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7970 is officially released (for PC) and since a new Mac Pro is imminent, people are wondering if (and when!) we will finally see a new Mac Pro launch with a brand new GPU inside it. There is also alot of questions whether 7970 will work in older Mac Pro’s, either Apple card or PC one through flashing. Here’s my thoughts on it.
There are references of Radeon 7900 found (by netkas) in beta 10.7.3 drivers. They seem to be early addition of new support (addition of “tahiti” identifiers function calls), not enough to run cards it seems. The identifiers are of desktop card models, so they don’t refer to iMac mobility cards. That could mean that Apple might be testing card in 2012 Mac Pro, getting ready for release.
No doubt Apple will label the cards as “2010/2012 Mac Pro compatible only” in the Apple Store, but there is really nothing technical that prevents these cards from being used in older Mac Pro’s. They will probably be bottlenecked in the 2006 and 2007 Mac Pro with PCIe 16x though.
We don’t know how 7000 series will behave in terms of EFI though. ATI (AMD) has so far released all their cards with EBC (EFI 32bit and 64 bit, aka also works in old Mac Pro’s). As for converting PC cards, PC 4870 and 5870 had to be flashed to boot at all, 6870 suddenly started booting without flash (but no bootscreen). We’ll just have to see how that plays out.
So when can someone be certain that support for 7000 series will be implemented in OSX? Well that’s easy. In time for it being released in Mac computers ofc. I strongly believe Mac Pro 2012 will use 7000 series, mainly because a. It’s released and b. 6000 series are not manufactured anymore. The 7970 is a insanely powerful card, and has great power management. Apple has no reason not to choose it. If it releases, it will probably be an upgrade/BTO, and the 7870 would probably be the base card.
I will be preparing some good resources for the site in regards to flashing in time for the debut of the 7970 on the Mac Pro.
So I decided to upgrade my video card in my Mac Pro that's been rocking an AMD HD 5870 since day one. After reading through many articles, I decided to head on over to macvidcards.com and grab the HD 7970.
The upgrade was uneventful and required no drivers, OS patches or other such non-sense (one of the reasons I selected this card, and this vendor). The cards from this vendor cost a bit more than average but you get what you pay for. The vendor flashes the card with the Mac-EFI so there are boot screens, next the card is modified to allow 5.0 GT/s of memory bandwidth rather than the default 2.5 GT/s. The advert. says the card is modified to work with the Mac's 2 six-pin PCIe power booster cables. I don't know if there was actually any modification done for the boosters but it apparently works fine OOTB. Next, the vendor thoroughly tests the card for problems before shipping.
7970 For Macbook Pro
The card arrived quickly and was very well packaged, it even i ncluded 2 surplus booster cables for older Macs that dont already have them. If you don't know how to install the card, complete instructions and photographs are on the store website.
7970 For Macbook Air
After testing the card for several days, this feels like a very solid upgrade and a massive speed bump for users of FCPX. If you purchase a new Mac Pro cylinder and opt for the top of the line video cards (D700), you will have the same card (HD 7970) but in a different form factor. Also this card has a higher clock rate than the D700 cards.
7970 For Mac Pro
I highly recommend this vendor and this card (especially if you use FCPX). It's a great upgrade at a fair price.