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Dual 4850s in the post.
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You bought a Mac Pro to run Windows exclusively?
Everyone, ready the tar and feathers. Congrats and I don't blame you one bit; I think the Mac Pro is the prettiest PC ever made by any company, bar none.
Everyone, ready the tar and feathers. Congrats and I don't blame you one bit; I think the Mac Pro is the prettiest PC ever made by any company, bar none.
Actually it smokes the GTX 280 more than half the time, nVidia's $600 high-end offering.
But two 4850s is going to outstrip a 4850, which is nothing more than a higher-clocked 4870 with 3.6 GHz GDDR5 memory. I don't think you could even run two 4870s,.. though I could be wrong.
Anyway, maybe he'd rather pay $400 than $600 ;x
Hi,
I also have one 4850 in the mail which should be sufficient for my needs.
Have you had any luck in finding these 6pin pcie to 6 pin mini pci connector cables that you need to hook up the card to the MP logic board?
The 4870 requires 2 6-pin power adapters, and the Mac Pro only has two, so dual 4870s is out of the question.
That said, what the heck dude! If you're just running Windows and games, the Mac Pro is way more than you need! If you're using as a workstation too, though...
That said, what the heck dude! If you're just running Windows and games, the Mac Pro is way more than you need! If you're using as a workstation too, though...
Ya but when the next Farcry Crisys Gen Episode XIII comes out - I am sure the octo core will come in handy.
On a side note: would it be possible to install a cheap Mac 2600xt and PC 4850 at the same time? The Windows part shouldn´t be a problem as one and the same driver could be installed, no?
I would assume OS X would simply ignore the PC 4850. So, everything should be fine
I would assume OS X would simply ignore the PC 4850. So, everything should be fine
Got some pci-e connectors from ebay for $40 for two. I do alot of architectural CAD and rendering which is why i use a mac pro. Just got an email order is delayed until tomorow! I can't afford or install two 4870 there is not four pci-e power points!
Quit with the not using mac OSX crap. I use windows because thats where my software and experience lies, its not some stab at OSX which is a great OS. It simply isnt what I prefer!
Quit with the not using mac OSX crap. I use windows because thats where my software and experience lies, its not some stab at OSX which is a great OS. It simply isnt what I prefer!
Probably because it's just as powerful in windows as it is in OS X, plus it looks great.
+ lots of gear that actually does fully support all 8 cores and sse4 like all the nice x264 frontends that can deal with br + native avchd editing are all on Windows. So that´s where I usually am.
I can't say that I've poked around in my MacPro for longer than it took to add extra hard drives but can't you just get a Molex -> PCI-E power adapter for the extra card? Or are there no spare molex connectors around? What about for the second optical drive?
aparently makes the system unstable as it isnt designed for that power draw. Which is pretty dry.
Well im running crossfire 4850s in windows vista x64 ultimate on the mac pro. Currently installing sofware will keep updating.