Go spend 450 on a GT280 and tell me how awesome your 2560x1600 at 22fps is. Pathetic. Thats barely playable You could be playing at 36.1fps on a 4870X2. -- View image here: -- But the problem, is X2 versions will not be available for the MOSX, atleast on ATIs side.
Flash Ati Radeon Hd 4870 X2 Pro 4 1 Drivers And FirmwareWhile the GTX 280 beats the 4870 in most benchmarks, Barefeats still believes that the Radeon 4870 is the better choice for Apple: Why Because ATI has optimized their Mac Edition drivers and firmware for the Radeon 2600 XT and 3870 so that they run Core Image effects much faster than comparable nVidia cards including the GeForce 8800 GT and Quadro FX 5600.In other words, if Apple is truly serious about optimizing their suite of Pro Apps (FCP, Motion, Aperture, etc.) for Core Image performance, then the Radeon HD 4870 should be the next CTO shoe they drop.
I also hope NVidia gets its shit together with their OS X drivers, 8600 mobile performance is so lackluster with core image it is appalling compared to my x1600. My 2.33 MBP often gets 2x the framerate over my friends 2.4. ![]() I can be running at 60, and my friends at 3045, wobbling in between. Id ordered the 3870 this afternoon (and canceled it just now) because my X1900 is dying. If it wasnt for SMCFan Control, that POS wouldve cooked my system long ago. Ill wait for the new cards to start shipping and get one of those instead. QUOTEOriginally posted by The Professor: ATIs 4870 HD and 4850 HD Graphics Cards Coming for Mac From Mac4ever via MacRumors. QUOTEMac4ever (french) received word from ATI that while the Radeon HD 4870 X2 will not be coming for the Mac, ATI has confirmed that both the Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon HD 4850 will be coming for the Mac soon. I mean, from the first rumors of the 3870 to actual broad availability a few weeks ago was at least 2 months. Either Enable Crossfire or SLI in OSX, or get an X2 card for the big speed increases. Are you trolling The 4870 smokes the 8800 in pretty much every benchmark and game. Are you trolling The 4870 smokes the 8800 in pretty much every benchmark and game Are you a retard Its not good enough. Sure, 35.6 on Crysis on high is pretty well done. It just doesnt suit my needs for high resolution performance. Go spend 300 on it, and tell me how awesome your 1680 x 1050 35.6 FPS is. Ill wait on ATLEAST the GTX 280 or the GX2 to show up. Your magical 4780 just dropped to 29.7 fps, which is not enough. Flash Ati Radeon Hd 4870 X2 Pro 4 1 Upgrade That WillIll wait for possible SLI support (8800 GT SLI will get 37.4 FPS, and thats only a 100 upgrade that will kill the 4780), or wait for the GTX, or GX2 to come around, and give 30 more high resolution performance than the 4780. Ill probably get a 4870 if and when they actually ship. QCGLSL. Youre right. ![]() Go spend 450 on a GT280 and tell me how awesome your 2560x1600 at 22fps is. ![]() View image here: --. Youre right. Since money is no object and youre willing to get a GT280, why not just get a 4870X2 Then you dont have to run at a sub-optimal resolution like 1920, and you can play with the big boys at a real resolution like 2560. View image here: -- But the problem, is X2 versions will not be available for the MOSX, atleast on ATIs side.
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