(AMD/ATI had a press release on the Radeon HD 3870 Mac/PC edition titled AMD Pushes MacĀ® Based Visual Computing Beyond HD when this was posted in 2008, but no longer online.) ATI Radeon HD 3870 for (USD) $219 (List).Mac Pro) or NVidia GeForce 8800 GT (2nd gen. ATI Radeon 2600 XT for $129 (also works in 1st gen.( original links to apple store/owc items removed, no longer online) It is a very welcome addition to the rather sparse Mac video card offerings, of which there now are: ( NOTE: As per the driver installer, the 3870 requires OS X 10.5.2 or later.) The Radeon 3870 works in both first generation Mac Pros from 2006/2007, as well as the second generation Mac Pros introduced in early 2008. ( But is not compatible with PCIe G5 Towers.) The Radeon HD 3870 is ATI's current single-GPU high-end card and their first high-end card available for Macs since the Radeon X1900 XT, which were sold both by ATI (for PowerMac G5s) and Apple (for Mac Pros). ( They didn't make that date, but as of early August 2008, site sponsor OWC had stock of the Radeon 3870 Mac/PC Edition, but sold out.) As the name suggests it works fine in Mac Pros as well as PCs. The ATI Radeon HD 3870 PC & Mac Edition ( page.product no available) was originally set for June 2008 for a suggested retail price of $219. Mac Pro 2008: OS X app and benchmark tests (XB, Cinebench R10, iMovie).Mac Pro 2008: Windows Vista (32-bit) Tests (Crysis, UT3, Quake4 MP Demo).
AMD ATI RADEON HD 3870 DRIVERS MAC OS X
Mac Pro 2006: Mac OS X games (Quake4, Quake3, UT2004).Mac Pro 2008: Mac OS X games (Quake4, Prey, UT2004, Quake3).NOTE: Many links from 2008 removed as they no longer worked) (Later updated with Reader Feedback on the 3870) (Updated June 13th for questions on fan noise.) Review of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac and PC Edition