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AMD Radeon HD 7800
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When I went to "Control Panel->Device Manager->Display Adapters" on his PC it said "AMD Radeon 7800 HD". Beyond that, I have no info on what the card is.
It has a Mini DisplayPort output, if that's a meaningful datapoint.
[doublepost=1459761275][/doublepost]And, in case it's useful, looks like this:
[doublepost=1459761474][/doublepost]Not my computer, don't judge me:
Any chance you know if there's a windows version of that screen? Don't have the Mac Pro yet, still hunting one down...
Oops, missed that!
So it is! GPU-Z agrees.
So, is there an Apple flash I can flash onto it to get the boot screen to work or am I stuck with functionality once booted only?
Also, semi related-- once I have it flashed as a mac card, can I still use it (without a performance penalty) in boot camp?
If it's a reference HD 7850 (2x mDP, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI) you should be able to get boot screen on DVI. mDP ports will only give boot screen through passive adapters, no native DP connections. OS X should be displayed on all ports.
In any other case you'll most likely lose some ports in OS X and boot screens may or may not work on some ports.
In any other case you'll most likely lose some ports in OS X and boot screens may or may not work on some ports.
It does have 2x mDP, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, so I guess it's a "reference HD 7850"...?
Sorry to be so noob, but what does that mean exactly? And... how good/terrible is this card?
My screen, at least until 5k becomes reasonably priced and reliable, is a 27" LED cinema display (which connects through mDP)-- will that be able to show the boot screen?
Can I put a mac flash on this card to make it legit, or am I stuck with semi support?
Sorry for all the basic questions, I just don't know how to find them otherwise! Thanks again!
[doublepost=1459804957][/doublepost]Also (assuming I can't get a boot screen out of this one)... is there any reason I couldn't leave the card that comes with the computer in a different slot and, if I need access to the recover partition/similar, plug the display into that? Wouldn't be that much effort for how infrequently I'd need to do it.
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No, you won't see a boot screen through a native DP connection with this card (=> not on your Cinema Display), so there's no benefit of flashing it.
The card was a midrange card some years ago. Today it's good enough for desktop use and some mild gaming.
The card was a midrange card some years ago. Today it's good enough for desktop use and some mild gaming.