- This is the fastest 3D graphics card you can get for the Mac, as of this writing. Installation was trouble-free in both OS X 10.6.1 and Windows 7 64-bit in Boot Camp. My system is a dual quad 2.8GHz Mac Pro (early 2008 model). I took out the stock ATI 2600 card before putting this one into the x16 PCI Express 2.0 slot.In OS X, I didn't have to do anything, as drivers for the 285 GTX are included in 10.6.1. I did end up downloading newer drivers in Windows after installing the 285. Several days later Windows prompted me to upgrade the drivers again. Adding the card caused Windows 7 to require reactivation.For Windows gaming users only:Here are performance numbers from the Crysis Benchmark Tool…
- I imagine the card works fine, but the description does not disclose that it does not work with the earlier versions of MacPro. It should say"Requires Mac Pro (Early 2009 with 1066MHz DDR3 memory) or Mac Pro (Early 2008 with 800MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM memory) with PCI Express 2.0 slot. Card is not compatible with version ____ and 1,1..."Also, the instructions that are included do not say anything about installing the driver at all. So before removing your old card, be sure to run the included installer and it will check to see if your system will support the card (I regretfully installed the card first which waisted a lot of time, as the power cables are very small for full size hands to…
- GeForce GTX 285 for Mac 1 GB with 648 MHz core clock
- PCI Express 2.0
- 1024 MB 512-bit GDDR3 memory
- 2484 MHz memory clock and 1476 MHz shader clock
- Open GL optimization and support
