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nspyro

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Apr 18, 2011
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Although the forum is over run with 'mac pro dead' and 'apple's breaking ma balls' nonsense, I have a question for any MacPro users who have installed or have any info regarding the GTX 570?

My rig:
MacPro 4,1 (but did the sneaky 5,1 update)

I have heard about the magic drivers from nvidia and such, but was wondering if anyone has any experience with performance and known issues? I was holding out to see if apple was going to release an official update to their compatible GPU's, which they didn't. So now Im thinking i might just fork out the $400AUD to buy a new GPU. I mainly work in Adobe (illustrator, photoshop etc) but also enjoy gaming (SC2, D3, Civ5, etc [I know windows is better for gaming, I use steam on bootcamp when there isnt a mac compatible ver]) + ill normally have a VM running windows.

Anyway any links or info regarding the above would be great (and yes I did google this first) but wanted to hear from anyone who has got one running now?

Or I guess if im better off with the 6870? (or 5870)

ps. Upgrading from the 5770 (apple one)

TLDR; Is it worth buying the GTX570
 
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