Upgrading to a Nvidia 8800GT Using my PC card

I have a Mac Pro 2.66 Xeon with Nvidia 7300GT, great machine.
I also have my PC with a Nvidia 8800GT that i rarely use now.
Can i take the card fro the PC and put it into the Mac Pro?
There is a massive cost difference between Mac and PC versions.

Not just any cards. Apple support in OS X requires EFI firmware. In the past it had to have Open Firmware (G5 and earlier).
Otherwise they won't have video in OS X; and can only be used running Windows natively.

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Release Date: 2014-06-27
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
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Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
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Initializing built-in extension RENDER
Initializing built-in extension RANDR
Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
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Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
Initializing built-in extension RECORD
Initializing built-in extension DPMS
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I am using the LTS kernel. I had this same issue on my laptop yesterday. On there, I fixed it by moving to the LTS kernel (at least until a new non-lts kernel comes available).
EDIT: Nevermind. I fixed it by reinstalling nvidia-libgl and lib32-nvidia-libgl. Display Manager now works!
Last edited by kyentei (2014-07-13 21:33:34)

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i have a first gen mac pro, i just got the nvidia 8800gt, i want to know if there's a way to overclock it?

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SpeedFan would be nice, but I don't know anyone that has configured it for Mac Pro profile. CPU-Z gives you the basics of motherboard. There is a GPU-Z utility out there but doesn't seem as popular or widely used.
InputRemapper 1.04 does boost 3 of the 4 fans to about 1000 rpm and does keep things safely cooled (about the same as SmcFanControl does only you can't set them below 1000 rpm).
eVGA products have 128K ROMs and have proven to be very compatible, and the 128K is large enough to take EFI firmware.
As for OC'ing, not all cards do well, and while eVGA tends to, again, some are better than others (chips are like DNA in that regard).

Nvidia 8800GT Failure?

Maybe I am just cheking the obvious.
Today my Mac Pro 3.1 froze and after that the start-up screen shows vertical purple lines and no able to boot.
I assume the grapic card Nvidia 8800GT has failed. Ot do you think it could be something else?
I took it already to the Apple Service Center in Jakarta. Do you think replacement cards are still available?
Max

They are likely to propose you install the same card. That is a Bad Idea.
RE: Mac Pro silver tower (2006-2012) Replacement Graphics cards
1) Apple brand cards,
2) "sold in the Apple store" cards, and
3) "Mac Edition" cards ...
... show all the screens, including Boot up screens, Safe Mode, Installer, Recovery, debug screens, and Alt/Option boot screens. At this writing, these choices include:
1) Apple brand cards:
• Apple-firmware 5770, about US$250** works near full speed in every model Mac Pro, Drivers in 10.6.5. (This card has just been discontinued and is no longer available from Apple dealers. There may be some new, old stock still available at resellers)
• Apple-firmware 5870, about US$450
2) "sold in the Apple store" cards
• NVIDIA Quadro 4000 Fermi, about US$1200
• NVIDIA Quadro K5000 Kepler, about US$2500
3) "Mac Edition" cards -- REQUIRE 10.8.3 or later:
• SAPPHIRE HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 MAC Edition, about US$480** Vendor recommends Mac Pro 4,1
• EVGA GTX 680 Mac Edition, about US$600
The cards above require no more than the provided two 6-pin aux power connectors provided in the Mac Pro through 2012 model. Aux cables may not be provided for third-party cards, but are readily available.
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".
One more thing--
Flashed PC cards: There are a good many EFI flashed cards that offer boot screens and behave like official cards. "for more information about using and flashing non-Apple cards, please check out the various sites like Netkas (and others) that focus on and discuss what is known and available. (Not supported or endorsed by Apple.)"

Before we upgraded to IOS 6, we used to be able to share our calendar (my husband and I have the same carrier/acct.); but now we are not able. Any suggestions on how to share the calendar?

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