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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1237077" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I would have to imagine that's what you're seeing in this test:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g7.html" target="_blank">Radeon 5770 and 5870 on various Mac Pro models</a></p><p></p><p>...the 4-core 2006 model would have the PCI 1.0, and most of the rest of the Mac Pros would be PCI 2.0.</p><p></p><p>The problem is...the 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 is a 4-core...and the others are 6 & 8-core. So the scores for the 5770 6 & 8 core Mac Pros are probably better because:</p><p></p><p>- they have more cores (6 & 8 cores vs. 4 cores in the 2006)</p><p>- faster logic board architectures</p><p>- faster PCI bus (1.0 vs. 2.0)</p><p></p><p>I think that the important things for the 2006 Mac Pro are:</p><p></p><p>1. That the 5770 is compatible with 2006 Mac Pro's</p><p>2. How does the Radeon 5770 compare to the GeForce 8800 (I seem to remember you have the 8800). Here's a comparison (5770 vs. 8800):</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g6.html" target="_blank">Radeon 5870 and 5770 on 2008 Mac Pro</a></p><p></p><p>These scores aren't from a 2006 Mac Pro...but the similar relationship should still exist. As you can see...the 5770 scores significantly higher than the 8800 in all tests with scores.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Here's a quote from the article:</p><p></p><p><em>"Both cards ( 5870 & 5770) make the GeForce 8800 GT and Radeon HD 2600 XT look sickly by comparison."</em></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1237077, member: 56379"] I would have to imagine that's what you're seeing in this test: [url=http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g7.html]Radeon 5770 and 5870 on various Mac Pro models[/url] ...the 4-core 2006 model would have the PCI 1.0, and most of the rest of the Mac Pros would be PCI 2.0. The problem is...the 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 is a 4-core...and the others are 6 & 8-core. So the scores for the 5770 6 & 8 core Mac Pros are probably better because: - they have more cores (6 & 8 cores vs. 4 cores in the 2006) - faster logic board architectures - faster PCI bus (1.0 vs. 2.0) I think that the important things for the 2006 Mac Pro are: 1. That the 5770 is compatible with 2006 Mac Pro's 2. How does the Radeon 5770 compare to the GeForce 8800 (I seem to remember you have the 8800). Here's a comparison (5770 vs. 8800): [url=http://www.barefeats.com/wst10g6.html]Radeon 5870 and 5770 on 2008 Mac Pro[/url] These scores aren't from a 2006 Mac Pro...but the similar relationship should still exist. As you can see...the 5770 scores significantly higher than the 8800 in all tests with scores.:) Here's a quote from the article: [i]"Both cards ( 5870 & 5770) make the GeForce 8800 GT and Radeon HD 2600 XT look sickly by comparison."[/i] - Nick [/QUOTE]
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