ran into this - seems promising, anyone read German?
http://www.macgadget.de/News/2011/11/23/Mac-OS-X-1073-Hinweis-auf-künftige-Mac-Pro-Grafikkarten
http://www.macgadget.de/News/2011/11/23/Mac-OS-X-1073-Hinweis-auf-künftige-Mac-Pro-Grafikkarten
ran into this - seems promising, anyone read German?
http://www.macgadget.de/News/2011/11/23/Mac-OS-X-1073-Hinweis-auf-künftige-Mac-Pro-Grafikkarten
Yeah, so they say that a beta version of 10.7.3 contains drivers for a GPU with the code name "Tahiti", which apparently is or will be the Radeon 7950 desktop GPU.
The article goes on speculating that this will be the GPU in the next Mac Pro, given that all other apple computers use mobile GPUs. They say that a Mac Pro update is expected early 2012, mention the Xeon E5 as CPU and the possibility to have up to 16 cores (2x8), and say that possible other upgrades could be Thunderbolt (obvious), Bluetooth 4.0 and USB 3.0.
ran into this - seems promising, anyone read German?
http://www.macgadget.de/News/2011/11/23/Mac-OS-X-1073-Hinweis-auf-künftige-Mac-Pro-Grafikkarten
Yeah, so they say that a beta version of 10.7.3 contains drivers for a GPU with the code name "Tahiti", which apparently is or will be the Radeon 7950 desktop GPU.
The article goes on speculating that this will be the GPU in the next Mac Pro, given that all other apple computers use mobile GPUs. They say that a Mac Pro update is expected early 2012, mention the Xeon E5 as CPU and the possibility to have up to 16 cores (2x8), and say that possible other upgrades could be Thunderbolt (obvious), Bluetooth 4.0 and USB 3.0.
7970 is releasing in ~4-6 weeks, so...
Yeah, so they say that a beta version of 10.7.3 contains drivers for a GPU with the code name "Tahiti", which apparently is or will be the Radeon 7950 desktop GPU.
The article goes on speculating that this will be the GPU in the next Mac Pro, given that all other apple computers use mobile GPUs. They say that a Mac Pro update is expected early 2012, mention the Xeon E5 as CPU and the possibility to have up to 16 cores (2x8), and say that possible other upgrades could be Thunderbolt (obvious), Bluetooth 4.0 and USB 3.0.
Apple have never released Mac Pros (any Intel Mac?) with old graphics cards. They always used the latest. Sadly it was often near the end of the cycle; and with long cycles they seemed to get a reputation for always using old technology.
You know a new Mac Pro is coming out when ATI is about to release a new graphics card.
Almost certainly won't have USB 3.0, they're touting Thunderbolt as the interconnection of choice, I bet it'll just have USB 2.0 ports, like all the devices of 2011. The rest of that seems likely.
All I'm gonna say is that new Mac Pro better have 3 thunderbolt ports for 3 displays! Like how the iMac has 2 on the 27in and I would assume they would do that cause the Mac Pro has no monitors!
This can't be. Mac Pro is DEAD!!!