EVGA 01G-P3-1080-TR GeForce GTX 285 for Mac 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail

Reviewed By: Casper9182 on 7/16/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

Pros: Its a wonderful card for a mac pro, I do use my early 2008 mac pro 8x 3.2ghz for gaming in windows 7, it works great. i don't believe there is a game i cant play on somewhat high settings. I have two 21" 1080P monitors this card makes them really stand out on leopard and windows.

Cons: I got my Mac Pro over other work stations For two reasons, 1st to be able to have run OS X without "hackintoshing" it, and 2nd for how quite it is, unfortunately sometimes when using Applications that are GPU intense you can hear a buzzing noise from the card, which im sure Apple or evga will help me with.

Other Thoughts: Some Driver issues with Sims 3 in leopard that i have high hopes will be worked out very soon. I also have a GT120 in my mac that runs my physX for games in windows and it really lets the card use its full potential.

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Great Mac video card

Reviewed By: bwreynolds on 7/15/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: I purchased this card as an upgrade for a 2009 Mac Pro over the options that Apple offers. I have owned EVGA graphics cards in the past for the PC and have been fairly pleased with their performance. I am a 3D animator and consider this to be a fairly economic alternative to the Quadro VF 4800 for anyone that isn't on an unlimited budget. It has performed fairly well in any programs that I have that use Open GL and I haven't had any problems with it yet on the Mac side. I don't own many games for the Mac, especially ones that would tax the graphics processor, so I can't comment on that. However, I have run a number of games on Vista 64-bit through Boot Camp and have been fairly pleased with its performance on that side.

Cons: Only on the Vista 64 bit side: I have had a number of blue screens of death while running Crysis on high settings. I turned down a few key settings and the crashes stopped for a while. However, I won't take any eggs off due to the fact that it was running on a non-native operating system.

Other Thoughts: Great piece of hardware over the stock card that comes with the Mac Pro. I've been pleased with the purchase. I've kept my old card, though, and installed it in the second PCI slot just in case I want to add a third monitor some day. It is also nice to keep around just in case my hard drive fails and I have to reload OSX since the drivers for this card do not come with the OSX install.

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watch out sims3 players,

Reviewed By: on 7/8/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: super fast, easy to install and setup. big improvement over the 2600 that was originally in "the Beast". improved performance in C&C and SPORE. can output to two 30" cinema displays without having to buy a $99 adaptor.

Cons: way too expensive for a video card, i have built PCs that cost less. tech support is unimpressive.

Other Thoughts: freezes up the sims3 when trying to load town, contacted evga tech support, they blamed EA, contacted EA, they blamed evga. still dealing with both supports. this video card is totally worth 5 eggs, but still having problems.

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