Quadro 4000 for mac...

[samsc]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-quadro-4000-mac-us.html

[Spam Butterfly]

Any ideas on how much it is going to cost? The Quadro 4800 is £1.5k...

Hugh

[Mr_P]

suggested retail price of $1,199. It 'may' be available beginning "this month" from Apple and other authorized retailers....

...but dont hold your breath...

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/16/nvidia-launches-quadro-4000-gpu-for-mac-pro/

and in the same week:
(ATI Radeon HD 5870 Graphics Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro (Dispatched: 2 business days)) - now available separately as opposed to BTO - not that it works yet...


S

[samsc]

The quadro 4000 driver download from nVidia-
http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-macosx-256.01.00f03-driver.html

lists the following as compatible:

GeForce 300M series:
GT 330M, GT 320M

GeForce 200 series:
GTX 285 for MAC

GeForce 100 series:
GT 120

GeForce 9M series:
9400M

GeForce 8 series:
8800 GT

GeForce 8M series:
8800M GS, 8800M GTS

Quadro series:
4000 for Mac

Quadro FX series:
FX 5600, FX 4800 for MAC


some of these are not shown and 'Mac' products- so its looks like other cards are supported by this driver-

[samsc]

15th dec 2010-

its slowly leaking out-
jigsaw 24 in the UK have some grey market stock-

https://www.jigsaw24.com/search/nvidia

amazon.com has some listed

http://www.amazon.com/PNY-Quadro-DVI-DL-Graphics-VCQ4000MAC-PB/dp/B004CRS78O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1292429922&sr=8-1

also OWC

http://eshop.macsales.com/search/nvidia

cdw 800USD

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?edc=2252836&enkwrd=ALLPROD%3a(quadro+4000+mac)
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i have one today ( 16th dec 2010 ) doesnt have ATI playback problem so far - will leave running a while

the nvidia driver link seems to be here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-macosx-256.01.00f03-driver.html

[samsc]

Its now on the uk applestore with immediate delivery

820GBP
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H3314ZM/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY

790GBP
http://www.jigsaw24.com/search/nvidia

cdw in usa 830USD
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=2252836