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  • Kona drivers for MacPro

    Posted by Greg Day on August 7, 2006 at 7:24 pm

    So when will there be new drivers for the new MacPro??

    gotta have one – yes, I have earlyadoptoritis

    -g

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    Walter Biscardi replied 19 years, 10 months ago 5 Members · 10 Replies
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  • Walter Biscardi

    August 7, 2006 at 7:31 pm

    According to the Apple site, it will take approx. 5 – 8 weeks to get one if I upgrade to the Dual 3.0 which is what we’re considering along with the ATI 1900 graphics card.

    Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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  • Peter Wiggins

    August 7, 2006 at 7:45 pm

    The nvidia’s might be able to do SLI

    Peter

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  • Walter Biscardi

    August 7, 2006 at 7:51 pm

    I’m staying away from nVidia for the moment because i heard nothing but problems with the units created for the Quads. We’re going to run Final Touch HD on the machine and I’m glad to see ATI back with a PCIe card.

    Walter Biscardi, Jr.
    https://www.biscardicreative.com
    HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
    HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

    “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

  • Bart Harrison

    August 7, 2006 at 10:23 pm

    Hi Wally,

    5 – 8 weeks to get one with an ATI X1900 or 5 – 8 weeks just to get anything at all ? I heard there would be a longer delay on orders for one with an X1900.

    Bart

    P.S. I’ve had good results with GeForce 7800’s on Quads.

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  • David Slater

    August 7, 2006 at 11:23 pm

    the 7300 (the stock card) is VERY underpowered (close to the 6600)
    the 7800 is close to the 1900

    I would go with the 1900 as the lowest card

    DAVE at Movies Rock in Toronto

  • Peter Wiggins

    August 7, 2006 at 11:39 pm

    [walter biscardi] “I’m staying away from nVidia for the moment because i heard nothing but problems with the units created for the Quads”

    “I’ve heard nothing but” Oh come on Walter! you should know better!
    I’ve had problems with my ATI and zero problems with Nvidia, but hey, caveat emptor.

    Re ATI. You are going to be pretty racked off when everybody else is running SLI.
    Remember the three key things to FCP & Motion are GPU power, GPU Power, GPU power.

    Peter

    Free Motion Templates

    https://www.peterwiggins.com

  • Bart Harrison

    August 10, 2006 at 1:38 am

    [Peter Wiggins] “when everybody else is running SLI.”

    The big question… do/will the new Mac’s support SLI ? I think it would be a tremendous oversight if they didn’t.

    Bart

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    America’s VAR
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    HD Consulting, Production & Post, Exhibition & Distribution
    http://www.hdsuite.com
    954-894-1221

  • Walter Biscardi

    August 10, 2006 at 5:25 pm

    [Bart Harrison] “5 – 8 weeks to get one with an ATI X1900 or 5 – 8 weeks just to get anything at all ? I heard there would be a longer delay on orders for one with an X1900.”

    3-5 days without the ATI

    Walter Biscardi, Jr.
    https://www.biscardicreative.com
    HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
    HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

    “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

  • Walter Biscardi

    August 10, 2006 at 5:26 pm

    [Peter Wiggins] “Re ATI. You are going to be pretty racked off when everybody else is running SLI.
    Remember the three key things to FCP & Motion are GPU power, GPU Power, GPU power.”

    I’ll be more racked off when Final Touch HD doesn’t work because I don’t have the ATI card installed. That’s the most important app in our facility next to FCP and After Effects right now. The color correction this thing is bringing to our workflow is just incredible and quite honestly it’s responsible for more broadcast work coming to our door.

    Walter Biscardi, Jr.
    https://www.biscardicreative.com
    HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
    HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

    “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

  • Walter Biscardi

    August 10, 2006 at 5:29 pm

    [Peter Wiggins] “”I’ve heard nothing but” Oh come on Walter! you should know better!
    I’ve had problems with my ATI and zero problems with Nvidia, but hey, caveat emptor.”

    Peter, I’m telling you what I’ve heard from people I work with and deal with on a daily basis. ATI card has been perfect for me. I’ve heard of driver issues on the Quad with the high end nVidia cards. That’s why we’re just running the stock nVidia card on it until the ATI cards are available and our new Mac Pro will have the ATI card installed.

    Walter Biscardi, Jr.
    https://www.biscardicreative.com
    HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
    HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

    “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

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