New MacPros

[Jonathan Sanderson]

On 9 Jan 2008, at 05:10, LuKreme wrote:

> I am very happy with everything about my Mac Pro quad core 2GHz  
> except the craptacular 7300GT which I would very much like to  
> replace.  So far the only option has been a 512MB x1900 for $400  
> which I don't think is worth the money. I can get a PCI-E 8800GT for  
> a PC for about $280-$350, so I'd be willing to pay c. $400 for a Mac  
> version, though I am quite miffed that a PCI-E Windows card will not  
> work in a Mac that has an Intel MB and runs Windows better than any  
> Dell.  Sigh.

In the UK Apple store, at least, the new cards are available:

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Graphics Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro: £90 (shipping:  
5 days)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro: £220  
(shipping: 8 days)

Prices are including sales tax and shipping.

Of interest: the baseline price for a Mac Pro has gone up here,  
despite the weak dollar, but if you spec a system with just four cores  
the price tumbles to £1429.

Elsewhere on the UK store, refurb previous-generation four-core Mac  
Pros, running slower, with less RAM, the 7300 graphics card, and so on  
are: £1419.

What I can't work out is whether there's less bandwidth per core on  
the new models than the old four-ways, despite the improved FSB.

-- 
Jonathan Sanderson
"If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter" (Pascal)