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How long before we get our own 3rd Party nVidia cards?
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l008com
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Jun 13, 2002, 05:00 PM
 
How long do you think it will be before companies that make nVidia cards now start making them for mac? I know apple makes them, but they will cost a fortune if the ever start selling them separate, and it seems like if many cards can be sold separate, then manufacturing some with a Mac ROm and writing Mac on the box will surely generate far more money than it will cost. And the benefit, we get 128 MB GeForce 4 Ti cards with an ADC port and a DVI port, all for a reasonable price. Hooray!
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Jun 14, 2002, 03:50 AM
 
When the market share doubles? The biggest thing companies probably don't want to have to deal with is support.
     
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Jun 14, 2002, 11:55 AM
 
I'm afraid Maneki Neko is right. There's just not enough market share for this to be lucrative. Surely, flashing the ROM ain't as much work as one might think, but that's not it. You also need the drivers, you need some kind of installation guide, and of course support.
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