- RADEON 6870 FOR MAC PRO DRIVERS
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You can pick up 7870s on eBay for l ike 120 bucks. So, if you're dead set against getting Mavericks working (itd be worth it, i think, as every machine ive put it on has had a serious performance boost) you're stuck with the 5870.įrom what im seeing, if you can get ML or Mavericks working, you can use a non-flashed 7-series card, you ju st wont see a boot screen.
RADEON 6870 FOR MAC PRO DRIVERS
It also looks like you'd have to get Mountain Lion or Mavericks working for the 7-series cards to work - the drivers only exist in Mountain Lion and better. Check eBay for flashed cards - theyll be WAY cheaper.
Same with the 5870, if you decide to go that route - dont buy from Apple whatever you do, theyll gouge you to death. You can find them already flashed on eBay.
RADEON 6870 FOR MAC PRO SERIES
It's also really cheap right now, as it is being replaced by the R9 series GPUs. Though, if you can score the 7870 for the MSRP, the extra 30 bucks might be worth it. There's one in my wife's machine, and it works very well for all modern games at 1080p. I would check with Evga to make sure it's powerful enough to do what you want first.No, i mean the 7850. Honestly though if your friend doesn't plan on gaming a video card like this might be his best bet That should work. Here's a link to an image that shows the difference: Then there's DVI-A (Analog), DVI-D (Digital) both in single & dual-link and DVI-I (Digital & Analog) also both in single & dual-link. Whoever named that should have put down his bong first. It's kind of confusing but dual-link DVI is still only one connector that looks exactly like a single-link DVI except it has more pins and if your looking at the side with the holes that the pins go into there is a good chance that you still can't see any difference since it may have a standard dual-link DVI receptacle just without all the holes filled with connectors.Īnd then there is the name "dual-link DVI" which to anyone hearing it at first brings up incorrect images of two separate DVI connectors when in reality it's only one.
RADEON 6870 FOR MAC PRO PLUS
The problem is the DVI end of the adapter has to be dual-link DVI plus a DVI to DP adapter would have to use a dual-link DVI port on the video card to get the resolution of 2560x1600 so your still in the same boat with only one dual-link DVI port. If I get something working I'll post but I reckon he might be better off getting a new card. I did previously try using a DVI->DP Adapter on the card end with the other connected to the DVI (and swapped around) with no luck - the card does have two DP's but I only have one adapter. The Apple store sells them here: You can find cheaper and possibly better ones if you stay away from the Apple store, just make sure it's to "Dual-Link" DVI If your monitors don't have any displayport connections you will need to get a mini-displayport to dual-link DVI adapter or displayport to dual-link DVI adapter if your using a displayport and not the "mini" or two if your using both mini-displayports. You could try using your video cards dual-link DVI port and one of these or if your 6870 has two mini-displayports like mine you could just use them both.
RADEON 6870 FOR MAC PRO FULL
Your HD 6870 should have a displayport or mini-displayport(s) these are capable of your monitors full 2560x1600 resolution. The problem is the 6870 only has one dual-link DVI port the other DVI port is a single-link DVI port.ĭual-link DVI is capable of 2560x1600 but, single-link DVI is only capable of 1920x1200 so even if your just trying to run the 2nd monitor in cloned or extended mode you wont be able to reach a resolution of 2560x1600. One Apple Cinema 30inch display has a native resolution of 2560x1600 if you are trying to run two of these monitors in eyefinity mode you wont be able to get full resolution (5120x1600) on both since the HD 6870's max resolution is 2560x1600Īlso I'm not sure what you mean by "standard Apple Cinema Display cables" if you mean your using two-dual-link DVI cables those are the right cables for a resolution of 2560x1600.
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