Comparing GFX cards – 5770 vs Nvidia?

[Rohit Gupta]

Huge improvement with the NVIDIA 570.

[Bryan Fowler]

Awesome. I’ll make the switch then. Thanks Rohit.

I’m guessing there is a Mac and PC version of the card?
I don’t want to order the wrong one.

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[Rohit Gupta]

If you are ok with not seeing the boot screen you can get the PC version (assuming you have Lion). If you need to see the boot screen, you will need to get it on eBay (flashed for EFI).

[Bryan Fowler]

Upgrading to Lion today. (crossing fingers)

Boot screen? yeah I don’t think I’d care not seeing that.
You mean boot screen for the mac when rebooting? or Resolve boot screen?

(maybe I don’t know what ‘boot screen’ means)

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[Bryan Fowler]

Whoops.

I just noticed the 570 doesn’t have a mini Display port, so my Apple Cinema Display (with minidisplay port) would be tough to view without spending more on an adapter.

I’ll have to look into this more. … quickly. =)

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[Sascha Haber]

Dont switch it, add it.

Not much is gained from a single card.

A slice of color…

DaVinci 8.2.1 OSX 10.7.2
MacPro 5.1 2×2,4 24GB
RAID0 8TB
GTX 470 / Quadro 4000
Extreme 3D+

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[Bryan Fowler]

I’m game for that too.

But I don’t know if I have enough room.
Also, will Resolve Lite use a 2nd card?

Currently

Slot 1: ATI 5770
Slot 2: Decklink Extreme HD
Slot 3: CalDigit RAID card
Slot 4: Esata card (I don’t really need this… much)

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[Bryan Fowler]

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GTX570-Graphics-025-P3-1579-AR/dp/tech-data/B005AY5N9O

That’s the one right? the 2.5GB version?

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[Lee Eaton]

Hi Bryan,
I’m running a 2008 mac pro with a 5770 as the GUI and gtx 470 as the GPU. I got the 470 from the macvidcards guy on ebay. I jumped the power supply off the DVD player to the second 6pin power connector on the 470. Ive read that you could also split the power from the 6 pin connector on the motherboard too.

There are a couple discussions in the forum about that.

Ive used this setup for the past 11 months with no issues.

-Lee

2008 MacPro 2 x 2.8 Quad Xeon
14GB RAM
1. ATI Radeon HD 5770
2. Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
3. none
4. Blackmagic Decklink HD Pro(DL)
Euphonix MC Color
OSX 10.8
Resolve 9

[Sascha Haber]

Problem is, you need two need cards…
The 5770 is taking too much space and power.
So either a cheap GT120 or an expensive Quadro4000.

It really depends what you wanna do, so better look out for a 580 GTX with Displayport, Mountain Lion supports em now

A slice of color…

DaVinci 8.2.1 OSX 10.7.2
MacPro 5.1 2×2,4 24GB
RAID0 8TB
GTX 470 / Quadro 4000
Extreme 3D+

ICA Instructor
https://www.icolorist.com/Sascha.html