New 8800GT card from Apple

[R.L. Grigg]

On Jan 11, 2008, at 8:26 AM, LuKreme wrote:

> On 11-Jan-2008, at 01:15, Paul Sargent wrote:
>> On Jan 11, 2008 7:51 AM, LuKreme <kremels at kreme.com> wrote:
>>> PCIe 2.0 is completely backwards compatible with PCIe v1.x.  
>>> Graphic cards and
>>> motherboards designed for v2.0 will be able to work with v1.1 and  
>>> v1.0, and vice versa.
>>
>> So it looks like this guy may be mis-informed.
>
> Apple has been calling people who ordered the cards and telling  
> them that they DO NOT work in any machine but the new 2008 Mac  
> Pro.  Apple has told Blizzard they cannot use the new cards in  
> their extensive phalanx of Mac Pros.  Blizzard is pissed.  I am  
> furious.

Where did you hear this? Has anyone said *why* the cards won't work  
and why they cant be made to work?
Russ