ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Graphics card questions

[David Bogie]

[Ian McFarland] “The second part of my question is, does anyone run 2 of these cards so a 3rd/4th monitor can be run?
thanks for any insight
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Motion wonk Mark Spender has endorsed the 3870.

https://provideocoalition.com/index.php/smartin/story/its_all_in_the_cards/

AFAIK, the issue with FCP6 and multiple cards has not changed yet. FxPlugs that work in Motion will not work in FCP6 if you have more than one card driving more than one display. that is, you can have as many cards as you want but you can only have displays hooked up to a single card for FCP6. You can have all the cards you want and all the displays you want hooked up to all of the them if you’re just running Motion.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Jerry Hofmann]

Here’s a read for you on the card: https://www.barefeats.com/harper16.html

Also note it’s touted by ATI to work well with Studio… Made specifically for professional apps like Color etc..

But what are the “issues” you’re experiencing with your current card and FX plugs?

Jerry

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[Rusty Shackleford]

how can i keep an HD monitor hooked to the 3870 and still run two reg displays to my NVIDIA card?
is there a way to force FCP to not look at the 3870 card?

[Rusty Shackleford]

can i force fcp to not see the radeon card?

Brandon Morris
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