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 Nov 6 2009, 08:43 PM
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Hello Everyone,
I have a PowerMac G5 kicking around with a GeForce 7300 GT and I was wondering whether I could drop in a GTX285 or C1060? and have it work with drivers and things. Also I am not sure if i need a new power supply or not. anyone have any tips or pointers? |
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Nov 6 2009, 10:05 PM
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CUDA is Intel mac only, I am afraid.
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Nov 6 2009, 10:11 PM
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hmm its a intel dual xenon..
does that mean its a go? |
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Nov 6 2009, 10:27 PM
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A power mac G5 isn't dual Xeon, it is dual PowerPC G5.
Even if you have a 1st gen woodcrest Mac Pro, the Mac GTX285 wont work, and no Tesla C1060 will work either. You might be able to find a mac 8800 that might work, but I am not sure about that either. |
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 Nov 10 2009, 06:22 PM
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The best bet to develop for CUDA on Mac is an used Mac Mini GeForce 9400M or an used MacBook with GeForce 9400M, you could find a MacMini for less than 500$ easily, and it's a great CUDA development computer with PINNED MAPPED MEMORY capability, and up to 35 GFlops GPU power.
To develop heavy kernels or to do some real work, I will for a refurbished GT130 or 8800GS 24" iMac, they are "affordable" (as much as an Apple computer might be), and offers 400+ GFlops GPU processing power and 512MB dedicated RAM. Intel Mac Pro are not really interesting, and I will prefer to develop on an iMac or a Mac with GeForce 9400M and switch to Linux on a PC for an affordable workhorse! This post has been edited by iAPX: Nov 10 2009, 06:35 PM -------------------- GeForce 9400M, 9600M GT & 8800 GTS, Mac OS X | Linux | Windows
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