Sadly I don't think SLI will ever be supported. Crossfire may find some love in OS X though.
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AMD Announces ATI Radeon HD 3870 Card For Mac and PC
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Sadly I don't think SLI will ever be supported. Crossfire may find some love in OS X though.
Yes, we would like CrossFire in Mac OS X at least. If a lot of people request CrossFire to AMD/ATI, then maybe AMD/ATI will listen and will release a disk with drivers for CrossFire. What a wonderful idea.
Which makes 3870 CF pretty viable, especially if you get a single slot cooler. But it's worth pointing out that the firmware might need a higher quality 3870 than the cheapest one (not all 8800s work with the OSX firmware, they need the larger flash ROM).
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.
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.
So how is it "designed exclusively for Apple's Mac Pro systems" if there's a Windows version too?
Perhaps it's a first-of-a-kind video card that supports both Mac and PC?
Indeed. You don't want people saying "AMD video? That'll be as bad as Intel video"!
amd on board video kicks intel ass and you can use side port ram with it.
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.
Hold on. You could do CrossFire in Windows now with the 3870 on a Mac Pro?
I must have missed that part...
Hold on. You could do CrossFire in Windows now with the 3870 on a Mac Pro?
I must have missed that part...
According to this guy i guess. Also, the Barefeats lists them using 2x 3870 in their test. Maybe someone can confirm this?
Hold on. You could do CrossFire in Windows now with the 3870 on a Mac Pro?
I must have missed that part...
Crossfire is now a software affair. So yes 3870 CF should be possible in BC.
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.
What about the HD 3870 X2????
What about the HD 3870 X2?
If the Mac Pro had two slots to handle two of these cards then we could have a quad SLI setup.
That would be great except I do CAD/CAM/CAE and definitely could use quad Fire , not Radeon.
Sigh, Perhaps next Christmas.
What about the HD 3870 X2?
If the Mac Pro had two slots to handle two of these cards then we could have a quad SLI setup.
That would be great except I do CAD/CAM/CAE and definitely could use quad Fire , not Radeon.
Sigh, Perhaps next Christmas.
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 sooo forgot about those threads
.So now the question to be answered is if the "new" ktext solves the fan noise problem.
I wonder if Nvidia will release the GeForce 9800 for Macs? I would like to see that comparison! Also a Radeon 4870 vs Geforce 9800
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?
Apple owns FileMaker, but they don't call it "Apple FileMaker Pro" or "Apple Pro".
They're getting there. I'm guessing (and hoping) we'll see the 3870 in an iMac some day.
I'm also fairly certain it will make Safari snappier.
Rich
I'm also fairly certain it will make Safari snappier.
Rich
Perhaps it's a first-of-a-kind video card that supports both Mac and PC?
...but then it still wouldn't be exclusively designed for the Mac Pro, would it?
If their wording was correct, there wouldn't be a PC version. But that wouldn't be great even on a Mac Pro because of Boot Camp...
