[RyanC]

Originally Posted by rockridge98

Not true.
Go to http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/mac-pro, select the $2999 quad-core option on the left,
and you can then select any of 4, 6, 8, or 12 cores while keeping D300 GPU.

I think you are saying the same thing I was saying...If you want the d300 (or don't want to pay for the better ones), you have to start with the 4 core.