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Question: Q: ATI Radeon 5770 on Mac Pro 3.1 Hi All, I got a question I want to buy the new 27 inch cinema display but this new display got the apple mini displayport which my mac pro don't have. Being a dual-slot card, the ATI Radeon HD 5770 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 108 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort. Radeon HD 5770 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. ATI AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB Mac Pro Video Card - Mid 2012 and earlier. Original Apple HD 5770 1GB Graphics Video Card.Apple Mac Pro 1,1-5,1.MC742ZM/A. 5 out of 5 stars (11) 11 product ratings - Original Apple HD 5770 1GB Graphics Video Card.Apple Mac Pro 1,1-5,1.MC742ZM/A.


OK, So I've just ordered my new Mac Pro for work and here's the spec:


MAC PRO

Two 2.66GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon

Memory: 12GB (6X2GB)

2 x ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB Graphic cards

2 x 512GB Solid State Drives

2 x HD Cinema screens

One 18x SuperDrive

Ati radeon hd 5770 specs

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Ati Radeon Hd 5770 Mac


£8,950.00 (ouch!) being made up now, and delivered next week.


What I need to know is would it be better / faster going for 1 x ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB or stick with the 2 x HD 5770's graphc cards?


I popped into The Apple store in Regent Street, London today and as a Joint Venture Business account holder I got to see someone straight away and no one could answer me the question which would be better or faster?


1 x ATI Radeon HD 5870


or the


2 x ATI Radeon HD 5770



I work with extremely High Resoultion Image and design files, so it's imperitive to get the best.


I very much look forward to your valued opiions.


Yours..


Rob Jarvis

Photographer

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

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Ati Radeon Hd 5770 1gb For Mac Pro 3.0

I ordered a new video card for my 3,1 Mac Pro and accidentally ordered the ver that doesn't say 'For Mac Pro' not realizing that there was any difference. It seems that the video card should work, if I could get it in my tower! The difference between the two ver seems to be the length and shape of its support arm(can't figure out what to call this part), the FOR Mac Pro ver is an inch or so shorter than the other one.
I saw someone suggest cutting it off with a hacksaw, which I'd really rather not do. So I was wondering if anyone has tried removing the arm/case part? It seems like it might work, but I'm concerned about it exposing any important parts, it is covered with the important legal stickers.
Or does anyone have ideas short of the hacksaw plan to get this bad boy to fit in the darn machine?
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