[geeks] nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

[Shannon Hendrix]

On May 20, 2008, at 19:21 , Rick Hamell wrote:

> Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>
>> I read a lot of reviews which said it was slower than the ATI 2600,  
>> not much faster than the 7300, even an Ars Technica review which  
>> showed the 7300 was faster, and several reviews which said it had  
>> no effect on the desktop, professional applications, or video.
>> I can't imagine what kind of reality altering drugs they are on,  
>> but they are all wrong.
>
> Depending on the age of those reviews, I believe there was a minor  
> recall on those cards. We were ordering them at $job for a while,  
> stopped being able to get them, then started noticing the same sort  
> of speed differences you are after we were able to get the cards  
> again.

That might apply to the Ars Technica review which was awhile back, but  
some of them were very recent, and simply uninformed.

Some people seem to have a thing where they post negative reviews of  
hardware for no particular good reason, or they are posting about old  
information.

I was actually surprised to see much 2D difference, but then I  
remember a few years ago reading about the 7300 having some problems,  
and was surprised Apple used it.

Then again... with 8 pipelines it is probably "good enough" for  
Apple's PDF system and a little bit of 3D eye candy if the software is  
not too new.

Still... only a $2500 machine, it should have been something nicer.




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Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com