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Anyone receive their Mac Pro with Quadro 4500 yet?
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I'm trying to locate an owner of a Mac Pro with the Quadro BTO (or upgrade) added -- has anyone received theirs yet?
thanks!
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A few Apple Stores have them on display, so someone should have them.
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Originally Posted by
A few Apple Stores have them on display, so someone should have them.
Hopefully one will reply or PM me so we can do a little test 
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Originally Posted by ciparis
Hopefully one will reply or PM me so we can do a little test
Not really sure what you're after, but in general the quadro cards aren't expensive because they're such excelent performers, but because they offer certain features (like stereo in a window) that are only required on scientific and CAD workstations.
Curious what you're wanting to test.
-Xy
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The EFI rom from the card itself. It'll be going into a 7800 GTX 512 -- the closest relative to that Quadro card (same PCB, same GPU, a few less traces for the Quadro-specific features). We're very close to getting that card running in the Mac Pro (successful display up to the login window so far). That EFI rom might just do it.
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Originally Posted by ciparis
We're very close
And who, exactly, is "WE" ???
are you part of a developer group, hackers & flashers, or what.....
just curious, since most people usually refer to themselves as "I" 
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Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
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Oh, I have the card and the mac, but not alot of the rom-hacking expertise. So I'm performing tasks by direction and reporting results with some rather more knowledgeable people over at strangedogs. Hence the we
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Still looking for a Quadro :/
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MacUser magazine in the UK recently reviewed the "Ultimate" Mac Pro config which included the Quadro so they must be shipping. Could always drop them a mail 
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I never saw the point in a Quadro, unless you're doing heavy 3D modeling, spcifically CAD, or need Stereo 3D.
It's actually slower in some tests than the X1900XT. People realize that, right?
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Linkinus is king.
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Kinda missing the point, Jago. This is just a search for the card so that the ROM from it can be loaded onto a PC 7800 GTX 512 (which is essentially the same card, but faster). Thus allowing another source for high performance gaming and 3D on the Mac Pro.
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Linkinus is king.
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Bit of a long shot but I noticed that Graphiccelerator supports the Quadro card, wondering if he had to source a ROM for it to be able to add support and if so you may be able to get a copy from him...
http://thomas.perrier.name/graphiccelerator.html
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