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Possible Deal Tuesday on nVidia GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 Video Card - Panopticon - 04-11-2010

Newegg ShellShocker for Tuesday PM is the GIGABYTE GV-N240D5-512I GeForce GT 240
512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125304&Tpk=N82E16814125304
Currently $96.97 Shipped before -$20 Prepaid Card via MIR

If they cut the price another $20, I'm in :biggrin: {net $57AR}

Max Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Ports 1ea: HDMI, DVI, & D-Sub
Dual-Link DVI & HDCP
No SLI Support

Re: Possible Deal Tuesday on nVidia GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 Video Card - GeneL - 04-11-2010

Is this video card compatible with my MacPro?

Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4

If so, would it be an improvement over the stock video card? How would it affect using my computer? Would it be noisier (I see that it has a fan)?

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Thanks for your thoughts,

GeneL

Re: Possible Deal Tuesday on nVidia GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 Video Card - M A V I C - 04-11-2010

Gene, unless you want to dive into the world of flashing video cards, you have to stick with "Mac" cards. (That's part of the reason I went with a hackintosh.)

Re: Possible Deal Tuesday on nVidia GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 Video Card - GeneL - 04-11-2010

Thanks M A V I C. That's why I asked about compatibility.

GeneL

Re: Possible Deal Tuesday on nVidia GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 Video Card - Panopticon - 04-12-2010

Actually, you wouldn't need to 'flash' the video card. You could edit the file Info.plist {& possibly a few others, I haven't done a MacPro install} located here:
/System/Library/Extensions/NVDAResman.kext/contents/info.plist

Within the plist file is the section shown below. The line that begins as:
0x011010de&0xfff8ffff denotes the video cards' Device ID and Vendor ID. the code ";0xfff8ffff" must follow every entry {w/ a few rare exceptions} and it is followed by a space, before the next entry, etc.

NVidiaRMPCIMatch

		

			CFBundleIdentifier

			com.apple.NVDAResman

			IOClass

			NVDA

			IOMatchCategory

			IOFramebuffer

			IONameMatched

			NVDA,NVMac

			IOPCIPrimaryMatch

			0x011010de&0xfff8ffff 0x017010de&0xfff8ffff 0x017910de 0x018010de&0xfff8ffff 0x018810de 0x018910de 0x020010de&0xfff8ffff 0x025010de&0xfff8ffff 0x028010de&0xfff8ffff 0x030010de&0xfff8ffff 0x031010de&0xfff8ffff 0x031910de 0x034910de 0x05e010de&0xfff8ffff 0x05f010de&0xfff0ffff

			IOProbeScore

			50000

			IOPropertyMatch

			

				name

				display

My 9400GT ids are: Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID: 0x0641; so I would add: 0x064110de&0xfff8ffff .

There are utilities available on X86 sites that will do the patching if you like to experiment. It's not for the faint of heart but is simpler than 'flashing' the card's ROM, which can also brick it!

Re: Possible Deal Tuesday on nVidia GeForce GT 240 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 Video Card - M A V I C - 04-12-2010

Good to know, Panopticon. Thanks.