I'd much rather get one with the X1900 512Mb ATi card...

Rather silly getting so much processor power and then crippling it with yesterday's GPU.

Time to BTO...

7800 GTX option not available lah...

...and neither will a off-the-shelf PC PCI-e videocard work in the new MacPro towers.

Your only option would be either multiples of the lame-o NVidia 7300GT, ATi X1900 or the uberl337 and staggeringly expensive nVidia Quadro.

I'm going ATi.

You've got to look at these articles more carefully my fren...

It's for the G5 PowerMac. NOT the MacPro.

... world of difference. The MacPro requires completely different videocards bioses. They are NOT interchangeable.

Apple does not make graphics cards. It gets em from ATi and nVidia.

Retail graphics cards (for PCs) are BIOS based. Graphics cards for the Mac Pro need to EFI based. Hence, they will NOT work on the Mac Pro. The presently shipping GPU option for the Mac Pro is the nVidia 7300GT. It is built specifically for the MacPro and does NOT require a power connector. The developer technote for the MacPro is the only place you'll find a picture of the ATi X1900 and this DOES require a power connector. It's not clear however if this is a regular PCIe power connector or a propriety power connector which will again make using retail cards difficult if not impossible.

OK, I'll make it real simple for you:

No.

Guy walks into Ferrari showroom and asks a salesman "How many miles to the gallon does this thing get?".

Salesman replies frostily: "If you have to ask sir, then you obviously cannot afford the car".

There's a SIX WEEK delay on the X1900 ATi cards...

What a bummer.

Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" processors
4MB shared L2 cache per processor
1.33GHz dual independent frontside buses
1GB 667 DDR2 FB DIMM ECC - 2x512
250GB Serial ATA 3GB/s drive - 7200rpm
ATi X1900 512MB SDRAM
16x double-layer SuperDrive
Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse
Apple Bluetooth Module

Already placed the order.... estimated wait time: 4 weeks....

But what the heck, I can wait...

Closer to 12...

Can't see the point of Airport because:

1 The machine can hardly be classified as "portable" - handles notwithstanding.

2. Both the desk at work and at home are right beside gigabyte ethernet hubs

... so why bother with Airport?

I've had the advantage of renovating a newly purchased house. As part of the rewiring that was necessary, I also laid gigabyte ethernet ready cable into study, bedrooms and living room downstairs. This is all hidden in plaster now and controlled from my study.

A DLink DGL4300 handles the wireless duties as well as the distribution fo gigabyte ethernet to the other rooms in the house. It aslo provides WiFiG to my laptops.

Got my 2.66Ghz MacPro today.

Busy migrating stuff from the PowerBook.

Have it running off my 23" ACD with the WorkRig running the Dell 24".

Pics to follow....



edited to add: ATi 1900 nowhere in sight. Decided to get the stock config with the nVidia 7300 for now.



This post has been edited by MacDaNife: Aug 29 2006, 09:27 PM