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- Feb 17, 2013
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- Motherboard
- windows 7
- CPU
- FX-8350
- Graphics
- 7970
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
tanks for this guide. my 7970 works great
Yes I did notice that sapphire card... the switch to go back and forth between mac and pc mode bios is a nice feature!
they must have tested it so, it must perform well... right?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202027
Other Thoughts: I got the card yesterday... The drivers are already included on Mac OS X 10.8.3.
I am not a gamer or do much video.
I am a Pro Photographer and use Photoshop CS6 and Aperture 3.
My Mac Pro has the fastest SSD in the market, the 1TB OWC accelsior and 32GB of RAM hooked up to 2 27" Apple LED Cinema Displays, one rotated at 90-degrees.
I had some flickering and stuttering on the vertical display with my old Radeon 5770. It is faster on the 7950 but it still struggles.
I don't know if the problem is the "Old" 2010 5,1 Mac Pro with PCIe 2.0 vs the card's PCIe 3.0 but until Apple decides to upgrade the Mac Pro Line, $500 for a little faster video card doesn't work for me.
I ran some Xbench and Geebench tests and the numbers are almost identical. Even some video tests are actually faster on the 3 year old 5770 with just 1GB.
Following Tony's guide to
Init Display First: IGFX
Internal Graphics: Disabled (OS X will recognize fully)
won't work using a brand newGA-Z77X-UD5H, MSI 7950, 16gb Corsair dram.
The screen comes up briefly using GE=No, then goes white, with the 'sleep trick' not working.
Also, the Init Display First: IGFX is resetting itself to 'auto.'
Any ideas?
Ritey
i got the same with gigabyte z77p-d3 and sapphire 7850
I have an Asus 7850 w/ 2GB DDR5 in my Windows machine and am looking forward to the rest of my hardware to arrive so I may start my first Hack Pro build. I'm looking forward to it and at the same time I hope my card will work by the finish of assembly. Can you guys suggest some threads for me to start out reading? Thanks.