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skagway

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Feb 1, 2011
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Hey guys,

after reading through many threads in the forum I would like to get confirmed what I hope I understood right:


  • Ati Radeon HD 5870 (see attached picture) will work out of the box in Mac Pro 2,1
  • Install 10.9 Mavericks on a drive in another supported Mac, replace boot.efi with Tiamo's and place the drive back into the Mac Pro 2,1 will work
  • I won't get a boot screen (except via VGA) since it's a PC card
  • Flashing the card has the only advantage that it get's addressed with the full PCI 2.0 specs

One last question: which ports of the card can I use?

Thanks in advance!

skagway
 

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