netkas Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 With 10.5.7 ati driver it's finaly possible to get radeon hd 4850/4870 to work in leopard, it has some bugs yeah, but u can get it working fine. ALso, 10.5.7 vanila kernel now works fine on core i7 (on gigabyte mobo, it wasnt working before). more at http://netkas.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konami® Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Excellent news!, thanks a lot netkas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Wow! Big News! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angang Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 What about radeon 4670 (extremely low power consumption) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I was just about to order an Asus 9800GTX+ ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abscheele Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I was just about to order an Asus 9800GTX+ ! Dude a 512 4870 is about the same price Alec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Dude a 512 4870 is about the same price Alec Exactly! Well, no, I guess not exactly. I could get a 9800GTX+ for £100, or £113 for the Asus. About the price of a 4850 (in the UK) but a little faster on 55% of games and less power hungry, I think, so I wouldn't need to buy a 700W PSU unless I become a hardcore games player. Still, it's a tough decision! Looks like from what Netkas is saying, the 4850 is the more compatible, with the 4870 being stuck at a fixed resolution. This is starting to get interesting! And don't get me started on how much I hate it that in America people have mail in rebates on so many things, where we rarely do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumford Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 What about radeon 4670 (extremely low power consumption) ? Me too. Looking to pick up a fanless Sapphire once we have working driver. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102816 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abscheele Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Exactly! Well, no, I guess not exactly. I could get a 9800GTX+ for £100, or £113 for the Asus. About the price of a 4850 (in the UK) but a little faster on 55% of games and less power hungry, I think, so I wouldn't need to buy a 700W PSU unless I become a hardcore games player. Still, it's a tough decision! Looks like from what Netkas is saying, the 4850 is the more compatible, with the 4870 being stuck at a fixed resolution. This is starting to get interesting! And don't get me started on how much I hate it that in America people have mail in rebates on so many things, where we rarely do! the 4850 is faster than the 9800gtx and slower than the 9800gtx+ in most cases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabricioGS Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Oh boy this is fantastic! I've been waiting the support for both for more then 3 months, now it's time for me to use OS X again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 With the 4850 or 4870 I would have to buy a new power supply. I would be pushing it with the 9800GTX+, as is. I have a quality Cooler Master 450w, which probably isn't workable; 500w is the advised minimum, 600w recommended. The 4850 just hit the £100 mark, £17 less than the Asus 9800GTX+. That's £17 that I could put toward a decent power supply but... who am I kidding, I would want to go the whole hog and get a 4870. Getting ahead of myself, though, hahaha! 10.5.7 isn't out yet and from the little I heard a tester with a 4870 was stuck at just one resolution. I just took another peek at Netkas's site. What a guy! Looks like early pioneering days, yet. Exciting stuff. 9800GTX+ might be a good stopgap, for some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aed0101 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 With the 4850 or 4870 I would have to buy a new power supply. I would be pushing it with the 9800GTX+, as is. I have a quality Cooler Master 450w, which probably isn't workable; 500w is the advised minimum, 600w recommended. The 4850 just hit the £100 mark, £17 less than the Asus 9800GTX+. That's £17 that I could put toward a decent power supply but... who am I kidding, I would want to go the whole hog and get a 4870. Getting ahead of myself, though, hahaha! 10.5.7 isn't out yet and from the little I heard a tester with a 4870 was stuck at just one resolution. I just took another peek at Netkas's site. What a guy! Looks like early pioneering days, yet. Exciting stuff. 9800GTX+ might be a good stopgap, for some. I am using 4850 with a 450W Corsair power supply. I overclock the CPU and GPU, both are working fine. Check your system power needs here: http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netkas Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Detosx, if u planning to get 4850/4870, be sure to get card wit sandart ports (2 dvi and one svideo (svideo - doesnt really matter)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 ATI just announced a price drop - 4870 is now $150, and a 4850 is $120. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Huh? You don't need a 700W PSU for anything except SLI/Crossfire. A 500W is fine - get a PCI-x 6 pin adapter and you're set. A 4870 @ $150 is clearly the best value around. Amazing power for the price! 1 Teraflop FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detosx Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Detosx, if u planning to get 4850/4870, be sure to get card wit sandart ports (2 dvi and one svideo (svideo - doesnt really matter))Thanks for that! I will look into it. You sure do make the OS X uuniverse a fun place to be. One of the big stars. I will eagerly keep looking out for news! Huh? You don't need a 700W PSU for anything except SLI/Crossfire. A 500W is fine - get a PCI-x 6 pin adapter and you're set. A 4870 @ $150 is clearly the best value around. Amazing power for the price! 1 Teraflop FTW! The pound is weak against the dollar at the moment but $150?! Wow, that's £106. The cheapest I have seen a 4870, over here, is £164, which is $251. I have tended to go by the PSU ratings listed by resellers online, though I imagine they are covering their back against overclockers and the like? If anyone knows of a quiet running card, let me know! I am using quiet case fans but... I think I got too used to my silent Mac Mini! aed0101! Thank you for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 ATI just announced a price drop - 4870 is now $150, and a 4850 is $120. 4830 is the same thing as the 4850, just clocked down lower. It's already under $100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Yeah, now if they would just bring those lovely low prices to South Africa... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper X Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 ATI just announced a price drop - 4870 is now $150, and a 4850 is $120. Link please I dont see news of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Link please I dont see news of this http://www.guru3d.com/news/amd-to-lower-ra...nd-4870-prices/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgabb332 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 With 10.5.7 ati driver it's finaly possible to get radeon hd 4850/4870 to work in leopard, it has some bugs yeah, but u can get it working fine. ALso, 10.5.7 vanila kernel now works fine on core i7 (on gigabyte mobo, it wasnt working before). more at http://netkas.org where i can found that kext for my ati?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cupidus2 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 niice, guys. looking fwd to seeing the compatibility on the intel 5520 nehalem xeon boards. am really interested in seeing if a thinkstation d20 would be a better way to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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