Radeon 5970 Just Released...

[thagomizer]

Must you be a kill-joy?

Somehow I have to justify my 285 purchase.
We can hope that the next Mac Pro is even bigger than the monster it currently is.

 

[Mackilroy]

As I mentioned earlier, this card requires a 8pin and 6pin PCIe power connector... not currently available on the Mac Pro. Forget about it.

Also not necessary. My 4890 'requires' an 8pin PCIe connector, but I use two 6pins, and it's top notch.

 

[Wild-Bill]

Also not necessary. My 4890 'requires' an 8pin PCIe connector, but I use two 6pins, and it's top notch.

Can you do dual DVI on that 4890? If so, I may go that route.

While the 5970 is 13 inches, I think the 5870 is shorter, so it could fit in the Mac Pro. As much as I'd love a 5970 I'd take the 5870 in a heartbeat. Run two DVI signals to my two LCDs... perfect.

 

[Cindori]

4890 gives dual dvi in snow leopard. but 2nd slot is only single link.

 

[ildondeigiocchi]

This card will not physically fit in a Mac Pro. At least, not in the 2008 model. The card is 13.5" long. The Mac Pro can accomodate a 12" card, max.

However, with the use of a 6 to 8 pin adapter it would work fine

 

[MattMK45]

damn, if only macs could do crossfire or SLi

 

[Cindori]

crossfire works, in windows.

 

[MattMK45]

sweet, i was just doing some further research into my claim and found the exact same piece of info! I guess that would actually make it worthwhile, seeing as games are still mostly run in bootcamp, apart from the odd few

 

[Topper]

I have a Mac GTX 285.
If I bought a PC GTX 285, could I put them both in SLI under Boot Camp?

 

[Ferrari904]

Just to be clear. If you got a 5970, the miniDisplayPort would not work with the 24" LED ACD, correct? You would probably have to flash it just like the 4XXX series cards, right?

 

[xper]

Have anyone tested to connect a 24" ACD with the 5970 on a Windows based computer?

 

[Techhie]

Just to be clear. If you got a 5970, the miniDisplayPort would not work with the 24" LED ACD, correct? You would probably have to flash it just like the 4XXX series cards, right?

The hardware is technically the same, so in theory it should work if it is a strictly hardware controlled port.

 

[Cindori]

Just to be clear. If you got a 5970, the miniDisplayPort would not work with the 24" LED ACD, correct? You would probably have to flash it just like the 4XXX series cards, right?

uhm we flash the 4800 to have them working in OSX.


no point in flashing 5870 when there are no OSX drivers anyway.
in Windows a PC card works 100%.


Topper, no, SLI is not supported on Mac pro motherboard.

 

[Techhie]

Topper, no, SLI is not supported on Mac pro motherboard.

IIRC this is a driver based software limitation of OS X, not the logic board itself. There are some people who have it working in Windows.

 

[Cindori]

IIRC this is a driver based software limitation of OS X, not the logic board itself. There are some people who have it working in Windows.

no. SLI drivers requires special motherboards.

yes, some people got SLI working on windows on MP 1,1.
however,it was with hacked drivers, that only worked with 7000 series cards.
since then, no one has been able to hack new drivers.
so get over it

 

[jadolfo]

i have a question there the HD 5970 fits on a 2008 mac pro.
if it fits it should work on windows right ? until someone flahs the card to work in os x.

 

[Spacedust]

Maybe using a HD5870 under Windows with a flashed HD4870 under OS X is a solution

 

[thermodynamic]

And all for the low price of $599!

Impressive card. We'll probably never see one from Apple, though.

If Apple is the platform for graphics specialists, why the bleep not?

 

[Cindori]

they are because of software, not hardware. sadly.

 

[brendon2020]

that would be great, this card kicks serious ass.

 

[voyagerd]

The desktop card I had was a Radeon X800XT, I can't wait to use a modern card. These should be quite a bit faster.

 

[jadolfo]

Anyone try put the hd 5970 in mac pro it fits ?

 

[Mackilroy]

Anyone try put the hd 5970 in mac pro it fits ?

It was stated earlier in the thread that the card is physically too long.

 

[Spacedust]

5870 fits without problems, so Apple will probably use this version.

 

[Topper]

The desktop card I had was a Radeon X800XT, I can't wait to use a modern card. These should be quite a bit faster.