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04-17-2008, 09:04 AM
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|  GeForce 8800 GT Upgrade Kit Now Available for Apple Mac Pro
NVIDIA Corporation today announced that an upgrade kit featuring the award-winning NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT GPU is now available for the Mac Pro. Priced at $279, the GeForce 8800 GT upgrade kit allows first-generation Mac Pro users to optimize their Mac with the same powerful solution already available in second-generation Mac Pro systems to deliver powerful graphics processing for the most demanding professional and consumer applications. [H]ard|OCP - www.hardocp.com | 
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04-17-2008, 12:43 PM
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| Re: GeForce 8800 GT Upgrade Kit Now Available for Apple Mac Pro
But here is the real question. What woud a Mac user want with this card?
OS X can not do DX at all nor can it really run many games. Other than those made for it specifically.
So what would they gain from a 8800GT? iLife would look a bit better?
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04-17-2008, 02:53 PM
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wow.. completely moronic... agreed with Mak here... theres no point..
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04-17-2008, 08:18 PM
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| Re: GeForce 8800 GT Upgrade Kit Now Available for Apple Mac Pro
they already had the 8800m in some macbooks and i was always asking myself... why?
btw why can't they use any old 8800 gt? why do they have to use this overpriced one?
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04-17-2008, 09:20 PM
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| Re: GeForce 8800 GT Upgrade Kit Now Available for Apple Mac Pro
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Originally Posted by Makaveli213  But here is the real question. What woud a Mac user want with this card?
OS X can not do DX at all nor can it really run many games. Other than those made for it specifically.
So what would they gain from a 8800GT? iLife would look a bit better? | Oh but then they can try to play Crysis on their MP's! =P Funny, cuz I know somebody who thinkgs Macs are godsends... Annoying elitists >_> Quote:
Originally Posted by Drizzt5 btw why can't they use any old 8800 gt? why do they have to use this overpriced one? | Cuz Apple is pushing it? Lol, they're probably advertising it encased in white/glossy aluminum shell too lol...
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04-17-2008, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Drizzt5 they already had the 8800m in some macbooks and i was always asking myself... why?
btw why can't they use any old 8800 gt? why do they have to use this overpriced one? | It is a Mac. Everything is overpriced. Go check out how much it is for RAM on a Mac. 
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04-17-2008, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Makaveli213 It is a Mac. Everything is overpriced. Go check out how much it is for RAM on a Mac. | Beat ya to it  .
And yeah... 2GB from Apple directly is $500, and 4GB is $1k...
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04-17-2008, 09:25 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Somewhere inbetween FL and NY Posts: 3,035
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Originally Posted by carnageX Funny, cuz I know somebody who thinks Macs are godsends... Annoying elitists >_> | Every techie knows one of them...
I laugh at him and his overpriced macbook...
Only apple product i would consider would be the iphone, and still thats only considering it, not buying it.
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04-17-2008, 09:32 PM
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Only Apple Product I've considered (and still owning) is my muy estupido iPod Nano, I really hate it, I mean I could have gotten some Creative Zen one for the same price with double the capacity
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04-17-2008, 09:36 PM
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Mac Clone Maker Psystar Vows To Challenge Apple EULA - Apple Unvarnished - InformationWeek
If and only if i could get the OS would i ever even try something from Mac. I would just try the OS out. Jsut liek i did for Linux. Still waiting for 8.04 Ubuntu to get done....
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