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Which set up for Graphics cards

Hi I'm stuck in a predicment, I want a new mac AND a gaming PC soooo i said hey ill get a mac pro best of both worlds is a mac that is stable and can still run windows, Now i want to play games like skyrim, sins, crysis, at least medium setting with a good FPS im thinking quad core 3.2, 8GB of ram now should i go with the dual 5770's for 200 or add 50 bucks more and get just 1 5870? is their going to be a hudge gaming difference?


Question 2 i hear OSX can NOT use 2 cards at onc


and 3 if i get the 5870 can i just go to tiger direct and pick up another one and just link them with cross fire? what is my better option!!!! please help im eger to buy my most pricey mac yet haha

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Mar 21, 2013 6:10 AM

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Mar 21, 2013 6:27 AM in response to b_trig

Benchmarks done for Radeon HD 7950 for Mac


Sapphire is launching Radeon 7950 Mac on Tuesday


http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1559861


http://barefeats.com/gpu7950.html


Otherwise I would have said a GTX 570 or above such as 670. As you see from one thread you need to realize that there are only two 6-pin connectors that limit what you can do or you get into a 450W PSU add-on and trouble with cables (such as using the 2nd optical drive bay).

Which set up for Graphics cards

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