You know, I think I read once that having over sixteen cores doesn't help anything.
Anyway, it'd be awesome if SLI and CrossFire were supported in OS X.
Sadly I don't think SLI will ever be supported. Crossfire may find some love in OS X though.
You know, I think I read once that having over sixteen cores doesn't help anything.
Anyway, it'd be awesome if SLI and CrossFire were supported in OS X.
Sadly I don't think SLI will ever be supported. Crossfire may find some love in OS X though.
Because they aren't roughly the same price.
The cheapest Radeon HD 3870 at Newegg is only $135.
Let the "HD 3870 or 8800 GT" threads begin.
If I were to buy a Mac Pro, I would buy it with this card. I think ATI serves Apple better than Nvidia and ATI cards have better drivers.
So how is it "designed exclusively for Apple's Mac Pro systems" if there's a Windows version too?
![]()
Indeed. You don't want people saying "AMD video? That'll be as bad as Intel video"!![]()
Yep.
If you game a lot (especially in Windows), the GeForce 8800 GT is the better choice... for all the rest: get the Radeon HD 3870.
After looking at the Barefeats link on the first page I am awfully tempted to do my gaming with 2x 3870 in Crossfire under Das Boot Camp.
I wouldn't even bother...... I'm gonna go with two 3870's in cross fire under windows... so you get better performance in os x with one card, then even better gaming under windows with two..
http://www.barefeats.com/harper18.html
Hold on. You could do CrossFire in Windows now with the 3870 on a Mac Pro?![]()
I must have missed that part...
Next week ATI will launch their new videocards HD 4870. What were they thinking? We have some leftover of the HD 3870, let's sell it at a high price to the mac users?
Hold on. You could do CrossFire in Windows now with the 3870 on a Mac Pro?![]()
I must have missed that part...
What I really wonder is if a 3870X2 works in OS X. I mean the drivers should mask the two cards (as it does in Windows) so I would think it should work.
These are the closest threads I could find about what you are looking for:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/441191/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/445094/
I have a quick question.
Why does AMD still call their graphics cards: "ATI Radeon"? Shouldn't it be: "AMD Radeon" now? Didn't AMD buy/acquire ATI?
Perhaps it's a first-of-a-kind video card that supports both Mac and PC?![]()