That's funny because at every price point in the gaming segment except the $1000 one, nVidia is outgunned by AMD:
Titan = performance king
7970GE > 680
7970 > 670
7950 > 660Ti
7870 > 660
7850 >>> 650Ti
et cetera
But whatever
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Sapphire Launches Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition Graphics Card for Mac Pro
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That's funny because at every price point in the gaming segment except the $1000 one, nVidia is outgunned by AMD:
Titan = performance king
7970GE > 680
7970 > 670
7950 > 660Ti
7870 > 660
7850 >>> 650Ti
et cetera
But whatever
This looks so awesome. Too bad I just upgraded from an ancient 2600XT for a 5870 about 6 months ago. Maybe someone can answer a couple questions.
Is this going to work in 2008 models? The current gen cards aren't technically supported before 2009 but they work anyways. Same case here?
I'm doing some heavy duty video and photography as well as some graphic design. Worth the upgrade?
Is this going to work in 2008 models? The current gen cards aren't technically supported before 2009 but they work anyways. Same case here?
I'm doing some heavy duty video and photography as well as some graphic design. Worth the upgrade?
it's in my cart. just have to press buy
Getting a dog and a new graphics card while my wife is out of state.
Kids, this is what living on the edge is like when you get old.
Reminds me of this: MacRumours.com Article
Was wondering the same thing, also is there any reason to buy the mac edition at 500 here when I can buy a Sapphire Radeon reference 7950 for 200 on PC - other than bootscreen ?
Probably not but then again, I would get the more expensive one for the bootscreen.
on newegg.com the similar Sapphire 7950 3gb cards go for around $300-329. So paying only $150 more for the mac edition isnt too bad. What I am more excited about is being able to run regular 7950s in a Hackintosh now that the drivers are there.
Wait a few weeks and we will know. What does the 2010 MP have that the previous gen didn't have ?
The 5870 said the same thing, but it worked without official support. The PC 7950's seem to work on MacPro 3.1 according to some posts over in the macpro section, so why wouldn't the official mac version ?
I imagine it's just not officially supported rather than not capable.
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300 for a bootscreen .... I'm not that big a fan
lol such a ridiculous price. they saw an opportunity to make an extra buck, and they jumped on it.
It was Apple that didn't want the 5870 to be supported on earlier Mac Pro models. And I understand their reasoning as it isn't in Apple's interest to support older models.
In this case it's the supplier of the card itself. That makes be a bit sceptic. If the Mac Pro 3.1 (or even 1.1) were listed as supported, I'm sure that they would simply sell more.
Simply wait and see.
Maybe Barefeats can help out!
Price for performance, I think AMD wins. While Nvidia is still more popular, AMD has come a long way. Nvidia has good drivers though.
At one point there was good reason for the "Mac Edition" branding (PPC macs). These days though, not so much. The cards are nearly (if not completely) identical, and certainly don't need to be sold as a different card.
Performance per watt has been a significant point for some time. What kind of a revolution do you perceive on the other end? ARM didn't wipe out the use of 130W cpus. There are IGPs and GPUs down to 10-20W. It goes even lower if you look at parts used in SOCs. What are you suggesting?
If they really do wait until Ivy and based their deadlines around that, June would not be a viable target date. The tech sites are claiming Q4 on shipping. Sandy Bridge E wasn't shipping in oem machines until June-July of last year. Assuming lower demand than HP, Dell, etc. they might turn up more aggressive shipping times, but I wouldn't buy into the kool-aid of "Apple gets everything first". It's propagated by misinterpreted information.
That's funny because at every price point in the gaming segment except the $1000 one, nVidia is outgunned by AMD:
Titan = performance king
7970GE > 680
7970 > 670
7950 > 660Ti
7870 > 660
7850 >>> 650Ti
et cetera
But whatever
Gaming? I didn't know anyone used Mac Pros for serious gaming.
I was talking about the widespread adoption of CUDA by software developers across the board. So no, the AMD cards don't come close in a price/performance comparison in those applications.
But if your building something to play Battlefield 3, your wasting your money on a Mac from the get-go.
Barefeats to the rescue:
http://www.barefeats.com/gpu7950.html
They're saying it is "compatible with all models 2008 - 2012" (although you need to run 10.8.3 or later), so there's your unofficial response. Tempted to get this for my own 2008 Mac Pro.
The iMac 2012 graphics card performance is comparable to this release. The $400 card cost could offset most of the net cost of an iMac (subtracting for monitor, keyboard, mouse). The 2012 iMac is a sleeper speedster.
Furthermore:article said:
http://www.vidmuze.com/how-to-enable-gpu-cuda-in-adobe-cs6-for-mac/
article said:
It's still 2 grand.
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Is really a separate ROM for Mac Pro really needed?
I remember reading this online:
Most people don't realize that Mountain Lion opened up Mac Pros so they can use any NVidia PC card right out of the box. We upgraded most of our older Mac Pros to NVidia GeForce GTX 640's. Plugged them in..... whamo!.. the work flawlessly.
I don't have the link to were I read this anymore, but that's what someone wrote.
I remember reading this online:
Most people don't realize that Mountain Lion opened up Mac Pros so they can use any NVidia PC card right out of the box. We upgraded most of our older Mac Pros to NVidia GeForce GTX 640's. Plugged them in..... whamo!.. the work flawlessly.
I don't have the link to were I read this anymore, but that's what someone wrote.