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<blockquote data-quote="Tuppy" data-source="post: 1918256" data-attributes="member: 408224"><p>Thanks again, Nick. I took a look, and that's another website with good monitor reviews. </p><p></p><p>What I've found in researching this Radeon 5770 video card like the stock one in my mid-2010 Mac Pro is that the 5770s in the Mac computers are quite a bit different from the ones sold for PCs. </p><p></p><p>The PC versions of the 5770 can have more ports, and more different kinds of ports, than the Mac ones. You can get really confused because many websites with specs on these 5770 video cards don't acknowledge that fact, or even seem to know the difference.</p><p></p><p>As near as I can tell, the Mac version of the Radeon 5770 has one full-size DVI connector and two DisplayPorts, version 1.1. Most current monitors still do have DisplayPort connections, but they are the newer version 1.4 DisplayPorts, which support higher resolution than the old 1.1 ports can provide. </p><p></p><p>Apparently any DisplayPort cable will connect a 1.1 DisplayPort on my Mac's video card to the 1.4 DisplayPort on a monitor, but I'll only get 1.1 resolution on the monitor, and the best that the Mac Radeon 5770 can do is 2500 X 1600 pixels, even though the monitors are capable of 4K (3840 x 2160). </p><p></p><p>As I said, it's hard to find information on the Mac version of the Radeon 5770, but I don't think it can do any better than 2560 X 1600 on any of its ports, no matter what kind. It just doesn't have enough video RAM, I guess (1024 MB), to go any higher. </p><p></p><p>Which means that yes, I could use any kind of adapters to connect these newer, big, high-resolution Monitors to this 2010 Mac, but I won't get 4K resolution on any of them--I'll never get better than 2560 X 1600. </p><p></p><p>And I suppose that's all right--it's what I'm used to, after all, but being able to get higher resolution would be nice--I might really like it.</p><p></p><p>So, is it possible to get a more powerful video card than the Radeon 5770 to put into this Mac? So far I haven't been able to find out. Other World Computer doesn't seem to sell any kind of PCIe cards anymore, video or otherwise--at least they have none for sale on their website.</p><p></p><p>If anyone is aware of a more powerful video card than the stock Radeon 5770 (1024 MB) that will fit into a mid-2010 Mac Pro, and provide high resolution on these big new monitors, please let me know.</p><p></p><p>Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tuppy, post: 1918256, member: 408224"] Thanks again, Nick. I took a look, and that's another website with good monitor reviews. What I've found in researching this Radeon 5770 video card like the stock one in my mid-2010 Mac Pro is that the 5770s in the Mac computers are quite a bit different from the ones sold for PCs. The PC versions of the 5770 can have more ports, and more different kinds of ports, than the Mac ones. You can get really confused because many websites with specs on these 5770 video cards don't acknowledge that fact, or even seem to know the difference. As near as I can tell, the Mac version of the Radeon 5770 has one full-size DVI connector and two DisplayPorts, version 1.1. Most current monitors still do have DisplayPort connections, but they are the newer version 1.4 DisplayPorts, which support higher resolution than the old 1.1 ports can provide. Apparently any DisplayPort cable will connect a 1.1 DisplayPort on my Mac's video card to the 1.4 DisplayPort on a monitor, but I'll only get 1.1 resolution on the monitor, and the best that the Mac Radeon 5770 can do is 2500 X 1600 pixels, even though the monitors are capable of 4K (3840 x 2160). As I said, it's hard to find information on the Mac version of the Radeon 5770, but I don't think it can do any better than 2560 X 1600 on any of its ports, no matter what kind. It just doesn't have enough video RAM, I guess (1024 MB), to go any higher. Which means that yes, I could use any kind of adapters to connect these newer, big, high-resolution Monitors to this 2010 Mac, but I won't get 4K resolution on any of them--I'll never get better than 2560 X 1600. And I suppose that's all right--it's what I'm used to, after all, but being able to get higher resolution would be nice--I might really like it. So, is it possible to get a more powerful video card than the Radeon 5770 to put into this Mac? So far I haven't been able to find out. Other World Computer doesn't seem to sell any kind of PCIe cards anymore, video or otherwise--at least they have none for sale on their website. If anyone is aware of a more powerful video card than the stock Radeon 5770 (1024 MB) that will fit into a mid-2010 Mac Pro, and provide high resolution on these big new monitors, please let me know. Tom [/QUOTE]
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