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| From | ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? |
| Date | 2015-02-24 12:15 +0100 |
| Organization | solani.org |
| Message-ID | <mchmg9$mfe$1@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <2015022311030448522-gavinlawrie@2gccouk> <mcgjtt$oil$1@solani.org> <201502240214224472-gavinlawrie@2gccouk> |
glawrie wrote: > On 2015-02-24 01:25:16 +0000, ErikRS said: >> AMD/ATI Radeon 5770HD/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver. >> ATI Radeon 4870HD/1gb Mac Edition >> NVidia GForce GTX-285/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.) >> NVidia GForce GTX-680 02G-P4/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.) >> NVidia GForce GTS-250/1gb Mac Edition >> Nvidia GForce Quadro 4000/2gb 3D Mac Edition >> >> Note. Be sure the card is a Macintosh edition if you haven't a flash >> utility or can get it flashed elsewhere. > > Thanks all for the suggestions. I've actually had mac / apple versions > of the 4870, 5870 and 7950 over the years (I'm on my 3rd Mac Pro, > having started with a G5). The 7950 was fabulous for the few weeks that > it worked - but when it died no replacements could be found (the > Sapphire warranty was 'return to dealer for replacement') so I got a > refund and ended up with the flashed 6870 that's just died. > > But Mac versions of ATI cards are very very expensive. Someone in the > UK is selling a new Apple Radeon 5770 (1GB) on Amazon for £340... > > I've not had any Nvidia cards (except the totally useless one that came > in the Mac 1,1), but except for the GTX-680, the ones listed are broadly > similar to early generation Radeon ones in performance. The GTX 680 > looks good - but is astonishingly expensive (circa £470 in UK). The std. GForce 7300GT isn't taht bad, but it depends on what your needs are. I don't work with heavy graphics or any gaming, but with tons of text and audio editing. Here the 7300GT will certainly do. - But you're right, some of the graphics cards are quite expensive - even older used ones... I still have the 7300GT/256mb in my small MP1.1/2,66ghz and a 5770HD/1gb in the larger 3,0ghz MP1.1, and of course there are quite much difference in performance.:-) > Currently I think the ATI R9 280x is a good option, if this thread is > correct -http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1727497 - > pre-flashed versions on market here for about £250, but apparently it > works as-is anyhow (without boot screen). I don't know anything about the R9-series out from experience - only from what's written on the net. Yes, they seem to be quite usabble for most work on MacPro. You may have a look here. There are both new and used ones here on www.eBay.co.uk - including some of those I mentioned - and some even to reasonable prices... <http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR3.TRC1.A0.H0.Xgraphics+card+macpro.TRS0&_nkw=graphics+card+macpro&_sacat=0> cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-daneRE@MOVEstofanet.dk> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com Openoffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-23 11:03 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-02-23 14:03 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-23 15:19 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-23 10:02 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-23 11:34 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-23 14:57 -0800
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-24 07:59 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-02 22:27 -0800
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-03-03 23:45 -0700
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-05 08:56 +1300
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-03-04 14:09 -0700
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-04 16:55 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 22:47 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-04 18:09 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 23:33 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-04 23:40 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-05 18:12 +1300
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 12:58 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-05 18:53 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-05 13:25 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 14:47 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-05 04:02 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-04 23:14 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-04 23:51 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-04 23:55 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 13:01 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-05 18:58 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 21:21 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-05 04:01 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-05 13:24 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-24 02:25 +0100
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-24 02:14 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-24 12:15 +0100
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-24 16:46 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-24 12:46 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-24 16:49 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-25 05:46 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-25 13:48 +0100
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-25 14:17 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-25 07:53 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-25 14:20 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-25 12:51 -0500
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-27 03:16 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-26 14:52 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-27 03:14 +0000
Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-25 14:16 +0000
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