Gtx 285 ship time from apple store a general fyi, i purchased my gtx 285 and a new mac pro from the online apple store last night. The reports published in appleinsider and engadget say that nvidia is gearing up to bring out a highend video card for the mac pro. The card uses a standard pciexpress interface available with intel x86 based mac pro workstations, and provides all the features of nvidias fastest gpu. Earlier this week, apple introduced a new nvidia graphics card model, the evga geforce gtx 285, to its online store. New geforce gtx 285 appears on the apple store online. Evga announces the evga gtx 285 mac edition graphics. Evga corporation is a motherboard and graphics card manufacturer. Posted monday, june 16th, 2009, by robart morgan, mad scientist. Evga geforce gtx 285 for mac directx 10 01gp31080tr 1gb 512bit gddr3 pci express 2. Prior to this release, all 3rd party video card upgrades were branded either by ati or nvidia apple. The gpu maker told appleinsider on wednesday that the new card, simply labeled the geforce gtx 285 mac edition, would ship in june. Apr 29, 2018 ive been wanting a bit more gpu horsepower from my 2008 mac pro, so today were gonna upgrade it to a gtx 285. Evga gtx 285 mac edition page 2 mac hardware inside. Dec 04, 2019 weve known for quite some time now that evga was working on bring the gtx 285 mac edition to the market and evga has finally launched it at this years wwdc.
Vcdb zotac geforce 200 zotac geforce gtx 285 1gb batman edition zotac geforce gtx 285 1gb batman edition zt285e3labat graphics card product status. Hey all, installed windows 7 home premium x64 on my 2008 mac pro 8 core with gtx 285 for mac using bootcamp, and all went well. I dont know what it is exactly but it is some incompatibility with that particular evga gtx 285 for mac card. Upgrade your mac pro system with the nvidia gtx 285 mac edition today for extreme performance. Evga corporation, the leadingedge 3d processor graphics cards and motherboard manufacturer, announces the fastest graphics card on the market for the mac pro platform, the evga geforce gtx 285.
Evga gtx 285 mac edition page 2 mac hardware inside mac. But in theory flashing the bios of a noraml gtx 285 with a mac gtx 285 would make it work like a original mac gtx 285 but there usually is side effects, also some gtx285 use a a custom pcb like sparkle making it in compatible. Evga geforce gtx 285 now available for compatible mac pros. Scottieb, i noticed an odd issue with the latest drivers from nvidia in windows 7 as well. The geforce gtx 285 mac edition was a graphics card by nvidia, launched in january 2009. Geforce gtx 285 in the nehalem mac pro running pro apps. Rather than regurgitate every feature some not supported in os x currently nvidia lists on their geforce gtx 285 product pages heres a short summary of the cards specs. Gtx 285 mac edition vs 8800 gt mac edition macrumors forums. The card is designed to work with 2008 and 2009era mac pro systems. In order to run mac os x applications that leverage the cuda architecture of certain nvidia graphics cards. Evga gtx 285 mac edition announced for mac pro gameguru. Engineered for the enthusiast, your system will be able to handle the latest games and high definition digital video with ease.
As expected, evga has made nvidias geforce gtx 285 gpu available to mac pro users in the form of its geforce gtx 285 mac edition the card, pictured above and. The tipster has pinpointed that the release date is june. With 1gb of ddr3 memory and 240 processing cores, your performance is maximized with graphicsintensive applications like 3d gaming, motion graphics, 3d modeling, rendering and. You could probably use the 8800 gt from the 08 mac pros and then the legacy 8800 gt for the older mps. Can i use this video card on a new pcnonmac with asus rampage iii extreme motherboard,intel i7 processor,etc. I benched tested the new gtx 285 mac edition and the 8800 gt mac edition using xplane. Gtx 285 in mac running windows 7 gtx nvidia geforce forums. Evga geforce gtx 285 1gb ftw w evga backplate 01gp31182. Jun 17, 2009 evga gtx 285 mac edition evga is proud to announce the highest performing graphics card for the mac today. Apr 30, 2009 the people over at engadget claim to have received a picture of the nvidia geforce gtx 285 mac edition. Jun 10, 2009 fwiw, i picked up a gtx 285 mac edition last weekend. Specializing in the development of graphics processing units, nvidia is reportedly working on the nvidia geforce gtx 285 mac edition.
It was beat by the 2012 imacs geforce gtx 680mx in the cinema 4d and motion 5 tests, but that could be explained away by the imacs faster bus. Evga brings nvidia geforce gtx 285 to mac pro hothardware. Nvidia prepping geforce gtx 285 for mac pro appleinsider. Evga quietly slipped in the geforce gtx 285 mac edition graphics card, which is its fastest offering to mac users. My only complaints there are with regards to price and memory size. Jul 17, 2009 in a completely surprising move however, evga has released a geforce gtx 285 mac edition. Evga 01gp31080tr geforce gtx285 for mac 1024 mb ddr3. I flew in north dakota in order to eliminate as many objects and scenery. Evga brings nvidia geforce gtx 285 graphics to mac pro. Geforce gtx 285 mac edition vs geforce gt 710 fermi. Evga releases geforce gtx 285 mac edition techpowerup.
Based on an outdated architecture nvidia tesla, there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications. Jun 09, 2009 as expected, evga has made nvidias geforce gtx 285 gpu available to mac pro users in the form of its geforce gtx 285 mac edition the card, pictured above and available from the apple store. If and when a mac pro appears with an ivy bridge xeon and pcie 3. Rob do you think you could try doing sli during a bootcamp session in the latest nehalem mac pro. The gtx 285 replaced a flashed 8800gts i had in my 08 mac pro which has a dell 2048x1152 monitor attached. The card uses a standard pciexpress interface available with intel x86 based. We have word that the company has announced the evga geforce gtx 285 mac edition, which is supposed to be the fastest graphics card today for the mac pro platform. Very silently evga introduced a geforce gtx 285 mac edition graphics card, which is its fastest offering to mac users. The geforce gtx 285 for mac from evga brings you the latest in graphics card technology from nvidia. Zotac geforce gtx 285 1gb batman edition zt285e3labat. Evga gtx 285 mac edition evga is proud to announce the highest performing graphics card for the mac today.
The geforce gtx 285 is designed to work in 2008 and 2009era mac pro systems, both of. Built on the 55 nm process, and based on the gt200b graphics processor, in its g200350b3 variant, the card supports directx 11. Installation is a breeze as long as you remember to install the drivers first. Fwiw, i picked up a gtx 285 mac edition last weekend. Geforce gtx 285 mac edition unboxing and installation youtube. Using efi 32 from 8800 gt on gtx 285 mac edition macrumors. The people over at engadget claim to have received a picture of the nvidia geforce gtx 285 mac edition. With 1gb of ddr3 memory and 240 processing cores, your performance is maximized with graphicsintensive applications like 3d gaming, motion graphics, 3d modeling, rendering and animation. The card has already shipped despite the advertised wait of 12 weeks. In a completely surprising move however, evga has released a geforce gtx 285 mac edition.
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Improved opengl performance for geforce gtx 285 under certain conditions. There another thread trying to confirm or prove false the ability to use sli in. With 1gb of ddr3 memory and 240 processing cores, your performance is maximized with graphicsintensive applications like 3d gaming, motion. Geforce gtx 285 mac edition coming this june techpowerup. Geforce gtx 285, mac edition and logicbo apple community. Hello, i have mac pro 2008 and evga gtx 285 mac edition video card. It sports 1gb of ddr3 memory on board and offers two dvi. Can i use this video card on a new pcnon mac with asus rampage iii extreme motherboard,intel i7 processor,etc.
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To apples credit, the radeon hd 4870 is a respectable gpu option on the mac pro. I have a nehalem, early 2009 mac pro with an evga nvidia geforce gtx 285 mac edition as well. Gaming under windows evgas geforce gtx 285 mac edition. The clocks are the standard not ocd reference gtx 285 speeds although windows users can tweak those using evgas. With 1gb of ddr3 memory and 240 processing cores, your. Ive been wanting a bit more gpu horsepower from my 2008 mac pro, so today were gonna upgrade it to a gtx 285. Additional information minimum system requirements for driver release 295. The card comes with 2 power cables that are connected to.