GPU upgrade now....or in a month or so?

[Pedro86]

Hi guys,

Looking for some advice, I can't find anything in the forums or news about what the next GPU's will be for the next gen mac pro. Also I cant seem to find out when it will most likely be released. What I am wondering is if I am to upgrade my mac pro should I wait and get something in a month or how ever long it would be, or should I utilise the threads surrounding the 4890/70 by rominator and cindori et al and just upgrade to one of those cards.

My current spec is:

2008 Mac Pro 3.1
2.8 Ghz Octo
10 GB ram
ATI Radeon HD2600XT
1* WD 500GB
2* Barracuda 1TB

I mainly use my station for work, in the design sector. So all Adobe programs CS3, Rhino, C4D, Final Cut Pro, SBP, as well as running windows 7 in bootcamp for PC design packages like 3DSmax, Maxwell.

Also any recommendations on cards, if not the 4890, I was looking at some of the Quadro workstation cards as they are better for photoshop and graphics programs. True or false and any suggestions desired please!

 

[10THzMac]

On the Nvidia side I reckon we will have a wait of a lot longer than a month or two for any new OS X native cards. If it's for Bootcamp maybe early Q2 for Fermi cards. It was noticeable that CUDA support for Fermi had Macs conspicuous by their absence - only Windows and Linux was mentioned.

If you want Nvidia now for OS X the OS X 285 is a lot quicker than the OS X Q4800, unless you have got your paws on some Quadro-optimized drivers for specific apps.

Perhaps your best bet is to see what cards come with 2010 Pros in standard or BTO.

 

[peskaa]

I'm hoping that an update by March will have a nice new GPU - either a 5870 or a Fermi. That can then be put in a 2009...