Ultimate Thread: 4890 in Mac Pro

[Andrew Henry]

ok - here is the 4890 score I got

Bear in mind though this is stock clock @ 850MHz, but when I get my computer back, I am going to clock to 1000MHz. We'll see how it scores then : )

That's still 8x as fast as my current one, I'm sure I can bear with that.

On a side note, the 2.1 results are essentially the same, that's kind of weird?

 

[Zokim]

Stats for my 4870

for comparison, 4870 just installed yesterday, works great with two 23" cinema displays


By zokim78

 

[poobah]

For comparison: 1 Gb Xfx 4870, 2008 MacPro 8 cores

 

[bozz2006]

excellent! Is that the Apple card or a flashed PC version? And if it is PC, which brand?

 

[Zokim]

this is the apple card

just installed yesterday, works great with two 23" cinema displays


By zokim78

apple card 4870

 

[Cindori]

apple card

On what mac?

 

[Zokim]

On what mac?

early 2007, mac pro 2,1 8 core 3 ghz, 16 gb ram, 2x cinema displays

 

[Cindori]

early 2007, mac pro 2,1 8 core 3 ghz, 16 gb ram, 2x cinema displays

I wonder if it affects result. We'll see Bozz's scores tomorrow

 

[Cindori]

OK suddenly we got alot of benchmarks. so I gathered all here:






Kinda crappy sizing since all I got is paint and all of you guys are using different width and height.

Updated main post with link also.


btw the broken one in the bottom is to be filled in with overclocked 4890

 

[bozz2006]

yes that'll be interesting to see. If they are different, you're going to need someone else to get a 1,1 standard, since mine is not stock.

 

[bozz2006]

thanks for compiling those. the nvidia 285 looks like a monster.

 

[Zokim]

thanks for compiling those. the nvidia 285 looks like a monster.

too bad nobody has tested it in 1st gen mac pro's, would like to know if it works

 

[bozz2006]

do you mean with netkas' injector?

 

[Andrew Henry]

OK suddenly we got alot of benchmarks. so I gathered all here:






Kinda crappy sizing since all I got is paint and all of you guys are using different width and height.

Updated main post with link also.


btw the broken one in the bottom is to be filled in with overclocked 4890

When did you say you're going to get your MP back? Because I need some actual confirmation that 2 x DVI work, because otherwise it's back to flashing a 4870 for me, I can't use a card with only one working.

-Andrew

 

[Cindori]

2009-06-12 Part 661-3919 Board, Logic, Ordered

They first tried the power unit (didnt work) and it took 2 days to get that. And a new logic board probably fixes all issues although it is expensive. So Im thinking by the end of this week.

 

[bozz2006]

just out of curiosity, do they know your computer got fried when you incorrectly installed a video card that wasn't supposed to be in the mac pro in the first place?

 

[Tesselator]

OK suddenly we got alot of benchmarks. so I gathered all here:

You need to specify the machine it was run on (Date and proc speed - or - MB Rev. and proc speed) for these to be meaningful at all... don't you?

 

[Weepul]

On a side note, the 2.1 results are essentially the same, that's kind of weird?

I noticed that, too. Anyone know what's going on? It's a little disconcerting, since shouldn't the most advanced spec be the most important aspect when it comes to getting performance for cutting-edge graphics?

 

[Cindori]

just out of curiosity, do they know your computer got fried when you incorrectly installed a video card that wasn't supposed to be in the mac pro in the first place?

doesnt matter - out of warranty anyway

You need to specify the machine it was run on (Date and proc speed - or - MB Rev. and proc speed) for these to be meaningful at all... don't you?

According to netkas, the only bottleneck in this test is the GPU. Im not sure, but once Bozz with his 2.8GHz mac gets his bench up we can compare to the 4870 on my page which was done on a 3.0GHz.

 

[Tesselator]

According to netkas, the only bottleneck in this test is the GPU. Im not sure, but once Bozz with his 2.8GHz mac gets his bench up we can compare to the 4870 on my page which was done on a 3.0GHz.

He knows.. So I'd listen. I was not sure what exactly was being tested nor how. If that bench is all in the card and doesn't need CPU or system memory much then for sure. I guessed that since my lowly 7300GT was getting roughly the same scores as the Quadro, that it must be VERY dependent on systems outside the card's own environment.

 

[bozz2006]

doesnt matter - out of warranty anyway




According to netkas, the only bottleneck in this test is the GPU. Im not sure, but once Bozz with his 2.8GHz mac gets his bench up we can compare to the 4870 on my page which was done on a 3.0GHz.

Just for clarity's sake; my machine is an 8 core 2.66 ghz.

 

[Cindori]

even better


when u picking up the card?

 

[bozz2006]

Fedex guy should be delivering it sometime today. Don't know when. I think I'm quite near the end of his route. Sometimes he stops here last then heads back in, sometimes he stops here first then makes his way back. tough to say.

 

[djulz]

Natit??

Do we need to install natit?

 

[Cindori]

Do we need to install natit?

When you say it... I think I did install this

http://rapidshare.de/files/47140358/Natit.pkg.html

but gaaah, it bothers me so much. I have my Mac pro hard drives next to me but no system to boot it off. Then I could just go Firefox-history to see all what I downloaded.


But you should try to install that link