Which Graphics Card for a MAC

[Troy Smith]

Hi there,

I'm wondering which graphics card is good for cs5 and fcp on the mac.

I'm looking at the nvidia gtx series cards, but cannot figure out exactly which one is properly supported and best for the mac, have a macpro from 2009 with 12 g ram.


Any pointers appreciated.

Thankyou

 

[Oliver Peters]

Either of the recommended top-of-the-line cards from NVIDIA or ATI will work. FX4000 (or FX4800) or ATI5870. The NVIDIA cards are better for CS5, because of CUDA, however the 5870 gives you decent performance with PPro. CUDA doesn't really matter with AE. ATI is better with Motion and Color.

- Oliver

 

[Troy Smith]

Cool, thankyou for the info, a good help.

REgards

Troy

 

[Uli Plank]

The GTX 285 works quite well with both PPro and Color, only 4% slower than the ATI 4870 under Color, but very fast under PPro.

 

[Oliver Peters]

Isn't the GTX285-Mac discontinued? I know there are some still floating around, including some for PCs that need to be reflashed, but the other cards are commonly available.

- Oliver

 

[Uli Plank]

Yes, it's discontinued, but you'll find flashed ones on Ebay.