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First ATI 6850 and 6870 benchmarks
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Linky to Leaked HD6970 benchies
Oh God! The telling of nVidia will be huge!
Also, found the correct link to the fully enabled 512 CUDA cores GTX480 or GTX580 (whatever they are calling it now).
6% increase in perfomance for a 512 core version versus the 480 core version with 644W [512SP] vs 204W [480SP]. Oh nVidia, you and your Foreman: Lean mean, Grilling Machine solutions!
Linky for GTX480 512SPs
Oh God! The telling of nVidia will be huge!
Also, found the correct link to the fully enabled 512 CUDA cores GTX480 or GTX580 (whatever they are calling it now).
6% increase in perfomance for a 512 core version versus the 480 core version with 644W [512SP] vs 204W [480SP]. Oh nVidia, you and your Foreman: Lean mean, Grilling Machine solutions!
Linky for GTX480 512SPs
first 6850 boards @ insanely mac
will be interesting if we get one of these to work with 10.6.5 update
will be interesting if we get one of these to work with 10.6.5 update
That must be a typo or some failure in the test. 32 shaders can't be using 204W of power
I have no idea as well. I find it hard to believe. However, until we get more tests done, not much we can do. Also, by this time, nVidia should have good yields to release fully enabled GTX480, but they haven't...
Mm, we can only wait
Some pics of GTX 580 are already floating around
http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/hardware/31353/alleged-nvidia-geforce-gtx-580-pictures-hit-web
Looks pretty boring IMO.
extremely low.
They will probably be offered by Apple a year after PC users
have had the 7000 series, if Apple sticks to it's historic record
of GPU releases. Expect to pay twice as much for the version
that will work in a Mac.
Hopefully iGadget Inc. will think different this time around
and not treat it's customers like willing putzes and do a
simultaneous release. Or not.
GTX 580 is coming in late November
http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20676-geforce-gtx-580-to-launch-in-november
http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20676-geforce-gtx-580-to-launch-in-november
a slight hyperbolation sure, but hopefully it wont be TOO late.They will probably be offered by Apple a year after PC users
have had the 7000 series, if Apple sticks to it's historic record
of GPU releases. Expect to pay twice as much for the version
that will work in a Mac.
ahh interesting. some nice competition for
I have a sapphire 6850 in my 2008 Mac Pro now. It's really silent and performs amazing so far, 2560x1600 everything ultra works fine in sc2, looks much better than the 8800gt also, and can't hear it from my chair even at 99% activity.
bootcamp dont work with it but I have win7 on a SSD on it so I just removed the OSX-HDD and win booted up, seldom use osx these days so I dont care.
Win7 performance index says 7,7 on all except HDD, obv my 1year old intel g2 is getting old
bootcamp dont work with it but I have win7 on a SSD on it so I just removed the OSX-HDD and win booted up, seldom use osx these days so I dont care.
Win7 performance index says 7,7 on all except HDD, obv my 1year old intel g2 is getting old
I have a sapphire 6850 in my 2008 Mac Pro now. It's really silent and performs amazing so far, 2560x1600 everything ultra works fine in sc2, looks much better than the 8800gt also, and can't hear it from my chair even at 99% activity.
bootcamp dont work with it but I have win7 on a SSD on it so I just removed the OSX-HDD and win booted up, seldom use osx these days so I dont care.
Win7 performance index says 7,7 on all except HDD, obv my 1year old intel g2 is getting old
I was about to say how it worked on OS X without drivers, but then saw it was on the Windows side only. Try overclocking them a bit and see if you get 7,8 or 7,9?
They will probably be offered by Apple a year after PC users
have had the 7000 series, if Apple sticks to it's historic record
of GPU releases. Expect to pay twice as much for the version
that will work in a Mac.
Hopefully iGadget Inc. will think different this time around
and not treat it's customers like willing putzes and do a
simultaneous release. Or not.
so true , for me this ridiculous walt disney show , featuring "Ali Baba" Jobs from iGadget Inc., selling recycling computers in cases designed 7 years ago with outdated parts at 3 times the price to innocents has ended ...
using an Hd 5770 in my custom built mac since months , rig is faster , cheaper , and has all the bell and whistles of a modern computer.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/11325289/
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They will probably be offered by Apple a year after PC users
have had the 7000 series, if Apple sticks to it's historic record
of GPU releases. Expect to pay twice as much for the version
that will work in a Mac.
Nice optimism.
BTW guys, I donno if you saw this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102909
6870 with 2 mini display ports, a HDMI, 2 DVI's for $240.
yes every 6870 has 2 mini DP. I just installed one on my mac pro and big upgrade over the nvidia that came with the 09. Still use the nvidia in osx but 6870 in windows.
127W according to AnandTech. You can run it as long as you give it one PCIe power cable (there are two in Mac Pro).
6 or 8-pin PCI-Express supplemental power. I have not checked the Mac Pro in some time but I believe you are capped at 300W total plugged into the motherboard the last time I checked.
so... is one of them not in use and free to be utilized with the graphics card? God damn I don't understand **** about this stuff.