AMD Announces ATI Radeon HD 3870 Card For Mac and PC
AMD is introducing the ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac & PC Edition to enhance the Mac experience to maximum levels of 3D gaming and HD performance, said Matt Skynner, vice president of marketing, Graphics Products Group, AMD. Mac users demand the best when it comes to HD graphics performance, and the ATI Radeon 3870 Mac & PC Edition is designed to meet and exceed that need by delivering The Ultimate Visual Experience to our customers displays.
Delivers More Power for Professional Applications
Superior performance and visual quality make the ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac & PC Edition ideal for creative and professional applications on Apple Mac Pro systems, including Aperture, Motion and Final Cut Studio. Users can take advantage of the latest graphics features and drive productivity at an extraordinary price.
The release has been anticipated and is expected to give unrivaled Core Image processing power for its price class, largely confirmed by an early review by Xlr8yourmac.com. Unlike the NVIDIA 8800 GT which had two separate models for older and newer Mac Pros, the Radeon HD 3870 Mac and PC Edition will work in any Mac Pro.
AMD says the card will be available in late June for a manufacturers suggested retail price (MSRP) of USD $219.
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If I were to buy a Mac Pro, I would buy it with this card. I think ATI serves Apple better than Nvidia and ATI cards have better drivers.
- Snow Leopard
- Nehalem Processors (higher GHz, more cores?)
- Better video card (With Snow Leopard GPU acceleration!)
If only I could get my hands on a Mac Pro about this time next year :D
What's next? Large SSD's and DDR3 RAM?
:apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple:
1st page! :)
What's next?
256 core processor, 1 Terabyte of RAM, 1000 Terabyte Hard Drive, 1TB video card Mac Pro. See you in 15 years. :D
Why does AMD still call their graphics cards: "ATI Radeon"? Shouldn't it be: "AMD Radeon" now? Didn't AMD buy/acquire ATI?
256 core processor, 1 Terabyte of RAM, 1000 Terabyte Hard Drive, 1TB video card Mac Pro. See you in 15 years. :D
Aren't you aiming for the IBM Roadrunner which hit 1,000 trillion calculations per second and has 80TB of memory ...
I'd be interested to see the side by side comparisons between the 3870 and the 8800.
Its there in the XLR8yourMac link.
I'd be interested to see the side by side comparisons between the 3870 and the 8800.
Read the above-linked Xlr8yourmac article for a start.
I'm sure Barefeats will have something up shortly as well.
My other big question would be to compare the fan noise from both cards. That might be the factor that tips the scales for me.
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