EVGA GeForce GTX 285
For maximum performance with graphics-intense applications, upgrade to the EVGA GeForce GTX 285 graphics card for the Mac Pro. Perfect for single or dual displays of up to 2560x1600 resolution, it offers 1GB of GDDR3 memory and 240 processing cores to unlock extra performance so you can get better gaming, motion graphics, 3D modelling, rendering and animation.
- PCI Express 2.0
- 1GB GDDR3 memory
- 240 stream processors
- Two dual-link DVI-I ports
Overview
Upgrade to the best graphics performance available with the EVGA GeForce GTX 285 video card for the Mac Pro. The 1GB of GDDR3 memory and 240 processing cores maximize performance with graphics-intensive applications like 3D gaming, motion graphics, 3D modelling, rendering and animation.
Features
- Second-generation NVIDIA Unified Architecture
- NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology
- NVIDIA CUDA technology
- PCI Express 2.0 support
- Two dual-link DVI to drive up to two 30-inch displays
- OpenGL optimisation and support
System requirements
- Mac Pro (Early 2009 with 1066Mhz DDR3) or Mac Pro (Early 2008 with 800Mhz DDR2 FB-DIMM memory)
- One open PCI Express x16 2.0 slot (Note: card is double-wide and will cover an adjacent, open slot unless installed in PCI Express Slot 1)
- Mac OS X v10.5.7 or later
Did you notice?
You can use this card to accelerate your Mac Pro system, increase your display resolution and enable CUDA technology.
Apple Recommends for...
Running graphics-intensive applications for gaming, graphic design, art-directing, illustrating, web-browsing, photography, video production and HD-video-watching.
Technical specifications
- Memory: 1GB GDDR3
- Processing cores: 240
- Ports: Two dual-link DVI-I
- Max. digital resolution: 2560 x 1600 x 32 bpp at 60Hz
- Max. analogue resolution: 2048 x 1536 x 32 bpp at 85Hz
- Cables: Requires two 6-pin auxiliary power cables connected (included)
- Form factor: Double-wide card
- Dimensions (HxL): 4.376 x 10.5 in./111.15 x 266.7 mm
- Weight: 1.75 lbs./.79 kg
What's in the box?
- EVGA GeForce GTX 285 graphics card
- EVGA driver CD
- DVI to VGA adapter
- Two 6-Pin auxiliary power cables
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Most Useful Reviews
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EVGA GeForce GTX 285
Great Video Card!
Written by BD from Portland
10/06/2009
I received and installed this card today in my early 2009 Mac Pro. You'll definitely want to read the manual prior to installing as you need to make sure you install the driver from the CD *BEFORE* you install the card in your Mac. If you don't the system will kernel panic and crash at startup.
This means you'll have to yank the card to do a clean install on Leopard systems (since the driver doesn't ship on the Leopard DVD or the system install discs that come with the Mac Pro). This is a hassle but you can't fault the card or EVGA as the video card is newer than the 2009 Mac Pro hardware! Presumably the driver will ship with 10.6.
Other than that it works great when booted into Windows 7/Vista and while running under Mac OS. Games look great! …More244 of 272 people found this useful
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EVGA GeForce GTX 285
Easy to install, works great
Written by KK from Novi
11/06/2009
The card arrived today, and other than the premium price, it works great. Powered up the ACD30 without problems, and was an easy swap to the Radeon 4870, including the power cables. There seems to be some performance issues with the drivers, but this will be worked out with time. If you are looking for an upgrade to the GT120/130 cards, especially for CUDA/OpenGL or gaming, this is the current card to get. Just remember it has two dual link DVI-D connectors, no mini displayport connector. …More
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EVGA GeForce GTX 285
WOW!
Written by CB from SEATTLE
12/06/2009
I have a new Mac Pro, a 30" Cinema HD Display and now an amazingly improved image on the screen. I had the ATI Radeon 4870 HD but what a difference 500 more MBs make! Again I say WOW! …More
142 of 234 people found this useful
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Most Recent Reviews
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EVGA GeForce GTX 285
Great card..it doesn't have a mini-display port?
Written by RM from ARLINGTON
4/12/2009
I have heard hype about this card for a while now, so I ended up dropping almost 5bills to get it.I also bought two 24" LED apple monitors to go with it.I didn't realize it didn't have a display port, so I had to out source to a company called monoprice and they had the Mini-display to DVI adapters I needed to run both monitors.I checked out Atlona and they wanted $150 for there product and the adapters from monoprice was only $10.30 each w/out shipping.My ? I keep pondering over, is how is this card mac specific, when it doesn't even come with a mini-display port and the lower end card that came with it, does. For a card that cost this much,It should of came with some kind of adapter, I feel very mislead.Or Apple should of said on their site, this card doesn't have a mini-display port, so you're not going to be able to run mini-display monitors. …More
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EVGA GeForce GTX 285
So far so good!
Written by SB from Burlington
15/11/2009
The GTX 285 installed with little effort into my MacPro3,1 (2008). The trickiest part was attaching the power cables to the sockets on the motherboard, my fat fingers didn't help this... Be sure you do this before inserting the card. The Snow Leopard 10.6.2 drivers are working just fine. The renders in FCP do seem accelerated and I'm having no issues with the output. (Knock wood). …More
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EVGA GeForce GTX 285
Bad for FCS
Written by EO from Moscow
7/11/2009
Great for Nuke, Maya, Aperture, Adobe CS.
Bad fror FCS (displays the video with artifacts, like 256 colors).
Not support DVI to Video Adapter. …More7 of 10 people found this useful
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Questions & Answers
Most Interesting
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Can we put in 2 EVGA GeForce GTX 285 into our MacPro tower or if possible even up to 4 of them in the tower?
- Asked by DN from Canley Vale
- 3/10/2009
Best Answer
No you can not. There are only two 6-Pin PCIe power plugs. However there are sites out there that can help you rewire to get two more 6-Pin PCIe to power the 2nd GTX 295.
There are only 4 slots. 3 single and 1 double wide. That will allow only two GTX 285 and one GT 120 to be installed.
Also there is no SLI on Mac OS X. So getting two GTX 285 and SLI will not work nor give you extra performance. …More- Answered by NZ from Davis
- 8/10/2009
- 9 of 9 people found this useful
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My Mac Pro is Model Identifier: MacPro 1,1. Is it compatible with this video card? I have no idea when my machine was built, please explain.
- Asked by TM from Largo
- 22/10/2009
Best Answer
I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but sorry.. no, this card will only work with EFI64 based 2008-2009 mac pros. …More
- Answered by NA from Owings Mills
- 24/10/2009
- 5 of 6 people found this useful
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Will this card work with mc pro 1,1 with 8gb 667 mhz ram (ddr2) clovertown running at 3 ghz. What if I upgrade ram to 800 mhz ddr2, 8gb?
- Asked by PH from Nederland
- 10/10/2009
Most Recent
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My Mac Pro is Model Identifier: MacPro3,1. Will this card work with my computer?
- Asked by DS from Sacramento
- 6/12/2009
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What is the fastest video card config I can put into my MacPro 1,1?
- Asked by ML from Austin
- 21/11/2009
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will this work in a imac 3.06ghz intel running mac os x ? i all ready have a gt 130
- Asked by JR from spalding
- 14/11/2009
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Can i use this WITH the default ati radeon on my 4-core Xeon?
- Asked by LG from Ithaca
- 11/11/2009
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My Model Identifier is MacPro2,1. Is it compatible with this card?
- Asked by MA from LONDON
- 1/11/2009
