Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
So can the 4870x2 work on the Mac Pro?
- Thread starter tritian
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Tallest Skil
macrumors P6
rdowns
macrumors Penryn
I'm sure some hackintoshes use them
To be honest, i've always wondered why no hackintosh drivers have ever been attempted to be backported for mac pros
To be honest, i've always wondered why no hackintosh drivers have ever been attempted to be backported for mac pros
God, who seriously cares? If you really want to know PM the guy instead of asking him in the forums. I suspect that people that don't like him are enjoying the bitter speculation.
vicentk
macrumors regular
barefeats
macrumors 65816
Won't work under OS X.
Even if you flash a PC 4870x2 with Mac 4870 firmware, it won't work.
ATI might consider a retail "Mac and PC" version of the 4870x2, however, if enough of you write them asking for it. In other words, they need to build a business case for it based on demand. I'll find out if there is a "feedback" email address they will let us use for expressing our wishes.
Tallest Skil
macrumors P6
Why not? I'm genuinely curious, here. This is important to know.
Oh, and what about the unused kexts for the GTX 290? Could anything come of that from an individual end-user standpoint?
Yes the 4870x2 crossfire connection is internal so you don't have to worry about there being crossfire support on the motherboard. It's just like having crossfire 4870's only instead of an external link between the gpus via a cable and pci-e, you have it on one board. But to use it there still has to be the software support for it.
Seeing as how crossfire performance in some programs in windows is still very marginal, I can't imagine support for it in mac osx anytime soon.