netkas Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Reading Nvidia's latest announcements and statements about Apple, I think we can forget ATI-equipped new models. They say OpenCL borrows a lot from Nvidia's CUDA and will require new drivers for Snow Leopard (which is being pushed for rapid release while MS still works on Seven). They also boast about how closely and for how long they worked with Apple on the MacBook. When was the last new product Apple released with an ATI GPU? Probably the iMac, when the aluminum casing was introduced. Since then, they have upgraded it with a 8800 GS. There was the 3870 that became available for the Mac Pro (wait, only the 2600 is offered on the official website!), but the bulk of the options are still Nvidia. Most of Apple's line, excluding the Pro, is already taken care of with the 9400M (with another Nvidia chip attached to it if more performance is needed) that fits so well in all MacBooks and would be the easiest solution for updated iMacs or even the Mini (RIP?). I know there are some lines of code mentioning ATI's 4000 series out there, but I believe we will be lucky if we get what we're waiting for anytime soon. they still HAVE to support products like imacs/macpro (with 2600 cards) durring its support period and it's amd who writing graphics drivers for osx (for radeons) so, i'm sure we will see opencl working fine on top of ati cards. and, btw, in terms of computing power, rv770 is more powerfull than gt200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurdFergasun Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 ati added openCl support with the 8.12 driver release, which openned up their stream processing abilities, or uncovered i guess would be more specific. apple is not using nvidia snakeoil, er i mean physx which is only available on nvidia or ageia products. openCL is an open api. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbobson Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yep looks more as likely that ATi will fix the issues with a mac edition HD4850 in the new year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seref Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Any news on the 48xx cards? Please anyone say OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KulaCZEk Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Hi, Simple question. Will it work with Ati 4870? A read all 21 pages but there was not simple answer. Yes-No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerlogic Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Hi, Simple question. Will it work with Ati 4870? A read all 21 pages but there was not simple answer. Yes-No. No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErOtiiK Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Hello I'm french, i have install MACOS'S Kalyway 10.5.2 on Asus Maximus Extrem,on the suprem FxII the audio is ok but i have a HD4850 Crossfire does Ati make drivers for this ? And just one Graphic card is already run on 1024x768 please help me to install something for a 1680x1050 screen resolution Thank you Sorry for my bad english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Let me answer in french ErOtiiK, y'a pas encore de pilotes. Il semblerait qu'Ati soit en train d'en développer, mais il faut attendre pr le moment. Pour ta résolution, le 16/10e n'est pas natif, donc tu ne pourras avoir qu'une résolution 4/3 pour le moment tant qu'il n'y a pas de pilotes. Je te conseille de rester sur ton ancienne CG si tu fais que du leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMHbIY Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 I have hd 4850 and try to install Mac OS 10.5.5 leopard already 3 weeks. I tried other drivers, changed DivID in kext but unfortunately all my attempts have ended in failure Maximal resolution on my 22 desktop is 1400x1050x32 ... Please, tell me if you know how to fix it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KulaCZEk Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 No Thx dude. And, is there any way how to have OSx with 4870? I downloaded iDeneb 10.5.5 but it isnt problem take anotherone version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_de Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Thx dude. And, is there any way how to have OSx with 4870? I downloaded iDeneb 10.5.5 but it isnt problem take anotherone version. NO - no actual and near future( next 3 montths) OS X Version will support 4XXX ATI. Only way, for faster support would be if ATI itself sell Mac ATI 4XXX cards and give drivers for OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miscbeep Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Lost cause. I think about changing my 4850 with nVidia 9800GTX or something similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurdFergasun Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 well hopefully this will lead to a solution in time, if one isn't presented from either of the main parties at least. AMD releases open source r600/r700 3d code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keypox Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 i dunno if this means anything but http://forum.efi-x.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1394 in his signature it says: Firmware: EFi-X Beta Monitors: 6 x LG (24"), EIZO 30", Apple Cinema 30" Case: Cooler Master - Cosmos 1000 Motherboard: GA-EX58-EXTREME Processor: Intel Core i7 965 LGA 1366 RAM: 4GB DDR3 EFiX-Mem Video Cards: ATI Radeon HD 4870x2, 2GB, DDR5 Hard Drives: 1 TB Western Digital maybe this means he is running vista or something but maybe he is running 4870 with a beta version of the efi x firmware. I dunno but can keep your hopes up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastExile Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Well alot of 4xxx cards are supported in Snow Leo but there are indication of framebuffers that hasnt been included as far as Leopard thats to be seen in a week @ mac world if they kill of Radeon HD in imac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danishmujeeb Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 AMD Releases Open-Source R600/700 3D Code - http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/30/0337204&from=rss Does this give us some hope? Would this enable someone to read the driver specs and write a driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsubakiSama Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Screw this {censored} now, I'm trading in my 4870 for 9800GTX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fu_ Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Here 4850 owner Great card. So bad that is not supported by Mac OS X. Is there any way to change resolution? Anything more than 1024*768? I have iDeneb installed with ATI HD Base. So funy to have this resolution on 22... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godowski Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Screw this {censored} now, I'm trading in my 4870 for 9800GTX. wait people and don't even thing to change the super 4870 for 9800. I already do the opposite. 9800 is trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurdFergasun Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 beh was looking at grabbing a 2400xt that were on sale at netlink for 15 bucks after rebate, but plunked a 3850 i managed to get ahold of for a few months instead into pci x#2 slot. saved 1 bios setup for mac with pci x #2 enabled, and another for the 4870 in pci x#1. works great, just hope driver support comes in a few months before i have to give up the xtra 3850 and waste some money on an obsolete yet supported card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ago Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 beh was looking at grabbing a 2400xt that were on sale at netlink for 15 bucks after rebate, but plunked a 3850 i managed to get ahold of for a few months instead into pci x#2 slot. saved 1 bios setup for mac with pci x #2 enabled, and another for the 4870 in pci x#1. works great, just hope driver support comes in a few months before i have to give up the xtra 3850 and waste some money on an obsolete yet supported card. I also did it, i got a 6800 gt and saved 2 bios setup, hoping to sell it soon and use my 4850... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazubu Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 VESA supports the modes that the BIOS supports. It varies with the board, some don't support 4:3, some do. If you want to know the available video modes, type ?video at boot prompt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aed0101 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I own an ATI HD 4850 (Windows) and HD 2600XT (OS X). Currently I am trying to finish my G5 mod and to install Water Cooling system to cool CPU, VGA and chipset. I don't want to buy a waterblock for 2600xt as I hope support for 4850 is coming soon. Instead I am thinking of buying a passive HD2400Pro/HD2400XT/8400GS. Which one should I choose for OS X? I like ATI, but not sure whether 2400 is completely supported (I still use VGA and not DVI). Buying a passive cooling system for 2600xt is not an option, as I do not have enough space. Anybody wants to make a change? ATI, please, release HD48xx series for MAC. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvh3be Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I been waiting for the drivers of HD48xx series drivers...... its been a while but still no drivers yet.. Very frustrating.!!! I wana have my MAC already.... I wana settle with Asus 9800 GTX+ but it has only 512mb version!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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