Will the AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB DDR5 PCI Express (PCIe) Dual DVI Video Card w/HDMI, DisplayPort & HDCP, work on my MacPro?

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Will the AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB DDR5 PCI Express (PCIe) Dual DVI Video Card w/HDMI, DisplayPort & HDCP, work on my MacPro?

Seem like a good buy... http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ATI-HD6870-1GB-PB&cat=VCD

thanks in advance!

krs

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http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ATI-HD6870-1GB-PB&cat=VCD

Get high-performance graphics at a great price with this AMD Radeon HD 6870 1 GB GDDR5 PCI Express Video Card!

Add blazing fast HD performance to your PC with this AMD Radeon HD 6870 1 GB PCI Express graphics card. This card features the AMD Radeon HD 6870 chipset with 1120 stream processors clocked at 940 MHz combined with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit memory interface, giving you a blisteringly-fast, high-end piece of hardware that is just waiting to unleash high frame rates at high resolutions.

This video card's PCI Express 2.1 interface is ready to tango with your system. With 24x super-sample anti-aliasing and 16x angle indepedent anisotropic filtering, each frame is rendered crisply and cleanly, for crystal clear graphics without jaggies or blurring. The HD 6870 supports Microsoft DirectX 11 with Shader Model 5.0 and OpenGL 4.1, giving you support for the latest games, too.

This graphics card doesn't just do games, it also provides application performance acceleration with AMD App Acceleration technology. This includes Accelerated video transcoding with HDCP capability. Its HDMI port, DisplayPort, and dual DVI-I ports let you choose from a wide variety of display types, and it's ATI CrossFireX-ready, so you can add another compatible card for more displays or better performance!

Order your AMD Radeon HD 6870 1 GB GDDR5 PCI Express Video Card today!

Features/Specifications:

AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express Video Card
General Features:
AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics processing unit (GPU)
1120 stream processors
56 texture units
900 MHz core clock
1 GB GDDR5 memory
256-bit memory interface
4200 MHz memory clock
PCI Express 2.1 x16 interface
AMD TeraScale 2 Unified Processing Architecture
AMD Stream Technology
AMD PowerPlay
AMD CrossFireX multi-GPU support
AMD Eyefinity Multi-display technology
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology
Enhanced Unified Video Decoder 3 (UVD 3)
Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing modes
16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering
128-bit floating point HDR rendering
Supports Microsoft DirectX 11 w/Shader Model 5.0
Supports OpenGL 4.1
Supports OpenCL 1.1
Supports DirectCompute 11
HDCP capable
Integrated HD audio controller
Dual-slot design
Lead-free components (RoHS compliant)
Connectors:
One (1) HDMI out
One (1) DVI-I port
One (1) DVI-D port
One (1) DisplayPort
Regulatory Approvals:
FCC
CE
UL
WEEE
RoHS compliant

Package Includes:

AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express Video Card
Driver Installation CD
Two (2) 6-pin PCIe to 4-pin Molex power adapters

Additional Information:

Notes:
Model: Radeon HD 6870
Product Requirements:
Available PCI Express x16 slot with available adjacent slot
Two (2) available rear expansion slots
Two (2) available 6-pin PCIe or 4-pin Molex power connectors
CD or DVD-ROM drive (for driver CD)

PowerPC G5, PowerPC G4, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Aug 14, 2012 12:24 PM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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Aug 14, 2012 3:40 PM in response to kryptics

http://forum.netkas.org/

You are in flashing or other territory.

You say Mac pro but you need 10.6.8 or higher. Your sig does not show what model or other details of a Mac Pro which do matter.

And tyhere are GTX 570 and up for those running 10.7.4 or ML

Good place to buy PC flashed cards:

http://myworld.ebay.com/macvidcards/

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1366650

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Answer 2

Aug 14, 2012 4:03 PM in response to kryptics

Historically, to show a picture under Mac OS X, you needed EFI firmware on your ATI 5770 or 5870. This was only provided by the genuine Apple card. [I realize that is not the card you are talking about, bear with me.]

If you took a PC-only card and flashed EFI Firmware into it, it would produce a picture under Mac OS X, but only after its driver was loaded and fully operational (essentially at the login screen). This could make debugging and changing boot drives difficult, but some chose that path anyway.

A PC-only card would not produce a picture under Mac OS X.

You are moving into later Mac OS X, and changing rules, with a similar, but not identical card. This is a really interesting exercise, but no one can say for sure what your outcome will be. You are working in the air without a net.

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Answer 3

The hatter

Level 9

60,990 points

Aug 15, 2012 4:38 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

A lot of people are satisfied with no startup screen in order to use GTX's or to use a combo of 5770 and then deal with providing a 3rd 6-pin power cable solution in order to get the benefits 2.5GB VRAM and more horsepower.

But the 6870? talk to those other sites.

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