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Thread: ATI 5870 with 2GB and 6 Mini Display Port outputs sighted

Started 1 month, 1 week ago by VirtualRain
I wonder if ATI will release a Mac version of this card? http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.p...=30749&cati d=2 Quote: Although not yet announced an interesting new Cypress-based card has popped up online, a Radeon HD 5870 boasting 2GB of GDDR5 memory, which is double the amount found on current models, and featuring no less than six Mini DisplayPort ...
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Mackilroy replied 1 month, 1 week ago
I heard about this a while back. Very cool.

gugucom replied 1 month, 1 week ago
It sounds like this card pulls an ungodly amount of power.

alphaod replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Yeah we might get a Mac version—crippled with only half the VRAM and costs twice as much as the regular verison.

Voidness replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Quote: Originally Posted by alphaod Yeah we might get a Mac version—crippled with only half the VRAM and costs twice as much as the regular verison. I think this 6 Mini-DisplayPort card is actually the Mac version, since no one uses Mini-DisplayPort except for Apple.

J the Ninja replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Yay@full-width vent. And Voidness kind of has a point. Has anyone found a single other Mini DP product aside from adapter cables that isn't made by Apple?

DoFoT9 replied 1 month, 1 week ago
oh my lord! that is insane! i wonder if the card would sell that good. 6DP ports? wow

gugucom replied 1 month, 1 week ago
http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/f...spotted-662 66/ Quote: While each accelerator supports six displays in all, multiple accelerators can be installed on the same PC without any multi-GPU setup, to scale the size of the resulting display by up to 24 displays and up to 268 megapixels of effective resolution. This looks ...

peskaa replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Quote: Originally Posted by Voidness I think this 6 Mini-DisplayPort card is actually the Mac version, since no one uses Mini-DisplayPort except for Apple. Not at all. Apple made MDP available for licensing in attempt to try and get some other people to use it. Looks like they've just had their first bite......

irishgrizzly replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Would a Mac Pro handle 2 of these working together in Windows?

peskaa replied 1 month, 1 week ago
Quote: Originally Posted by irishgrizzly Would a Mac Pro handle 2 of these working together in Windows? No. The Mac Pro doesn't have enough PCIe power feeds for 2 of these - you could possibly jury-rig a solution but it wouldn't be elegant in the slightest. Crossfire may/may not work.

 

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ATI 5870 with 2GB and 6 Mini...
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Quote: Originally Posted by irishgrizzly Would a Mac Pro handle 2 of these working together in Windows? Not with internal power. You would need an external 12 V power supply of respectable size. http://www.seventeam.com.tw/product_...pid=129&cid=48 something close to this perhaps
peskaa
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ATI 5870 with 2GB and 6 Mini...
Published (2009-11-09 04:56:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by irishgrizzly Would a Mac Pro handle 2 of these working together in Windows? No. The Mac Pro doesn't have enough PCIe power feeds for 2 of these - you could possibly jury-rig a solution but it wouldn't be elegant in the slightest. Crossfire may/may not work.
Voidness
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Quote: Originally Posted by alphaod Yeah we might get a Mac version—crippled with only half the VRAM and costs twice as much as the regular verison. I think this 6 Mini-DisplayPort card is actually the Mac version, since no one uses Mini-DisplayPort except for Apple.
J the Ninja
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Published (2009-11-09 02:45:00)
Yay@full-width vent. And Voidness kind of has a point. Has anyone found a single other Mini DP product aside from adapter cables that isn't made by Apple?
VirtualRain
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I wonder if ATI will release a Mac version of this card? http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.p...=30749&catid=2 Quote: Although not yet announced an interesting new Cypress-based card has popped up online, a Radeon HD 5870 boasting 2GB of GDDR5 memory, which is double the amount found on current models, and featuring no less than six Mini DisplayPort outputs. Dropping the dual DVI and HDMI ports for more DP connectors enables AMD to...
alphaod
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Yeah we might get a Mac version—crippled with only half the VRAM and costs twice as much as the regular verison.
Mackilroy
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I heard about this a while back. Very cool.
DoFoT9
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oh my lord! that is insane! i wonder if the card would sell that good. 6DP ports? wow
ildondeigiocchi
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Quote: Originally Posted by irishgrizzly Would a Mac Pro handle 2 of these working together in Windows? Not 2 on the current (2006-2009) Mac Pros, unless apple adds more pci power connectors in the next Mac Pro which I think would be nice and hopefully they'll add the 5870 to the Mac lineup of GPUs.
malcolm233391
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I'd pay $1000 for that right now.

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