this graphics card REALLY is.
This card is NOT the GeForce GS that was recently renamed to 9600 GSO. That card has 384 MB GDDR3 Memory with 550 Core Speed.
The new IMac GeForce is 8800M GTS.
Heres some specs on the new card:
Pipelines 64 - unified
Core Speed 500 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz
Memory Bus Width 256 Bit
Memory Type GDDR3
Max.Memory 512 MB
Shared Memory No
DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consump 35 Watt
Transistors Million
Features 1250 MHz Shader clock, Pure Video technology (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV9 decoder acceleration), HDCP-capable, PowerMizer 7.0 energy management (dynamic switching between performance and energy saving), HDR (high dynamic-range lighting), designed for Windows Vista, Dual-Link DVI-D exits for resolutions from TFT up to 2560x1600, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread technology.
Anyway, hope this clears up some confusion for people. I know it baffled me for a good few.

Heres another useful link:
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/43pxg/
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
Owner's Comments:24 inch iMac, 3.06 Ghz C2D, 8800GS 512 DDR3, 2 Gig 800 Mhz Ram, 500 Gig HD
GPU: G92 M Revision: A2
Technology: 65 nm Die Size: 330 mm²
BIOS Version: 62.92.27.00.12 Device ID: 10DE - 0609
Bus Interface: PCI-E x16 @ x16 Subvendor: Apple Computer (106B)
ROPs: 16 Shaders: 64 (DX 10.0)
Pixel Fillrate: 0.0 GPixel/s Texture Fillrate: 0.0 GTexel/s
Memory Type: GDDR3 Bus Width: 256 bit
Memory Size: 512 MB Bandwidth: 0.0 GB/s
Driver: nvlddmkm 7.15.11.6763 (ForceWare 167.63) / Vista
GPU Clock: 0 MHz 0 MHz
Default Clock: 500 MHz 799 MHz 1250 MHz
Overclock: - - -

Early '08 iMac with a GeForce 8800 GS graphics card.

I have an early '08 iMac with a GeForce 8800 GS graphics card. Can I update my card with a newer, better updated one? Would like to play Battlefield 3 and others. If so, can I replace it myself or should Apple do it after I buy it from OWC.

Apple will not install a non-Apple product in your iMac. Maybe an Apple Authorized Service Provider might.
Some models have replaceable video cards, but updating with a newer one will require much research, (my guess is that this is not possible, as connectors and circuitry aren't standardized).
See this DIY on an iMac video card procedure to see if it's something you would want to try yourself: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-iMac-Intel-20-Inch-EMC-2133-and-2210-Vide o-Card/1014/1

I urgently need to know how I can connect 8 thunderbolt display, I was thinking with the new mac pro will come out, but I wonder if it is possible to connect an iMac to 4GB of graphics card, but suffers from the imac. thanks

I urgently need to know how I can connect 8 thunderbolt display, I was thinking with the new mac pro will come out, but I wonder if it is possible to connect an iMac to 4GB of graphics card, but suffers from the imac. thanks

I tightened all HD screws and it didn't help. With the machine running and side of the case off, I physically stopped both the video card fan and the front case fan with my finger for a couple seconds and the noise continued. I also took all hard drives out one by one and rebooted each time. Again, the noise continued until I took out the Mac HD in Bay 1, rebooted, and I had a very quiet, silent machine. The issue is the hard drive in bay 1 that shipped with the computer, it's without a doubt causing the hum/woosh sound. I still need to know if I can safely swap the Mac HD from bay 1 to bay 4 without any issues to the operating system. I would like to try that to see if it dampens the noise but I also want to make sure this swap won't screw up my machine at all.

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I bought a refurb Spring 2008 24" iMac with the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS video card from the Apple online store almost a month ago now. Worked brilliantly until yesterday afternoon when the display suddenly went all pixelated, with a funny aqua coloured wash effect over parts of all windows, the menu bar and desktop. The desktop background image shadows are all pixely and blocky (as if it'd switched to 256 colours or resolution had suddenly reverted lower than default is the best way I can describe it). The drop shadows are all pixelated too and parts of the desktop background seem to pulse... It happens, sometimes a few minutes after a bootup, but usually almost immediately, booting from the internal disk and my external backup disk, from the install DVD, and also if I boot in safe mode. Given this I don't think it's a software or driver issue.
I've run hardware check from the supplied 10.5.4 DVD, both the short and the long runs, and it found nothing. If I shut it down and leave it for a while (like an hour or overnight) it'll come up and work fine for a few minutes, then the display will flash several black horizontal lines for a second or two and then the display will switch back to the pixelate/low res mode again. When it happens the Displays preference pane shows the correct 1920 X 1200 setting, millions of colours, and the Display Profile is set to iMac as it should be (and changing to another profile doesn't help).
It seems possibly temperature related as leaving it powered down for a while seems to fix it temporarily but the iStat Nano widget shows the CPU/GPU temps are only about 43-47C when it goes crazy, so it doesn't seem to be particularly high (and I'm usually only doing some web browsing when it happens, no games or videos playing or anything). The machine seems to work fine aside from the messed up display, I can launch apps and work with them when it's happening.
The machine came with 10.5.4 installed and I updated it to 10.5.6 via software update and used Migration Assistant to copy my user data and apps from my MacBook Pro.
I've reset parameter RAM and SMC with no change in behaviour. The only new software installed recently was the iPhone SDK about three days before it started playing up and I also installed Scribbles drawing program several hours before it started misbehaving (but I wasn't using Scribbles at the time it broke and I've since removed it with no change).
Has anyone seen this problem before? Is it a faulty graphics card as it appears or could it be something else given that hardware tests found no problems?

Wow, this is bizarre. I got home today and I have the exact same issue, except I have a mac mini, so it is obviously the original video card. I thought it must be that somehow the video card got damaged, but now I think whatever has caused your problem is related to mine.
I booted in safe mode and the video was clear, there are some hardly noticable artifacts when dragging a window but that is probably due to the safe mode driver. I really don't know what to think. Maybe the video card got messed up or maybe it is in the driver. But you have to admit that it seems beyond coincidence that we would both have the save video issue on almost the same day, even though we have different hardware setups, maybe something else is going on.
Please let us know what is response you get!
Cheers.
-Sam

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:
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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.
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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.

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This is the list of Apple approved graphics, except for the cards for laptops. Replace your card with one of these. Get the best you can afford.
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Lighting effects filter not available on PScc - using windows 8.1 with GeForce GTX 680 graphics card

I have Photoshop cc and Lightroom 5.5. My computer runs windows 8.1, 64 bit, with GeForce GTX 680 graphics card.
I am trying to use the lighting effects filter, but it is grayed out so I cannot select it.
Can you tell me what I need to change in order to use the lighting effects filter?

This is the Lightroom forum. I don't use the lighting effects very often in Photoshop. But if I recall correctly, it will only work on 8-bit images.

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Kyle Thompson2 wrote:
Well, Its a power mac G5. Its a single processor with 1.6 ghz. Now the first card i saw doesnt look like mine. The plug ins dont match.
Are you talking about the gold connectors? They will look different because the 9600's I listed don't have ADC. That will make the physical build slightly different. The card will fit into any 8x AGP Pro slot.
The card that you pictured is a GeForce FX 5200 Ultra , isn't it? With ADC, correct? The different maker and port configuration will make the cards look quite different. You can use the ATI Radeon 9600 in your machine with confidence.
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Need new driver for nVIDIA 7900GTX graphic card (OS : Mac OS X 10.4)

Any one know where i can get the new driver for nVIDIA 7900GTX graphic card (OS : Mac OS X 10.4)

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Here is a sample video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkMGFyB8wig&feature=related
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On an IMac will a 4GB graphics card give a noticeable speed improvement over a 2GB card?

On an IMac will a 4GB graphics card give a noticeable speed improvement over a 2GB card?

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I want to get a new iMac intel computer but im not sure if i should get the 17' or the 20'.
I play the game world of warcraft alot and i was wondering if i got the 17' (which comes with a ATI Radeon X1600/128MB VRAM) would it make a big difference compared to the 20' ( which can be upgraded to ATI Radeon X1600/256MB VRAM)?
and if it does can i upgrade the 17' to a ATI Radeon X1600/256MB VRAM without going though apple (since they dont offer it though the customize page)?
-Joshua Galindo

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