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MP All Models AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / 6900 XT for macOS?
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The 6800/6900 are already on Sonnet's eGPU list for Windows, so was this statement meant for Apple/macOS only?
You are correct and I appreciate your precision but my Razer Core X Chroma will easily cover the power requirements for the 6800 XT which I covet, so not a big deal. I'm more concerned about the fact that AMD says they will not support the cards for eGPU enclosures. Who will supply the drivers?
Anyway, right now it's impossible to get the 6000 series cards or you have to pay an outrageous amount to get one. My 5700XT will do just fine for now.
I’m tempted to buy a card and test it out. My local computer store has some cards in stock, and official support from Apple has to come sometime soon.
Uh... wanna buy me a 6700 XT an I'll e-transfer you some money? LOL.... (serious, my 5700 XT is constantly giving black screens).
Ordered a 6800 XT today, expect it will arrive on Tuesday (thanks to Easter). Will be able to start testing it with the betas then.
Pretty crap it's taking Apple so long to support new cards. A huge part of the benefit of buying the Mac Pro was it's upgradability, if Apple's going to control the drivers so tightly and take forever to release them (if at all), it further throws into question the long-term viability of the platform.
Currently editing a project shot completely in HEVC 4:2:2 10-bit in FCP X 10.5.2 from a TB3 drive on my 16GB M1 Mac Mini, can't believe how good the performance is. H264 outputs are much faster than my MP7,1 too.
Pretty crap it's taking Apple so long to support new cards. A huge part of the benefit of buying the Mac Pro was it's upgradability, if Apple's going to control the drivers so tightly and take forever to release them (if at all), it further throws into question the long-term viability of the platform.
Currently editing a project shot completely in HEVC 4:2:2 10-bit in FCP X 10.5.2 from a TB3 drive on my 16GB M1 Mac Mini, can't believe how good the performance is. H264 outputs are much faster than my MP7,1 too.
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That's wild, then again what I paid still feels a bit wild. Was AU$1600 for a 6800XT, I found a store with AU$999 6700 XT in stock but I figure might as well go for the better card now. 6900 XT was AU$2500 (for one in stock), that felt like it was pushing the value too far.
that apple doesn´t release drivers show us, again, how they don´t give a --- about their users.
We could make it softer and say, how little they care about supporting the "pro" users. We are lacking power to work, since ever.. not their buisness. If only windows was not such a pain.
We could make it softer and say, how little they care about supporting the "pro" users. We are lacking power to work, since ever.. not their buisness. If only windows was not such a pain.
I put an AMD RX6900XT Reference Model into a customer 5.1 machine.
it even wont post (no chime).
I added an uga GPU and it got to a Firmware loop (loud chime, chime, chime, chime....) in one second rhythm.
I asume a glitch in the RX Bios with Mac Firmware.
Mac Firmware was 144, rebuilt with latest bootloader.
GPU was new in a sealed box.
have no PC to double check the GPU but doubt it is defective.
Mac and GPU is back to the customer.
Did PSU mod for powering the GPU. But also doubt it is current related.
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it even wont post (no chime).
I added an uga GPU and it got to a Firmware loop (loud chime, chime, chime, chime....) in one second rhythm.
I asume a glitch in the RX Bios with Mac Firmware.
Mac Firmware was 144, rebuilt with latest bootloader.
GPU was new in a sealed box.
have no PC to double check the GPU but doubt it is defective.
Mac and GPU is back to the customer.
Did PSU mod for powering the GPU. But also doubt it is current related.
this model
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Well, I guess I could take one for the team; send it on over & I will do some testing in my PC...! ;^p
Hmm if apple is ever going to release a big navi mpx module it needs a bit more ouphmf. Like a 6900xt equivalent with HBM2. Sadly AMD designed it's next generation compute architecture to be datacenter only (headless).
I guess there is a problem with the 6900 bios interacting with the Mac Pro 5,1 Firmware.
Got no idea if there is a chance to fiddle with the bios, and what version was on the card as it is pointless if I cant change this (as the Mac wont started).
As said, no PC here available.
Someone needs to throw a 6900 in a 7,1...
Got no idea if there is a chance to fiddle with the bios, and what version was on the card as it is pointless if I cant change this (as the Mac wont started).
As said, no PC here available.
Someone needs to throw a 6900 in a 7,1...