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Powermac G4's (with AGP & PCI expansion slots).where you could replace or upgrade the video card. Powermac G5's (with AGP, PCI, PCI-X, and PCIe expansion slots) which takes us back to 2003 when the first Powermac G5's were introduced So what I'm saying is.the Mac Pro's are the only Apple computer since 2006 where this whole video card (Windows & Mac version) has been a possibility.īut.before Intel Mac Pro's (with PCIe expansion slots).this same exact issue existed with: Since 2006 when the first Intel Mac's were released.the Mac Pro's have been the only Macintosh computer that had a video card that was replaceable or upgradeable. Here's goes 'Nick' with 'Mac History' again! Maybe the day will come.but I don't think it's here yet. I guess if it were possible for a video card to have both Windows & Macintosh ROM instructions on it.and somehow the card would 'sense' what platform it was installed in.then I could see one video card working in both a Windows & Macintosh computer.

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You would think that with both Macintosh & Windows computers both using Intel cpu's there might be some video card compatibility.but I guess there still must be big enough differences between Mac OS X & Windows that the video cards are not cross-platform compatible. With that $100 price difference.if the Windows 5770 video card was compatible with Mac Pros.I would think that every Mac Pro owner would probably be buying the $150 Windows version rather than the $250 Mac version. XFX Radeon HD 5770 Graphics adapter - 1 GB - GDDR5 SDRAM The Windows version sells for around $150:

I did some internet searching.and it seems like the Macintosh version of the ATI Radeon 5770 costs about $250 (including the Apple Store):ĪTI Radeon HD 5770 Graphics Upgrade Kit Graphics adapter - 1 GB - GDDR5 SDRAM Still separate Macintosh & Windows versions of video cards. I also know that the couple of Mac Pro 'generations' after the 2006 Mac Pro still had 'Macintosh' version graphics cards.Īnd technically.I don't have experience with 2010 Mac Pros.but I have no reason to believe anything has changed. How new is newer? If you mean all Mac Pros since the first ones in 2006.then I can definitely vouch for my 2006 'quad-core' model not able to use Windows computer video cards. Users would try to 'flash' the Windows version of a video card to work in a Mac. This was the same situation with the old Powermac G4 models. But even then they don't always work 100%. This is why some Mac users (in order to use a the less expensive version of a video card from a Windows computer).try to 'flash' the Windows video card with Macintosh ROM.so it will work on a Mac Pro. For example.I know of an older video card model (used in older Mac Pros) that in used condition for Windows computers sells for $20 bucks.and the same used card for a Mac Pro will sell for $100 or more.

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For example.many Windows computer video cards will have a serial port on it.where Mac video cards almost never have a serial port.Īlso.the same video card for a Macintosh may cost 2 times more than the same video card for a Windows computer.especially when we are talking used cards. Many times it's just the ROM instructions on the video card.but sometimes there are different ports on each card. the exact same video card that may be available for both Windows computers & Mac's are definitely different.

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