Nvidia 8800 & 2007 Power Mac = No Dice!

I am fuming that I am stuck with this 7300 video card in what is supposed to be an upgradeable, high end, premium machine; the 2007 Mac Pro.
I was going to upgrade to the Nvidia 8800 but learned that it was not compatible with the 'older' machines (good grief, I purchased this machine less than 8 months ago) and find the $400 X1900 option to be overpriced and the continued rumors of bugginess in (even the newer ones) don't make that option very enticing.
So...what do I have? I have a $2,500 Mac Pro that is less than 8 months old with a weaker video card than is currently shipping in iMacs.
I'm thinking that this will be the last Mac Pro I purchase if this problem is not addressed. Does anyone have any additional news?

If you're going to rant, at least have the decency to make sure your complaints are valid. You can get the 8800 card for your Mac Pro here
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?s=topSe llers&fnode=home/shopmac/macaccessories/displays&nplm=MB560Z/A&mco=OTkzNDY

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  • Early 2008 Mac Pro + nVidia 8800: Never going to work?

    This forum is littered with threads about early 2008 Mac Pros with the nVidia 8800 card - none of them positive.
    I was unfortunate enough to wait for Apple to release such a machine and buy it. Graphics performance is dire given the hardware available. The machine routinely crashes with the window manager hang problem (the user interface just locks up, yet network services etc. still work), in the way familiar to anyone blighted by this particular bug; just run the Folding@Home client on your machine if you want to experience the joy. Or screensavers, sometimes, so I've had to turn those off. And I've had to turn off monitor power saving too, because I too suffer from the 'monitors sometimes don't wake up' bug. And of course I can't sleep the machine either, because firmware upgrade or not, it's still not reliable. And after all this, still the machine crashes.
    SSH to the machine; try to restart cleanly; even 'sudo reboot' won't restart it. Apple have achieved something I've never seen out of any Unix or Unix-like operating system, ever; the kernel is unable to kill its own processes.
    There have been no indications from Apple that I've seen on these forums over several weeks that the problem is even being acknowledged, let alone tackled. Latest reports indicate that even the 1st gen Mac Pro owners are suffering if they install the 8800.
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1460752&tstart=0
    My machine rarely makes it through the day without a forced reboot due to the window manager hanging. I can't do any work on it. I can't rely on it. I can't enjoy it. I can't even use it for web browsing without fear of it hanging.
    There seem to be no facts about this at all. So all I can ask for is opinions. Does anyone have any offering of hope that early 2008 Mac Pros might ever work properly with 8800 cards? Y'know, little things, like actually being able to handle graphics? Or sleeping the monitors? Or, heaven forbid, sleeping the whole machine? Or should I just send it back as unfit for purpose?
    Yours, tired and exasperated... :-/

    I posted this in some other blog (forum), I should have posted this here also but I hope this gives you and all with these problems hope!! I also ran some fish tank test some else posted to get the folding problem to happen and I can not get it to happen at all now, and since my 8800 went in I get NO LOCKUPS, SCREEN FREEZES, shaky blurry video when I boot, so far NOTHING, IT JUST WORKS!!!!!!!!
    Now that I think about it the person who said to use the fish tank program had a bad 8800 and maybe you do also!! here is the link to that:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6965475&#6965475
    I purchased my first mac pro early 08 2 months ago (amazon.com).
    2 quad core 2.8's, 2 gig apple 4 gig OWC total 6 gig ram,2-WD raptors (1st mac 2nd boot camp winxp 32 bit), apple care.
    I had all my problems with the ATI card (I always purchased ATI, never Nvidia, for all the PC's I built) a couple of times I bought the first ones out, these had all kinds of problems until good drivers that actually worked were released (usually 6-12 months after the release of the card).
    So I try not to buy routers, graphic cards, etc.. for at least 6-12 months, but back to my 2600 card!!
    When I received my mac the graphics would freeze, I did a lot of online reading only to find out the ATI 2600 was the problem, the cure was to hook up 2 monitors to the card (and that worked!!).
    Then they came out with the firmware update, now my main monitor would after 2 days on a reboot be scambled (samsung syncmaster 213t, NEVER had ANY problem with it before on any PC I had, so I knew it was not the monitor) to fix the problem I had to either turn power off to the syncmaster or resetting PRAM (worked for a couple more days, then the same problem).
    I called apple and they sent a tech out within days to replace the ATI card, the replacement did the same thing after a couple of days, so I called Apple back and they took a bunch of info from my computer (BTW not much at all loaded in the mac side) and said to call back in a week, so I called back a week later and they said they were going to exchange the card for either another ati 2600 or the Nvidia 8800, I said 8800 and a day later on a saturday I received it, swapped the card and NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS at all!!
    So I don't know if the ATI card has problems with certain monitors or they are just poorly made (maybe AMD is mad with Apple that Apple did not use AMD processors).
    I have read others that swapped with the 8800 and their problems went away also!!!!
    Maybe some have no problems with the 2600, but I would not recommend it to anyone, if you can avoid the 2600 GO WITH THE 8800, the drivers will get better (and the 8800 will eventually outperform the ATI)and you will not be sorry.
    Apple is awesome, they are 2nd to none, their is no other company like this anymore that I have dealt with in a long time (not just because they gave me a 8800), like I said in the beginning of this post I always purchased ATI cards and would have kept it if it would have worked but 2 doing the same, ATI [AMD] has lost my support until they prove otherwise.
    I recommend Mac's to everyone now!!
    good luck and let me know it any of this has helped!!!!!!!!!!

  • Mac Pro Screen Freezing Issue with NVIDIA 8800 GT too

    There were lots of entry in threads, where the screen freezing issue was described (disorted screen with strange lines, only reboot helps). Nearly all cases seem to be related to the ATI 2600 card.
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1358062&tstart=30
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1365277&tstart=0
    I opened this new thread to show, that this problems occurs not only for the ATI card but for the NVIDIA 8800 card, too.
    My MacPro was delivered 8 days ago and was running without any problems. But all of a sudden, I got that screen freeze. And it wasn't the first time, I was heavely working 2-3 hours with that computer.
    In total, 2 screen freezes showed on my computer. The first one during working with the computer. The second one during booting into MacOS X. The screen freeze occured during the boot phase with the grey screen and the spinning wheel.
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    I've actually been having the freezing issue for a while now but I didn't have the know-how to troubleshoot it (PC tech trying to support the only Mac lab in the building).
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    Dual Core Xeon 2.66
    2gb RAM
    nVidia GeForce 7300 GT
    Mac OS 10.4.11
    The machine always has 2 displays connected to it so the workaround that was discussed for the ATI 2600 doesn't apply. I had 1 display connected here in my shop and it froze for that as well.
    Message was edited by: DocturKnowles

  • Mac Pro with NVIDIA 8800 GT HD Playback

    I just upgraded from my 2.7 GHz Dual G5 to a brand new Mac Pro Dual Quad 2.8 GHz Xeon (Early 2008) with the NVidia 8800 GT GPU. I'm having issues with HD (1080P) video playback in which the video stutters (would appear that the frame rate drops for a fraction of a second and then returns to normal). This is an intermittent problem and so I can rewind the video and watch the same scene again and it looks fine.
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    I would add more memory, even if it doesn't seem like it is problem, OS X and apps will try to use what is available and use free/inactive memory as cache.
    http://www.barefeats.com/harper3.html
    Glad you kept one drive 'as is' - if someone does want to test out or migrate always better to work off a cloned system until you know it works.
    I try to have all the media on a stripped RAID, a dedicated boot drive with nothing else on it, which keeps things running smoothly.
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  • Slow render speed with new Mac Pro / NVIDIA 8800

    I bought a new Mac Pro to replace a dual G5 because I have a number of Motion projects to finish quickly. My local dealer recommended the NVIDIA 8800 as it has 512 mb RAM (versus 128 on my old machine). I'm finding that the render time is worse than with the G5. I have yet to successfully render a 1 minute segment using Compressor (I've left it to run overnight several times with no success).
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    k7 wrote:
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  • Power Mac G4 - Sims 3

    Does the power mac G4 meet the requirements to play the sims 3 smoothly?
    Specs:
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  • Choosing iMac model.  Nvidia 8800 hotter than ATI 2600 ?

    I'm just about to buy a 2.8GHz 24" iMac and am trying to decide whether to upgrade to the NVidia 8800 Graphics card or not.
    I'm mainly trying to make it as future-proof as I can by putting in a higher spec card now, and also I guess Snow Leopard (with OpenCL) should be able to make much better use of the NVIDIA card than the ATI one.
    I'm happy with the cost involved, but I'm concerned that the 8800 (being a more powerful card) may run hotter in normal (i.e. non-gaming) use compared to the 2600.
    Could anyone offer an opinion on this? Do you think I'm likely to experience more fan noise with an 8800 fitted compared to a 2600?
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    Steve

    It does run hotter, fans are still inaudible unless right next to it (ear pressed where it will feel the heat).... now here's the thing: The fan speed won't increase noticeably even under extreme load.
    To answer your question, if I focus on it, I can hear the fans (right now). If I reach up and touch the top (around top left) it's warm to the touch, and I can barely feel a warm breeze coming out
    If i were to fire up Second Life (game) for about 10-20 minutes - it gets uncomfortably warm to the touch along the top edge (quick), and I could feel but barely hear more air being pushed out.
    Me and a friend launched Second Life from openGL profiler - she (ATI 2600, 2.8/4m) was hitting around 40-50 FPS, I was hitting 120-180 (these were on a private estate (somewhat controlled environmentals), both set to level 3 quality - kinda apples to apples as best as we could).
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    I was under no illusions that it was a gaming machine or a production 3D/graphics workstation tho - it's good enough for casual gaming/semi-pro use with some decent capabilities, don't expect too much from it tho.
    There is one of the mac fan sites that tracks the average days of refresh - roughly when to expect the next big "refresh" from Apple - maybe someone else can remember where it is... (something like mid jan/late spring roughly - with some exceptions).
    Last thing I'd want is to have ordered the 8800 as a CTO (not refundable) to find out 5 days later a 9800 with 1 gig on a slick nvidia chipset was replacing it. And that they had replaced the mighty mouse.
    The iMac 8800/3.06 is the quietest machine I've worked with, power wise - even when it is cranked to the hilt, and it gets hot, uncomfortably hot (that makes me jittery - which is why I'm glad I've got AppleCare). I could run SMC fan control or something to keep it cooler, but I'd prefer to see if Apple's got it right.
    Anyhow... Good luck with it all. I plan on selling mine - maybe not tho, it would make a cool fishtank. (I'm learning I'm just not an Apple person, tho I'm still trying).

  • Power Mac G4 keeps crashing. Start up after restarted

    Hello. This Power Mac G4- AGP graphic - keeps crashing. However, after each crash it power up normally. The problem reoccurred several time over a week.
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    Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x700 - Program DAR=0x00000000E7ADE000 PC=0x00000000002FE824
    Latest crash info for cpu 0:
       Exception state (sv=0x22CD6280)
          PC=0x002FE824; MSR=0x00089030; DAR=0xE7ADE000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x002D824C; R1=0x0F753A30; XCP=0x0000001C (0x700 - Program)
          Backtrace:
    0x00000000 0x002D824C 0x002D6E78 0x0081DEC4 0x0081D96C 0x00474E90
             0x004E0634 0x004E0338 0x004E16E0 0x004E1A14 0x002D1B8C 0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
          Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
             com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass(1.4.5)@0x81a000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x472000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(1.4.9)@0x5ca000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5)@0x43d000
             com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI(2.5.5)@0x4dd000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x472000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x460000
             com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x472000
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       Exception state (sv=0x22CD6280)
          previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
       Exception state (sv=0x228D6780)
          PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0007): 0x700 - Program
    Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
          Backtrace:
             0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
    Proceeding back via exception chain:
       Exception state (sv=0x22CD6280)
          PC=0x002FE824; MSR=0x00089030; DAR=0xE7ADE000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x002D824C; R1=0x0F753A30; XCP=0x0000001C (0x700 - Program)
          Backtrace:
    0x00000000 0x002D824C 0x002D6E78 0x0081DEC4 0x0081D96C 0x00474E90
             0x004E0634 0x004E0338 0x004E16E0 0x004E1A14 0x002D1B8C 0x002D0A54 0x000A9714
          Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
             com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass(1.4.5)@0x81a000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.8.1)@0x472000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(1.4.9)@0x5ca000
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    Memory Module: DIMM1/J22, 128 MB, SDRAM, PC100-222S
    Modem: Spring, UCJ, V.90, 3.0F, APPLE VERSION 0001, 4/7/1999
    Network Service: Built-in Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
    PCI Card: usb, usb, SLOT-C
    PCI Card: usb, usb, SLOT-C
    PCI Card: pci9005,201e, SLOT-C
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    USB Device: Hub, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
    USB Device: USB Flash Drive, USB 2.0, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
    USB Device: Card Reader, Generic, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
    USB Device: USB20 Camera, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
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    USB Device: Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA
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  • Power Mac G4 (FW800) freezes often, with an occasional kernel panic

    I recently purchased a Power Mac G4 (FW800) on eBay for $160, minus a hard drive and stock video card, along with a hard drive cage.
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    I would hate to sell the machine for parts, but if worse comes to worse, that may be the route I may go under. Is there anything I could do to avoid having to go that route? From the inside, all of the motherboard capacitors look fine, but I haven't checked the graphics card yet, but I doubt that's the culprit. I want to see if I could push my luck with Apple sending the AHT for the Power Mac, since I can't find any on eBay, but I'm working with a vintage Mac here, and this is New York, so my luck may be out.
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    1) Buying actual 2.5v RAM. That may hopefully be the key.
    2) Removing the USB card I put in, along with my Broadcom-equipped Belkin Wi-Fi card I put in.
    3) Calling Apple and begging them to send me a copy of the AHT for the Power Mac, and with that, hopefully, a copy of the system software.
    Any suggestions? Comments? If need be, I'll post the system/crash logs for you hardware junkies.
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    1.0GHz PowerPC G4 on a 133MHz bus
    1GB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (originally had some PC3200 in the machine).
    120GB Seagate HD
    Stock Phillips CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo
    Pioneer DVD-111D (the nice DVD burner I cannibalized off my beautiful homebuilt Wine-doze PC)
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    Masscool XWT-MTU25 USB 2.0 card
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    Did both, and I still freeze up when importing iTunes songs. I'll include some kernel panic logs for reference, for you techies.
    1) Thu Nov 27 22:42:50 2008
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00260820): fg: being freed with bad fg_count (32548120)
    Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
    Backtrace:
    0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x00260820 0x0025E95C 0x0025E730 0x002ABDB8 0x000ABD30
    0x00000000
    Proceeding back via exception chain:
    Exception state (sv=0x3C240780)
    PC=0x90014BEC; MSR=0x0200D030; DAR=0x00424000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x907C9088; R1=0xF007C240; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
    2) Tue Nov 25 20:21:06 2008
    Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x600 - Alignment DAR=0x0000000002DDCC3D PC=0x00000000000A43C0
    Latest crash info for cpu 0:
    Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
    PC=0x000A43C0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x02DDCC3D; DSISR=0x000000A0; LR=0x0001DEAC; R1=0x17773C10; XCP=0x00000018 (0x600 - Alignment)
    Backtrace:
    0x0001DE68 0x0001F47C 0x00024224 0x0002407C 0x00049878 0x00029234
    0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x3B2F6B65
    Proceeding back via exception chain:
    Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
    previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
    Exception state (sv=0x2DEEF780)
    PC=0x9000B348; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xA0B8C068; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x9000B29C; R1=0xBFFFC630; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0006): 0x600 - Alignment
    Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
    Backtrace:
    0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
    Proceeding back via exception chain:
    Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
    PC=0x000A43C0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x02DDCC3D; DSISR=0x000000A0; LR=0x0001DEAC; R1=0x17773C10; XCP=0x00000018 (0x600 - Alignment)
    Backtrace:
    0x0001DE68 0x0001F47C 0x00024224 0x0002407C 0x00049878 0x00029234
    0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x3B2F6B65
    Exception state (sv=0x2DEEF780)
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