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

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Last response: November 20, 2010 6:12 AM in Graphics & Displays

November 18, 2010 4:25:19 PM

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)

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Maziar

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November 18, 2010 5:09:22 PM

No,your rig is fine for a 5870.

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Goldenlightrider

November 18, 2010 5:34:27 PM

Maziar said:

No,your rig is fine for a 5870.

thanks for the advice mate.

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plznote

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November 18, 2010 8:10:56 PM

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_6870/2...

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Goldenlightrider

November 19, 2010 12:43:26 AM

plznote said:

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.