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ATI Radeon 3870 is NOW available...
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Next silly question if decided to order the two radeon 3870's
Just added ram and a harddrive to the Mac Pro and didnt notice an additional PCI power connector other than the one going into the 8800
If I get two 3870's is another tucked in somewhere or a connector to plug in with a cable that comes with the cards
Also if going that route while in OS X with dual monitors should I hook one monitor up to each or still both to one ( I realize Xfire wont be active in OS X so not expecting that just curious as to in OS X if theres a better way to hook up dual monitors when you have more than one card or if it even matters )
Thanks for advice so far folks - really love the rig already and doubt I'll ever run another PC in the house (Fusion for work needs if needed and boot camp for games occasionallyare all I need for that )
Just added ram and a harddrive to the Mac Pro and didnt notice an additional PCI power connector other than the one going into the 8800
If I get two 3870's is another tucked in somewhere or a connector to plug in with a cable that comes with the cards
Also if going that route while in OS X with dual monitors should I hook one monitor up to each or still both to one ( I realize Xfire wont be active in OS X so not expecting that just curious as to in OS X if theres a better way to hook up dual monitors when you have more than one card or if it even matters )
Thanks for advice so far folks - really love the rig already and doubt I'll ever run another PC in the house (Fusion for work needs if needed and boot camp for games occasionallyare all I need for that )
I just received my 3870 from OWC. These are the two plugs. This is an '06 Mac Pro. The plugs may be in a different place on '07-'08 models.
I just received my 3870 from OWC. These are the two plugs. This is an '06 Mac Pro. The plugs may be in a different place on '07-'08 models.
MY 2008 model has two plugs in the same place just like that.
BTW good to see OWC orders are shipping
OWC is shipping these cards !
I was very pissed off earlier this week when ATI was shipping and OWC wasn't. In fact, OWC kept increasing their ship time.
I got online and tried to initiate a chat with OWC. No one was there to answer, so I left the chat message.
I explained that I was going to cancel my order and buy direct from ATI if they did not have any to ship.
By the end of that day, this Tuesday, I received an e-mail with tracking number.
So... they have some in stock. How they determine priority, I do not know. Best thing to do is tell them you want to cancel your pre-order. That should get their attention. It seems that it worked for me
She is installed now. Been in about 30 minutes. Running just fine. Cake install.
I have not put any load on it... but so far I cannot tell that the fan is even running (even though it is). It is as quite as the 7300 GT (no fan) that it replaced.
Now, a few pics....
And yes, the chick on the box is HOT
I was very pissed off earlier this week when ATI was shipping and OWC wasn't. In fact, OWC kept increasing their ship time.
I got online and tried to initiate a chat with OWC. No one was there to answer, so I left the chat message.
I explained that I was going to cancel my order and buy direct from ATI if they did not have any to ship.
By the end of that day, this Tuesday, I received an e-mail with tracking number.
So... they have some in stock. How they determine priority, I do not know. Best thing to do is tell them you want to cancel your pre-order. That should get their attention. It seems that it worked for me
She is installed now. Been in about 30 minutes. Running just fine. Cake install.
I have not put any load on it... but so far I cannot tell that the fan is even running (even though it is). It is as quite as the 7300 GT (no fan) that it replaced.
Now, a few pics....
And yes, the chick on the box is HOT
Now I guess I need to research a bit and maybe some folks here can advise who game on the PC side also about how picky Crossfire is about improving games
As in does it require a true profile and support officially for X game ? Example Age of Conan didnt have a profile or officially support sli but going to sli in it took my framerates up a good 20 immediately at high res -
Will be playing that and Warhammer beta and launch (in beta now ) and wondering mainly for those games if crossfire helps/works at all as if not then the 8800gt would be better
Will be doing Spore/SC2/D3 and so on on Mac side anyway -
So anyone with experience on PC side much know about overall issues/picky side of crossfire ?
As in does it require a true profile and support officially for X game ? Example Age of Conan didnt have a profile or officially support sli but going to sli in it took my framerates up a good 20 immediately at high res -
Will be playing that and Warhammer beta and launch (in beta now ) and wondering mainly for those games if crossfire helps/works at all as if not then the 8800gt would be better
Will be doing Spore/SC2/D3 and so on on Mac side anyway -
So anyone with experience on PC side much know about overall issues/picky side of crossfire ?
Did any bigger site did some comparisons between the 8800 and ATI already?
Can't find anything on the net.
Cheers
Can't find anything on the net.
Cheers
Whoever was asking if it came with cross fire cables.... The answer is YES.
I though I clearly pointed it out on my Un-boxing video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqCH12N51do
I though I clearly pointed it out on my Un-boxing video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqCH12N51do
Thx.
Too bad barefeats are a bunch of noobs so very hard to to find this review non biased.
Take a look at the text at the bottom of the test:
As for OpenGL 3D performance, we'd love to benchmark Maya and other pro 3D apps. But until we can convince AutoDesk to give us a copy, we'll continue to test and report on 3D Games (which use many of the same 3D dynamics) to infer pro 3D app peformance. Take a look at our Mac 3D Game results of the Radeon HD 3870.
How come site that does testing does not know to use Maxons OpenGL/Rendering benchmarking tool called CINEBENCH R10???
I'll wait for some more reliable source.
Thx for the links tho. Appreciate it.
indeed
who would buy a 3870 when the 3870x2 and the 4870 is out...
btw..the 4850 is much faster than the 3870 and costs only $200 retail..
If you could send me a link for a where to order a 4870 that is made for the Mac I'd appreciate it