ATI 1900 and new MP compability – apple supp give mixed answers

[Walter Biscardi]

That’s a really tough call there. Have you written to ATI Tech Support to ask them?

One the one hand, it might work. On the other hand, the new MP might damage the card if you try to install it.

I would definitely ask ATI’s advice on this one.

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[Paul Escandon]

Be the guinea pig! Then we’ll all know!

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[Arnljot Bringedal]

Ati support – yeah – thats a thought….

Does anyone know an email adress that will reach them?

There are so many….. do they have a mac supp desk?

[Walter Biscardi]

[arnljot Bringedal] “Does anyone know an email adress that will reach them?

There are so many….. do they have a mac supp desk?”

This is a link to a Mac area of their website.

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Arnljot Bringedal]

Thanks Walter

[Arnljot Bringedal]

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305346

I guess this means the ati 1900xt works great in the new mp? Or?

Am i wrong?

[Walter Biscardi]

[arnljot Bringedal] “I guess this means the ati 1900xt works great in the new mp? Or?”

No, that’s not what it says. It’s pretty clear at the bottom:

All of these cards are only compatible with the family of computers with which they shipped.

They have split the Mac Pro’s into two family of shipments:

Family One
Graphic cards shipped with Mac Pro computers

* Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT
* ATI Radeon X1900 XT
* Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 (part number 630-7532 or 630-7895)

Family Two
Graphics cards shipped with Mac Pro (Early 2008) computers

* ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
* NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
* NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

So the way I read this is the ATI 1900 works in the first family of Mac Pro computers. It does NOT say that it works in the 2nd family (Early 2008) computers.

Again, you MUST talk to ATI to find out for sure. What any of us say on this forum doesn’t mean anything. The only way to know for sure is to put the card into your machine. I would NOT advise you to do this unless ATI guarantees that it will work and not be damaged.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Arnljot Bringedal]

Thanks

[Uli Plank]

A courageous collegue over here tested it today. It didn’t damage his computer, but it doesn’t work either. When you boot with the original card in the MacPro plus the X1900, the latter is not even seen by system profiler. If you try with only the X1900, the machine doesn’t boot.

Hope this helps,

Uli

[Arnljot Bringedal]

Thanks Uli – and thanks to your courageous friend.