Gtx 770 question

[Macsonic]

Question to everyone who's upgraded:

Should I sell my Radeon HD 5870 or keep it around as a spare?

Mac editions go roughly for $200 on eBay now.

If you can keep your Radeon HD 5870 it would help not only as backup but also for isolating if ever hardware issues come up. One time my Viewsonic monitor went black with no image. Fortunately I had a spare video card and a spare monitor. Checked and found out the monitor expired. The Mac Pro was fine. Without the extra spare components, you start to wonder and worry if it's your logicboard, GPU or even your CPU that has the issue that can drive you nuts.

 

[BigJohno]

If you can keep your Radeon HD 5870 it would help not only as backup but also for isolating if ever hardware issues come up. One time my Viewsonic monitor went black with no image. Fortunately I had a spare video card and a spare monitor. Checked and found out the monitor expired. The Mac Pro was fine. Without the extra spare components, you start to wonder and worry if it's your logicboard, GPU or even your CPU that has the issue that can drive you nuts.

This is really good advice. I keep all my old components that I change out of the MP. I had some ram go bad on me from OWC and had to send it back which took about a week. Luckily I had the stock ram that got me by while they replaced the broken components.

 

[pootahauntus]

Don't know why I never thought of this before.

For some background info, let me point out that the GTX285 was ORIGINALLY a GTX280. It had a 6 pin and an 8 pin then.

When Nvidia updated it to the GTX285, it went to Dual 6 pins.

But apparently the card still grabs juice like a 6 & 8 card.

Someone here expressed fear at a card pulling 110 Watts from a single source, well behold...the ol' standard for CUDA the GTX285 sucks 110 Watts from a 6 pin, just like a 570, just like a 780.

Again, this is wth Furmark running. So again, this is WORST CASE SCENRIO.

But if the 1000's of approved and sold via legit retail GTX285s out there are able to yank 110 Watts, why get worked into a lather about a GTX780 doing it?

Anyone with a GTX285 and Hardware Monitor app can likely verify this.

Hi all, I'm new to this forum. 1 question! where can I download "hardware monitor" to test out the power drawn from the pcie boost cables?

 

[pastrychef]

http://www.bresink.com/osx/HardwareMonitor.html

 

[ashurao]

Don't know why I never thought of this before.

For some background info, let me point out that the GTX285 was ORIGINALLY a GTX280. It had a 6 pin and an 8 pin then.

When Nvidia updated it to the GTX285, it went to Dual 6 pins.

But apparently the card still grabs juice like a 6 & 8 card.

Someone here expressed fear at a card pulling 110 Watts from a single source, well behold...the ol' standard for CUDA the GTX285 sucks 110 Watts from a 6 pin, just like a 570, just like a 780.

Again, this is wth Furmark running. So again, this is WORST CASE SCENRIO.

But if the 1000's of approved and sold via legit retail GTX285s out there are able to yank 110 Watts, why get worked into a lather about a GTX780 doing it?

Anyone with a GTX285 and Hardware Monitor app can likely verify this.

hello MacVidCards,
Can I ask you a favor?
could you do a consumption test 780 and titan with Octane render?
Does consumption will be the same with Furmark.
I ask to macvidcards, but if someone else can answer, do not hesitate.
And if a user of a GTX unmodified by MVC can help me, this is even better.

Thanks

 

[beltwrath]

After reading numerous posts on power draw I decided to contribute my numbers. I own a reference gtx770 unflashed (evga) and noted down the following:

Osx idle:
Pcie slot: 5w
Pcie 6pin: 7w
Pcie 8pin: 42w (I use 6-8pin adapter)

Osx furmark:
Pcie slot: 42w
Pcie 6pin: 53w
Pcie 8pin: 98w

As usual Pls note the 8pin connector is wrongly named in Hardware Monitor.

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To MacVidCards/other gtx770 users with 2x6pin pcie connectors. May I also request you provide your numbers on the power draw of gtx770 in your Mac Pro?