Graphics cards experts required!

Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Which is the better card:



GeForce 6600 as found in the Power Mac Quad

GeForce 7300 as found in the Mac Pro

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    DING! DING! DING!



    4th link on Google.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    messiahmessiah Posts: 1,689member
    A very comprehensive review – but what about the two cards that Apple ships (as opposed to third party cards)?
  • Reply 3 of 4
    joeyjoey Posts: 236member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Messiah


    A very comprehensive review ? but what about the two cards that Apple ships (as opposed to third party cards)?





    From what I understand you're stuck with the options from Apple right now. Apple uses the standard PCI Express slots in their new Pros, but the issue is with drivers. I don't believe any manufacturer at this point is offering drivers that are compatable with the Mac Pros (although, I expect this will change in the not too distant future). I believe they offer the ATI X1900XTX as well... which is an excellent card.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    drboardrboar Posts: 477member
    Both are low end (gaming) cards with the 6600 as a former midrange and the 7300 as a new budget card. Not much of a difference between them and I do not think you can swap them anyhow between Intel and PPC mac towers. So making a true comparison is impossible.
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