Is there any difference between Mac and PC video cards?

[zephyrprime]

Are the Mac and PC versions of a video card the same are do they have hardware differences? Just wondering.

 

[Falloutboy]

the hardware is normally identical but they usally have different bioses on them

 

[modedepe]

I believe the hardware is the same, they just use different drivers and such.

 

[Corporate Thug]

can a PC card be flashed to be compatible with a mac?

 

[Falloutboy]

Originally posted by: shady06
can a PC card be flashed to be compatible with a mac?

I don't know if all can be falshed
but I remember back in the voodoo days many people were flashing pc cards for mac

 

[lament]

lol @ games on a Mac

 

[MDE]

Nope, most newer Mac cards are AGP Pro and use a semi-proprietary AGP slot IIRC.

 

[Keysplayr]

The price.

 

[VIAN]

The difference is Price and Proprietary.

Not only can you not use a PC card on a MAC, but you cannot use a G5 Card on a G4 slot, which is very, very, very... stupid.

This means if you have a G4 with say a GF4 Ti 4600. Then comes a G5 and a GFFX 5900 Ultra. you are out of luck as you can only use GF4s.