3870 in new MacPro, anyone tried ?

netkas · Feb 17, 2008, 04:58 AM

I guess it may work, why?

1) MacPro's 2600XT works fine in PC, it has PC's bios. in iMacs 2600XT there is little efi part, which specifies driver (Hypoprion, there is string ATY,Hypoprion) but macpro's card has no such string in bios. so i guess it's simple PC's bios
2) 3870 works fine in MacOSX, there is full suport for it, even Sleep works.
3) 3870 works with same values in IOReg as 2600 (they come from boot.efi, via IODT:/efi/device-properties var)

So, my guess, it may work if EFI driver will set keys for it.

Anyone wanna try ?

p.s. need to have 10.5.2 to try it.

macz1 · Feb 17, 2008, 05:06 AM

I would try if I only had the card...

netdog · Feb 17, 2008, 05:14 AM

If one doesn't do gaming or 3D, but does video rendering, Aperture and Photoshop, will this card make any real difference over the 2600? If so, what might I expect?

SuperGrobi · Feb 25, 2008, 05:46 AM

If the 3870 works in the Mac Pro, is there a reason to hope that the HD3870x2 will work as well??? ... dreaming of 2 HD3870x2 with Crossfire

Cromulent · Feb 25, 2008, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by netdog

If one doesn't do gaming or 3D, but does video rendering, Aperture and Photoshop, will this card make any real difference over the 2600? If so, what might I expect?

Not really worth it.

The only difference you will see would be in applications like After Effects, Colour and Motion.

OZMP · 07:59 PM

delete

SuperGrobi · Feb 25, 2008, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OZMP

http://netkas.org/?p=48drivers
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.p...st=60&start=60

Okay, but we are not interested in running Mac OS on a PC ... I am interested running the card in Bootcamp on the Mac Pro ... and maybe in the future on Mac OS in the same computer

Amethyst · Feb 25, 2008, 11:57 PM

If I have HD 3870 , I will try this netkas!!

ps" thank you very much for your Pc_efi project

barefeats · Feb 27, 2008, 08:54 AM

I have a Radeon HD 3870 X2 and a GeForce 8800 GTX. I tried both on the Mac Pro 3.2GHz under Vista 64.

Prey at 1920x1200 High Quality (8X aniso, dynamic shadows on):
Radeon 3870 X2 (standard clocking) = 201 fps
Geforce 8800 GTX (overclocked) = 166 fps

MacsRgr8 · Feb 27, 2008, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barefeats

I have a Radeon HD 3870 X2 and a GeForce 8800 GTX. I tried both on the Mac Pro 3.2GHz under Vista 64.

Prey at 1920x1200 High Quality (8X aniso, dynamic shadows on):
Radeon 3870 X2 (standard clocking) = 201 fps
Geforce 8800 GTX (overclocked) = 166 fps

Wow..! And what about Crysis...?
Any idea if Mac OS X works well with the Radeon 3870 X2?

BTW, is there any reason why NOT to run Vista 64 (but use Vista 32 instead) on a 2008 Mac Pro, especially regarding gaming...?

OZMP · Feb 27, 2008, 07:58 PM

if it works using the 2600 firmware, would it mean that it would work in an oldschool macpro?

OZMP · Mar 15, 2008, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by netkas

I guess it may work, why?

1) MacPro's 2600XT works fine in PC, it has PC's bios. in iMacs 2600XT there is little efi part, which specifies driver (Hypoprion, there is string ATY,Hypoprion) but macpro's card has no such string in bios. so i guess it's simple PC's bios
2) 3870 works fine in MacOSX, there is full suport for it, even Sleep works.
3) 3870 works with same values in IOReg as 2600 (they come from boot.efi, via IODT:/efi/device-properties var)

So, my guess, it may work if EFI driver will set keys for it.

Anyone wanna try ?

p.s. need to have 10.5.2 to try it.

Yes i want to try it. But i will need thorough instructions.

PM me if you can help.

Cheers,

giantrobot · Mar 15, 2008, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OZMP

Yes i want to try it. But i will need thorough instructions.

PM me if you can help.

Cheers,

Dont forget. You need to buy the power cable from ATI.

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netkas macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2007	3870 in new MacPro, anyone tried ? I guess it may work, why? 1) MacPro's 2600XT works fine in PC, it has PC's bios. in iMacs 2600XT there is little efi part, which specifies driver (Hypoprion, there is string ATY,Hypoprion) but macpro's card has no such string in bios. so i guess it's simple PC's bios 2) 3870 works fine in MacOSX, there is full suport for it, even Sleep works. 3) 3870 works with same values in IOReg as 2600 (they come from boot.efi, via IODT:/efi/device-properties var) So, my guess, it may work if EFI driver will set keys for it. Anyone wanna try ? p.s. need to have 10.5.2 to try it.
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Amethyst macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2006	If I have HD 3870 , I will try this netkas!! ps" thank you very much for your Pc_efi project __________________ Mac Pro (4,1->5,1) 8x2.93 GHz/32GB DDRIII/5870 Mac Pro (4,1->5,1) 6x3.2 GHz/20GB DDRIII/5870 Mac Pro (3,1) 8x2.8 GHz/6GB DDRII/4870 Mac Pro (1,1->2,1) 8x2.33 GHz/10GB DDRII/5770
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barefeats macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2000	Radeon 3870 X2 running on Mac Pro 3.2 I have a Radeon HD 3870 X2 and a GeForce 8800 GTX. I tried both on the Mac Pro 3.2GHz under Vista 64. Prey at 1920x1200 High Quality (8X aniso, dynamic shadows on): Radeon 3870 X2 (standard clocking) = 201 fps Geforce 8800 GTX (overclocked) = 166 fps
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SuperGrobi macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2008	If the 3870 works in the Mac Pro, is there a reason to hope that the HD3870x2 will work as well??? ... dreaming of 2 HD3870x2 with Crossfire
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OZMP macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2008	if it works using the 2600 firmware, would it mean that it would work in an oldschool macpro? __________________ 4.25GHz i7-930 Hyper-V mule \| QNAP TS459 Pro \| 46" Bravia \| PS3 rMBP 2.3/16/256 ordered 22/7 32GB iPhone 4 32GB iPad 4G
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