I had bought my mac pro in 2005 and my graphics card (ATI Radeon HD 2600) seem to be underperforming lately.
I play latest computer games and was wondering what would be a good replacement?
thanks.
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), bought in Feb 2008
System Profile: make sure it says "MacPro3,1"
There was no Mac Pro in 2005 other than in Intel and Apple t est labs. First one sold in Aug 2006.
Apple ATI 5770 works in all Mac Pro models w 10.6.5+ as you can easily find and see for $250.
Barefeats.com has lots of benchtests to look at more powerful and expensive but 5770 is a step up from 2600XT by far, and anytime I see someone with one, I recommend strongly to upgrade and replace.
System Profile: make sure it says "MacPro3,1"
There was no Mac Pro in 2005 other than in Intel and Apple t est labs. First one sold in Aug 2006.
Apple ATI 5770 works in all Mac Pro models w 10.6.5+ as you can easily find and see for $250.
Barefeats.com has lots of benchtests to look at more powerful and expensive but 5770 is a step up from 2600XT by far, and anytime I see someone with one, I recommend strongly to upgrade and replace.
lol, thats right, correction, - meant to write 2008 as in 5 years ago - got mixed up.
make sure it says "MacPro3,1"
what difference does it make and how do you know what is the right one?
thanks
what would be the card at level higher after the ATI 5770?
> Barefeats.com has lots of benchtests
march until now with more but many of the higher performance cards will need 10.8.3+ and $$$
I am not sure if my Mac pro has these.
1). memory wise - my mac has DDR2 FB-DIMM not GDDR5 RAM
2).
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT:
Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 2600
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9588
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B1480A-252
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.252
Displays:
SyncMaster:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: H9MS501894
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
3). Mini DisplayPort + Mini DisplayPort + Dual-Link DVI - no idea where to find the info on this.
What do u think?
What is it you don't understand, because clearly you seem confused.
You confuse system memory with graphic card video memory
5770 supports 3 displays, DVI and can use MiniDisplay to DVI.
5770 works for any Mac Pro, you understood that.
Veganisator wrote:
what would be the card at level higher after the ATI 5770?
Radeon 5870. It's also an Apple official graphics card. Rather expensive, too.
The Apple-EFI-firmware 5770 (about US$250) works in every model Mac Pro, and drivers are in 10.6.5. It is a good card, will improve performance and compatability with more advanced software, and is trouble-free.
You can pay more for a different card and get MUCH more complexity and obscure non-operation under certain conditions. Most other solutions require 10.8.3 and later.
I recommend you buy the Apple 5770 and live happily ever after.
Thanks to all!
Your help was much appreciated!
I will go for that card now!
one last query.
the description says it Requires Mac Pro (Mid 2010) with PCI Express 2.0 slot
my Mac pro is from 2008 and i can't find that in the About This Mac.
thanks.
As we and everyone will tell you it works in ALL Mac Pro models.
Apple doesn't like to back-test and certify and wipes it's hands. I take things with a grain of salt.
10s of thousands have upgraded and like me using Mac Pro 1,1 from 2006 works excellent, very happy.
Something about audio over hdmi or something minor.
And if you looked in the comments on the product page you would get first hand experience. Or the upteen thousand of threads since 10/2010 who have Mac Pro 2009 and older.
"You may notice display anomalies or issues playing back video or other HDCP-encoded content when you use an ATI Radeon HD 5770 video card in Mac Pro computers released before the Mac Pro (Mid 2010)."
So if you are not watching copy-protected movies, the card works in all models of Mac Pro.
Mac Pro: Using ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card with Mac Pro released before 2010
Ok.
thanks again!
need to replace the graphics card. help.
