Where will a 2008 MacPro 2 x 2.88ghz/12g x 800mhz ram bottleneck with an Ati5870

[Goldenlightrider]

I have a 2008 Macpro dual 2.88g Quad Xeons, 12 gig 800mhz ram and I am currently upgrading from an 8800gt to a 5870 graphics card. I am interested to know where this system will bottleneck or will my system utilise this card well ?

ps : this systems runs Protools 8 in OSX 10.6.5. The priority for the graphics card is games in windows 7 (boot camp)

 

[Maziar]

No,your rig is fine for a 5870.

 

[Goldenlightrider]

No,your rig is fine for a 5870.

thanks for the advice mate.

 

[plznote]

Yeah it's good! Why do you want a 5870?
I would go for a 6870 a $100 cheaper and maybe 5% slower. Also scales better in CrossFire but since you have a Mac...
Here's the benchmark:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6870/29.html

 

[Goldenlightrider]

Yeah it's good! Why do you want a 5870?
I would go for a 6870 a $100 cheaper and maybe 5% slower. Also scales better in CrossFire but since you have a Mac...
Here's the benchmark:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_6870/29.html

Are there bootcamp drivers for a 6870 card? If so I agree I should have done that. It seems a bit wrong to buy a brand-new mac graphics card that is part of a whole series that is already super-ceded. ha ha. Anyway ... it's ordered now so ... here goes. Thanks very much for your advice.

 

[Maziar]

Yes there are bootcamp drivers for 6870.
Don't worry though,5870 is still a great card(faster than 6870),hope you enjoy it

 

[iam2thecrowe]

the OS is the bottleneck

 

[Randomacts]

the OS is the bottleneck

Yup,

and the fact that it outdated two days after it came out.