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And we should fall on our knees in gratitude for this wonderfulness. We are not worthy.
I heard that ATI graphics cards produce a better quality image/video than NVidia cards. Is this true? Do games and the Operating System actually look better with ATI cards than NVIdia ones?
If that's the case, why get the 8800 GT card other than for a better gaming perfomance?
If that's the case, why get the 8800 GT card other than for a better gaming perfomance?
There was a major programing goof from the Apple programing team that did the 8800 drivers. Should be fixed in 10.5.3.
Hdmi1.3 can have xvYCC gamut and 10/12/16-bit color depth. Dvi has neither of them.
winterspan, I cannot thank you enough for your perfect response.
Sometimes things can get out of hand when dealing with X vs. X card, etc. You answered my questions to the best of your knowledge and I really do appreciate the help.
With that said, I believe I will hold out for the Radeon.
I do not do enough SW to justify the expense of a Quadro or FireGL. If that day comes, business would be good, I will then use a dedicated windows box for CAD/CAM work.
For now, ATI it is
Now the wait begins !
hey, no problem. I totally agree with your sentiment with graphics card fanboys... I figured I was going to start a huge flame war!
I'm just out for the truth with the rest of the sane people... lol
any application using OpenGL will benefit having the 8800 several times more than any of currently available ATI cards for mac.
If you are heavy into CG and use a lot of 3D apps then wait till the new ATI gets a decent test from a reliable source. I know I will take a good look at it before I dump my $$. I'm all about 3D (lightwave, cinema 4D, silo, vue, ZBrush) and the 2600 is a pure joke. My iMac's 8800 simply destroys it so I will wait till I see the numbers of the new ATI. Considering my pro will arrive in about 7 days I still have time and hopefully the ATI will be out by then.
If you are heavy into CG and use a lot of 3D apps then wait till the new ATI gets a decent test from a reliable source. I know I will take a good look at it before I dump my $$. I'm all about 3D (lightwave, cinema 4D, silo, vue, ZBrush) and the 2600 is a pure joke. My iMac's 8800 simply destroys it so I will wait till I see the numbers of the new ATI. Considering my pro will arrive in about 7 days I still have time and hopefully the ATI will be out by then.
That's all fine and dandy but there are no currently available graphic cards that can output HDMI 1.3
HDMI 1.3 can doubles HDMI's frequency to 340mhz and thus increases bandwidth to 10.2Gbits/s vs dual-link DVI's 7.92Gbits/s. Also, there is a Type-B cable for HDMI which increases the pins from 19 to 29 (the type-B connector looks just like DVI) and increases bandwidth to over 20Gbits/s. This is enough pixel pushing to support 3840x2400 "Quad-HD" displays. That would certainly make a kick-ass panel replacement for the 30" Apple display..
Playstation has a sort of custom Nividia GPU based on the Geforce 7800 called the "RSX". Most people think it's a heavily scaled down 7800GTX
Would 3870 be the first?
Btw, what GPU playstation3 has?
I am pretty sure it is HDMI v 1.2
Holy cr@p!
ATi is really coming back!.. well for Windows only I assume
Such a good race: ATi vs nVidia. Who wins? Us, the customers!
Holy cr@p!
ATi is really coming back!.. well for Windows only I assume
Such a good race: ATi vs nVidia. Who wins? Us, the customers!
Don't put too much into it.
It is fake
Awesome. I wonder why Apple likes NVIDIA so much when ATI cards are better designed for Mac OS X and for Pro Apps? There's more NVIDIA choices than ATI for the Mac Pro right now. Why does Apple like NVIDIA more than ATI? Why can't the Mac Pro just have all ATI cards since they are better for pro stuff anyways?
My 8800gt just arrived at the apple store so i'm also keen to hear more news on the 3870 too before I take the plunge (or at least hear more about leopard 10.5.3 with rad new drivers for the 8800). I would much rather a 4870 though.
Yeah, this is killing me. My pointer was hovering over the 'buy' button for a Mac Pro yesterday. I've hit the refurb area so often - and built up a spec in the shopping cart and then walked away - that I've probably skewed their traffic this month.
Glad I found this thread. I'll wait until WWDC, and this video card stuff shakes out.
Glad I found this thread. I'll wait until WWDC, and this video card stuff shakes out.