Jul 27, 2011 while in windows 7 the radeon 6870s gpu fan is almost inaudible under idle conditions, the fan is clearly audible in os x lion. Amd radeon hd 6970m mac edition specs techpowerup gpu. At beginning i want to say i successfully managed to flash xfx 6870 to see apple boot logo so i. Select a motherboard manufacturer to expand a list of amd radeon hd 6870 graphics compatible motherboards. So if people are not allowed to discuss the fact that mac hardware is overpriced, you shouldnt be moderating. Amd aims to deliver perfect graphics cards for gamers with new amd radeon hd 6800 series. There is no apple reference design of the 6870, they never made a mac edition of that card. Passmark software video card gpu benchmarks high end. Amd radeon rx 570 desktop graphics processing unit was launched in april 2017. Firegl t2128, firegl x2, firegl x1, firegl z1, firegl 8800, firegl 8700. Ati radeon hd 6870 1gb hd graphics video card for all apple.
Amd radeon hd 6870 is a desktop graphics processing unit, that is built on terascale 2 unified processing architecture and is manufactured using 40 nm technology. Sapphire hd 6870 flex specs techpowerup gpu database. Amd drivers and support for radeon, radeon pro, firepro, apu. Radeon rx 500 series graphics cards bring the latest and greatest features for pc gamers everywhere. This article is about all products under the radeon hd 6000 series brand.
Release date oct 21st, 2010 dec 28th, 2010 generation northern islands hd 6800 production endoflife bus interface pcie 2. Radeon hd 6870 radeon hd 6950 11 radeon hd 6970 3 radeon hd 6990. Jun 15, 2011 an internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. Unlike supported cards, the screen still starts out black. Flashed the new rom per jeanlains instructions, now results in kernel panic booting to osx when display is connected to my 7300 and blinking cursor when booted to windows when only the 5770 is connected no display shows when booting to either os. I would recommend flashing it to the stock pc rom that you can find on the internet, then proceed with the steps in the first page of this forum post.
Apple mac pro ati radeon 6870 1gb graphics card 20062012. Amd radeon hd 6870 1gb graphics video card for apple mac pro 3,15,1 5870 10. Last night, i took the plunge and bought an xfx branded radeon 6870 card 1gb for my 2008 mac pro tower running lion 10. The total power consumption of the eah6870 is 154w and while the gpu one is 83w.
Below is a list of motherboards compatible with the amd radeon hd 6870 graphics. So, what is the 6870 equivalent on the nvidia side. Radeon rx 5700, desktop graphics cards, video cards. Sapphire radeon hd 6870 1gb gddr5 dirt3 edition gpu. Oct 04, 2012 bittermelons compact gaming hybrid core i53570k gaz77nwifi hd 6870 chip components mac os x version 10. Radeon 6870 confirmed working in mac pro 1,1 macrumors. The gpu is operating at a frequency of 750 mhz, memory is running at 850 mhz. It is based on the barts rv940 chip and was manufactured in 40nm. I installed os x yosemite with a radeon hd 6870 i tried first with a. New radeon 6870 in mac pro, works great, but i dont get bootcamp screen for windows. Error 182 radeon software install failed to identify your.
Perhaps there is a slight problem with the efisewing method. Ati radeon hd 5870 mac edition specs techpowerup gpu. I cant use see the bootcamp screen to pick which drive to bootfrom aka open windows. Based on amd radeon hd 6870, and the gpu, built using 40 nm technology, sports terascale 2 unified processing architecture. Unlike supported cards, the screen still starts out black while the os is booting. The list contains motherboards that have the appropriate graphics card interface, and takes into account several other features including sli and crossfire. The amd radeon hd 6870 is a desktop graphics card that was released on 2010. Asrock radeon rx 5700 directx 12 rx 5700 challenger d 8g oc 8gb 256bit gddr6 pci express 4. Sapphire amd ati radeon hd 6870 1024mb gddr5 unboxing video.
The northern islands series is a family of gpus developed by advanced micro devices amd. Here for sale is an ati radeon hd 6870 1gb graphics card flashed with the latest firmware and is compatible in all models of mac pro from 20062012. Unlike the fully unlocked radeon hd 6990m, which uses the same gpu but has all 1120 shaders enabled, amd has disabled. It also has 1120 stream processors, 32 color rops, as well as 56 texture units. Oct 22, 2010 today marks an overhaul with amd launching two new graphics cards designed to tackle the gtx 460. If you cant live with that noise, heres a tip for the notsofaintofheart about. Xfx radeon hd 6870 i have a mac pro with os x lion on it working with the xfx radeon hd 6870. Amd radeon hd 6870 is a desktop graphics processing unit, that is built on. Find great deals on ebay for amd radeon hd 6870 and amd radeon hd 6970. Ati radeon hd 6870 xfx black edition in a mac pro duration. I own a mac and i can only say that the things most mac haters say, is about 99% true. Amd radeon hd 6930, amd radeon hd 6870, amd radeon hd 6850. A gpu implementing terascale 2 version northern island vliw5 is found on all models except the hd 6350 and hd 6900 branded products.
I can confirm personally that the 6870 does work in mac os x in the 1,1s without flashing using the downloadable drivers. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the barts graphics processor, in its barts xt variant, the card supports directx 11. Mac pro 2007, mac pro 2006, radeon x1900 g5 series for mac, radeon. I currently have an xfx 6870 and am looking into an upgrade. Pipelines 800 unified core speed 625 mhz shader speed 625 mhz memory speed 2000 mhz memory bus width 128 bit memory type gddr5 max. Asus eah6870 dc2di2s1gd5 radeon hd 6870 1gb 256bit gddr5 pci express 2. Radeon hd 6870, desktop graphics cards, video cards. Exceptionally smooth and fast outofthebox gaming experience powered by radeon. Radeon hd 6800 expose the gpu current sensor and gpu z is able to read it. At the top end we have the radeon hd 6870, a card utilizing a fullfledged version of amds new barts gpu. Radeon pro graphics for apple amd is proud to power the graphics behind apples line of worldclass workstations and mobile solutions, enabling artists and designers with the ability to create at the speed of their imagination. Buy xfx ati radeon hd6870 1 gb ddr5 2dvihdmi2x mini displayport pciexpress video card hd687aznfc.
Flashed amd radeon 6870 mac pro graphics card apple cards. Upgrading from the xfx radeon hd 6870 techspot forums. Amd has paired 1,024 mb gddr5 memory with the radeon hd 6870, which are connected using a 256bit memory interface. Graphics cards free delivery possible on eligible purchases. I have an xfx 6870 be and it idles around 65, with peaks during gaming around 86. I plugged it in, and as expected from what people have been saying for months, it basically worked fine, out of the box. The colleagues over at vr zone found some benchmark results of what is said to be the amd radeon hd 6870 graphics card, the info is really dodgy though. My plan was to buy a sapphire radeon hd 6870, but im not sure i trust the drivers as much as i would nvidias. Oct 22, 2010 amds latest card, the radeon hd 6870, is here and, well, you can colour us fairly unimpressed. The radeon software package contains generic drivers that supports a wide range of amd radeon graphics products. Sapphire hd 6870 vaporx specs techpowerup gpu database. While in windows 7 the radeon 6870 s gpu fan is almost inaudible under idle conditions, the fan is clearly audible in os x lion.
Furthermore, it has 2048 stream processors, 32 color rops, along with 128 texture units. Oc imac 2010 radeon 5750m to radeon 6870m techpowerup. Note that ati trademarks have been replaced by amd trademarks starting with the radeon hd 6000 series for desktop and amd firepro series for professional graphics codename the internal engineering codename for the gpu. Buy sapphire amd radeon hd 6870 1gb gddr5 pcie graphics card. The radeon hd 6870 was a performance graphics card by amd, launched in october 2010. Amd radeon hd 6930, amd radeon hd 6870, amd radeon hd 6850, amd radeon hd. Ati radeon hd 6870 video card how to install on mac os x. Launching today are the first two members of amds hd 6000 series. I tried to do it by memory and it still wouldnt load. Model the marketing name for the gpu assigned by amdati. Testing by amd performance labs as of december 28, 2019 using the maxon cinema4d renderer via cinebench r20. By downloading, installing or flashing this gpu firmware you acknowledge that that you do so at your own risk and loss. Jun 05, 2011 oc imac 2010 radeon 5750m to radeon 6870m.
Although the gpu has two more cus than the radeon rx 5500m, the slower. Sep 14, 2015 looking for fix to ati drivers that cause bsod with radeon 6870 owner of a xfx radeon 6870 since june 2011, no problems what so ever till 2 days ago. Nov 17, 2010 amd radeon hd 6870 gpu feature specifcations. A new update of gpu z, the lightweight graphics system information and monitoring utility, is available. I would recommend getting the newest card on this list that you can afford, and that is guaranteed to work with macos for a long time as they are in retail macs too. Discussion in mac pro started by green86, mar 31, 2011. Needed a different kernel though star craft 2 runs at highest spec possible had no problems so far with cs4 suite.
Released in september 2011, sapphire radeon hd 6870 1gb gddr5 dirt3 edition desktop graphics processing unit is based on amd radeon hd 6870, and built on 40 nm technology. Firegl t2128, firegl x2, firegl x1, firegl z1, firegl 8800, firegl 8700, firegl 4, firegl 3. Ati radeon hd 6870 xfx black edition in a mac pro youtube. Twelve months ago it was the first to market with a. Amd released the entrylevel radeon hd 6400 gpu on february 7, 2011. Im curious to see what people are getting on average. Under system profiler, it showed my card as radeon hd 6xxx. The headers in the table listed below describe the following. Its cool, i can easily test my gpu tools with geforce and radeon cards on osx. A possible reason why the radeon software installer failed to identify your graphics hardware is because it belongs in one of these unsupported product groups. This gpu firmware is provided as is and without any warranty, express or implied, including without limitation, any warranty of fitness for any specific purpose.
The radeon hd 6870 and 6850 are being presented as the new midrange offerings on amds lineup. The radeon hd 5870 mac edition was a highend graphics card by ati, launched in june 2010. Sapphire amd ati radeon hd 6870 1024mb gddr5 unboxing video simplefire100. The 2x mdp version is a close match to duckweed, but will lose a dvi port. New radeon 6870 in mac pro, works great, apple community. Amount of memory 1024 mb for those of you who have doubts, this is what gpuz shows. The amd fan store is available in the us and canada only. We earn an affiilate comission through amazon associate links. Ati radeon hd 4870 mac edition specs techpowerup gpu.
The gpu is operating at a frequency of 900 mhz, memory is running at 1050 mhz. The radeon hd 7990 gpu id is not there in any of the kexts support list so it will not work with apple kexts outofbox. Noticed bsod message said something about a time out failure with my display. Being a dualslot card, the amd radeon hd 6870 draws power from 2x 6pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 151 w maximum. Now lets have a look at the real specifications of the gpu in my imac. Download and run directly onto the system you want to update. The radeon hd 6970m mac edition was a mobile graphics chip by amd, launched in august 2011. In os x the gpu fan is permanently changing its speed which creates quite some bothersome noise. Specifications and benchmarks of the amd radeon pro 5500m gpu. It also has 1120 stream processors, 32 color rops, together with 56 texture units. The radeon hd 6870 uses the barts xt core for its shenanigans, which is a slightly refined take on the 5800 series core. Ive always found x870 cards to be good cards as i have owned a 4870, 5870, and 6870. Well, in the past to use noneapple certified graphics cards in the mac pro on mac os x, you had to flash or dump the rom on the card of your. May 09, 2016 there is no apple reference design of the 6870, they never made a mac edition of that card.
Starting with mac os x lion, you dont have to load the driver, mac os x includes the necessary ati radeon hd 6870 drivers required for a mac pro. Through gpuz program on windows, or from system information app in macos. Release date oct 21st, 2010 apr 18th, 2011 generation northern islands hd 6800 production endoflife bus interface pcie 2. If your system is not running windows 7 or 10, or for driverssoftware for other amd products such as amd radeon pro graphics, embedded graphics, chipsets, etc.
The radeon hd 4870 mac edition was a graphics card by ati, launched in january 2009. Booted into windows normally and noticed my daul screens were displaying funny, rebooted the computer and got a bsod. Mac pro radeon 5770 5850 flash problem apple macos neowin. The amd fan store is supported and managed by boundless network. What is the nvidia equivalent of the radeon hd 6870. Geforce 8800 gt for mac 1 geforce 8800 gts 5 geforce 8800 gtx 1 geforce 7 series. Video card benchmarks over 1,000,000 video cards and 3,900 models benchmarked and compared in graph form this page contains a graph which includes benchmark results for high end video cards such as recently released ati and nvidia video cards using the pciexpress standard. Sapphire amd ati radeon hd 6870 1024mb gddr5 unboxing. Xfx radeon hd 6870 2gb double dissipation is one of a few xfx graphics processing units for desktop market. Amd drivers and support for radeon, radeon pro, firepro. The gpu is operating at a frequency of 850 mhz, memory is running at 1195 mhz.