Flashing a Saphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 to Mac

[npaisnel]

OK, yes I have ..and am currently searching other places.
Found a thread here comparing 4870 to a 5770..but no info on flashing hat I have yet found.

I have a 2008 Mac pro 8 Core Xeon 3.0Ghz, with a pair of ATI 2600's and want to upgrade..but at moment..not worked for 6 moths due broken arm..so no cash.

But I do have these two cards sitting here:
GT8800...blue PCB not compatible 🙁
HD 4870..pic attached..is this compatible

have seen one thread about flashing these same named but different looking cards..but doing it on the Mac.

Since I the Mac is a home machine..and the GF uses it I don't want to risk doing anything wrong on the mac..and screwing it up..the current cards anyway..so

Anyone got any advice / links for doing this flash on a PC?

i did read about flashing GT8800's on PC via dos, I have plenty of spare pc's around


Thanks guys

 

[gpzjock]

Take a wander over to Netkas.org, they helped me flash a Sapphire Vapor-x HD 4870 exactly like the one you pictured.

 

[npaisnel]

Will have a look and see if I can find a forum there again. I had been looking there before and thought it was just a single page blog, with an archive down the RHS

 

[Gav Mack]

Will have a look and see if I can find a forum there again. I had been looking there before and thought it was just a single page blog, with an archive down the RHS

There's a teeny word 'forum' on the right hand side of the main page.

 

[npaisnel]

Yes, thanks. Spotted it now. Almost deliberately designed to be hard to find,

 

[Gav Mack]

Yes, thanks. Spotted it now. Almost deliberately designed to be hard to find,

My thoughts exactly, deja vu alright 😀

 

[Dsold]

You will find how to flash your card with Netkas.org? I do not like I can not get there registration. A link to a roms card is here - https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/7271105/
But this page does not open I wrote "You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action.". What the ... ???

 

[Dsold]

Friends, tell me, where you can take a poppy firmware for the Radeon HD 4870 512Mb.
Thanks for the help.