New 8800GT card from Apple

[LuKreme]

On 11-Jan-2008, at 10:35, R.L. Grigg wrote:
> 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?

 From numerous sources both at Blizzard (on the WoW Forums),  
macrumors.com, and support.apple.com.

> Has anyone said *why* the cards won't work and why they cant be made  
> to work?

No.  The cards DO work in the machines (and 8800GT works just fine in  
any PCI-E Mac Pro), as long as you boot into Windows.  This is not a  
hardware issue, this is an Apple DECISION.


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