[SOLVED] GTX 295 in Mac Pro?

[Quadraspleen]

I've already asked this in the Nvidia forum and they suggested I came over here..

I've got a Mac Pro dual quad xeon, running Snow Leopard 10.6.4 and Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on a seperate bootcamp partition. It's all running like a dream, and I'm about to bin my other PC, as I really don't need it now if I have W7 running fine on the Mac.

My question: I have a GTX 295 in my PC and I'd love to try it in the Mac Pro. Can I just stick it in there and use the Bootcamp Nvida drivers?
If not, why not? Would it be a driver issue? Power? No-one seems to know..In what way is the GTX 285 that you can get as an upgrade for the Mac different from the 295, and would I just be better off selling the 295 and getting a proper "Mac" 285?

I have a 4850 in the Mac Pro which runs most of my games _ok_ in W7, but I want a bit more.
Thanks in advance

quadraspleen

 

[Maziar]

I did a search,and I'm getting mixed answers from users.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9399467
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=650155
Its not confirmed to work by Apple but it should work fine.

 

[Quadraspleen]

Thanks very much. Most helpful

 

[Quadraspleen]

So, it seems it's not possible as OSX does mot yet support SLI

 

[dragon5677]

osx doesnt support sli but 295 is pre slied so it is taken as one card

 

[tonkatuffmofo]

The drivers for a 285 and 295 are the same, SLI is handled onboard the video card with a 295

The only real hickup is your psu, how many amps does it kick out on the 12v rail?