Video drivers for mac

blackduck30 · 10-29-2007, 03:59 AM

Well a good friend of mine was disappointed when he found out he only had a nvidia 7300 video card in his power mac. He was looking to upgrade but when he asked me ( being a PC person ) I didn't really know what drivers are available or if they are the same deal as the PC ones where 1 driver covers a range of cards. Not knowing this I told him I'm not sure if he could upgrade to a 7900 Gt or something along those lines. I did see a X1900XT mac edition but they are like $650 here in OZZ and I'm sure he does not want to spend that much

Any info on what is possible would be greatly appreciated

dai · 10-29-2007, 12:03 PM

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/...ltraQandA.html

blackduck30 · 10-29-2007, 08:02 PM

Well it seems Apple are not really that nice when it comes to variety, There is not a lot of choice when it comes to video selection. Seems they want to be very selective on what they want there customers to use. You would think they would at least work it so they could use normal video cards.
Another reason i will stay with PC
Thanks for the info dai

10-29-2007, 03:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
blackduck30 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wollongong/Australia Posts: 4,230 OS: XP pro SP3/Vista Ultimate My System	Video drivers for mac Well a good friend of mine was disappointed when he found out he only had a nvidia 7300 video card in his power mac. He was looking to upgrade but when he asked me ( being a PC person ) I didn't really know what drivers are available or if they are the same deal as the PC ones where 1 driver covers a range of cards. Not knowing this I told him I'm not sure if he could upgrade to a 7900 Gt or something along those lines. I did see a X1900XT mac edition but they are like $650 here in OZZ and I'm sure he does not want to spend that much Any info on what is possible would be greatly appreciated __________________ Blackduck30 Time is like money and milk, It's always running out Any Donations Help Keep TSF Free For All

10-29-2007, 12:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,514 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Video drivers for mac http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/...ltraQandA.html __________________

10-29-2007, 08:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
blackduck30 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wollongong/Australia Posts: 4,230 OS: XP pro SP3/Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Video drivers for mac Well it seems Apple are not really that nice when it comes to variety, There is not a lot of choice when it comes to video selection. Seems they want to be very selective on what they want there customers to use. You would think they would at least work it so they could use normal video cards. Another reason i will stay with PC Thanks for the info dai __________________ Blackduck30 Time is like money and milk, It's always running out Any Donations Help Keep TSF Free For All