Can the Apple version 6800GT DDL work on Windows/PCs? As far as I know, there are no PC versions of a 6800GT DDL, and only Ultra exist with dual dvi. Would it be possible to use this card on PC using Windows Nvidia drivers?
I dont know if Nvidia cards for Apple and PC physically different or not.
Thank you.
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On a side note, would this solve the POST-less problems that PC users, with Apple Cinema Display (I have the 23"), are experiencing? Especially for those people like myself, who seek lesser expensive video card solution. People who have 6800 Ultra on the Apple Displays do not experience the POST-less problem...maybe because of the dual dvi design.
Can the Apple version 6800GT DDL work on Windows/PCs? As far as I know, there are no PC versions of a 6800GT DDL, and only Ultra exist with dual dvi. Would it be possible to use this card on PC using Windows Nvidia drivers?
I dont know if Nvidia cards for Apple and PC physically different or not.
Thank you.
*edit*
On a side note, would this solve the POST-less problems that PC users, with Apple Cinema Display (I have the 23"), are experiencing? Especially for those people like myself, who seek lesser expensive video card solution. People who have 6800 Ultra on the Apple Displays do not experience the POST-less problem...maybe because of the dual dvi design.
Probably not. You would still need a i386 BIOS on these cards. Unless you can find a dual-link DVI 6800 or x800, you are stuck buying a Quaddro or a Fire GL with a dual-link DVI interface. Seems like that's a "high-end" feature on PC cards. Ironically, a Mac 6800 is probably the same hardware-wise as a Quaddro, only with some firmware differences and/or a solder trace or two; well, that and the price.
I think it's true that Apple writes their own OpenGL implementation, but from what others here have said, ATI and NVidia give Apple the source code of their hardware level drivers to build the MacOS X drivers from.
Close. ATI ports their own drivers. NVIDIA ships Apple their PC drivers, and Apple ports them.
Both sets of drivers hook into Apple's OpenGL implementation instead of supplying their own.
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I dont know if Nvidia cards for Apple and PC physically different or not.
Thank you.
*edit*
On a side note, would this solve the POST-less problems that PC users, with Apple Cinema Display (I have the 23"), are experiencing? Especially for those people like myself, who seek lesser expensive video card solution. People who have 6800 Ultra on the Apple Displays do not experience the POST-less problem...maybe because of the dual dvi design.
Originally posted by Sanhime
Can the Apple version 6800GT DDL work on Windows/PCs? As far as I know, there are no PC versions of a 6800GT DDL, and only Ultra exist with dual dvi. Would it be possible to use this card on PC using Windows Nvidia drivers?
I dont know if Nvidia cards for Apple and PC physically different or not.
Thank you.
*edit*
On a side note, would this solve the POST-less problems that PC users, with Apple Cinema Display (I have the 23"), are experiencing? Especially for those people like myself, who seek lesser expensive video card solution. People who have 6800 Ultra on the Apple Displays do not experience the POST-less problem...maybe because of the dual dvi design.
Probably not. You would still need a i386 BIOS on these cards. Unless you can find a dual-link DVI 6800 or x800, you are stuck buying a Quaddro or a Fire GL with a dual-link DVI interface. Seems like that's a "high-end" feature on PC cards. Ironically, a Mac 6800 is probably the same hardware-wise as a Quaddro, only with some firmware differences and/or a solder trace or two; well, that and the price.
Originally posted by MattB
I think it's true that Apple writes their own OpenGL implementation, but from what others here have said, ATI and NVidia give Apple the source code of their hardware level drivers to build the MacOS X drivers from.
Close. ATI ports their own drivers. NVIDIA ships Apple their PC drivers, and Apple ports them.
Both sets of drivers hook into Apple's OpenGL implementation instead of supplying their own.