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Post by ginz111 on Apr 16, 2009 13:23:24 GMT
EVGA 7800gs 256mb agp 4x 8 Anyone know if this card will work or can be flashed? I found one fairly cheap.  |
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Post by ginz111 on Apr 16, 2009 13:53:00 GMT
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Post by aquamac on Apr 16, 2009 19:47:43 GMT
These make great MDD companions if you get a G70 one. Fastest card that you will find for the MDD, also, there is a reduced rom at Themacelite to! I flashed 10 of these before G71 chips muddied the waters. You also need to remove AppleHWSensor.kext if you are running Leopard or your machine will take 10 mins to boot!
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Post by ginz111 on Apr 16, 2009 21:11:51 GMT
Thanks again Aqua!
I can't really tell if this card will work. This is all the info the seller could give me.
this all info on the back side
600-10492-0003-203 A
geforce 7800gs 0061507376818
256-A8-N506-BX
006 MADE IN CHINA
e-Geforce 7800GS CO SC p/n: 256-N508BX
and S/N 6085090600091
any ideas?
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Post by ginz111 on Apr 16, 2009 21:18:03 GMT
It looks identical to the BFG card.  |
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Post by ginz111 on Apr 23, 2009 12:19:48 GMT
Just a quick tip to anyone looking at the EVGA 7800gs. Don't buy it. It will not work with a Mac and there is no suitable Rom. I wanted this card because of reading how it outperforms the BFG 7800gs and several other cards. EVGA likes to hide the bios revision so there was no way of knowing if this card would work until trying it. I got it home flashed it and I now have a dead card. After the flash I started peeling the 5 or so manufacturers stickers off the card to find a sticker under a sticker that had the bios revision and sure enough this card is the G71. So essentially this card is a 7900gs not a 7800gs even though labeled as a 7800gs. Thanks EVGA for making me waste $50 by not properly labeling your cards. oh well lesson learned and hopefully this info will keep someone from making the same mistake.
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Post by ginz111 on Apr 26, 2009 21:54:49 GMT
update.
got it flashed back to the suitable pc rom. Wish I could get a mac rom for this card because the G71 does outperform the G70.
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Post by aeromax on Apr 30, 2009 20:03:02 GMT
I just purchased a BFG 7800GS, which I actually won't have in my hands until tonight... I've been wondering how to best cool it in my g5? I've heard that the fan will go full blast and is very noisy, since it won't be responding to any hardware control. How can I monitor the temps of the card, and are there any alternative cooling methods I can use for it?
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