Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition

*Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition - 6 miniDisplay ports*
This card will run at the same frequencies as the basic 5870, but is special since is able to support up to 6 monitors simultaneously.
You must recognize the shape of the connectors and this adapters. These are mini Displayport connectors minis that one finds on the Apple portables, the graphics cards of Mac Pro and as the connector for the Apple 24" LED Display. For ATI the only way to allow them to put 6 connectors in such a small space.
To finish, the card has 2 GB of memory so that each of the 6 screens has easily what it needs. We do not know if Apple/ATI hope one day to propose a version Mac Edition.
Hardmac: ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Edition
With all the issues surrounding DisplayPort and 3rd party monitors I think this can only be encouraging good news.

To show a picture under Mac OS X, a graphics card MUST have Apple firmware. The default is BIOS only, and does not show a picture at any time under Mac OS X.
A PC_BIOS card that is flashed to Apple firmware will usually show a picture, but sometimes all the ports do not work and often there is no picture until the Login screen. If you alternate boot or debug, this makes life more difficult.
A genuine Apple-firmware card show a picture from power-on.
Apple sells a genuine Apple-firmware 5870 card, about US$450.
There is also a new four port EVGA GTX680 Mac Edition (US$600), features page here:
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3682-KR

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Is it better to have two ati radeon HD 5770 or one ATI radeon HD 5870 for video editing?

Is it better to have two ati radeon HD 5770 or one ATI radeon HD 5870 for video editing? I'm basing this question based on the current options when configuring a Mac Pro. Currently there are three options
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
Two ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB [Add $250.00]
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB [Add $200.00]
Between the second and third options I am wondering which will provide a better more productive experience for video editing. Such as using FCP or FCPX. I know how many monitors that are in use will affect the answer to this questions. While I'm more focused on which option will deliver a better video editing experience, lets just say for argument sakes that the Mac Pro is running a 30" cinema display and a small generic monitor. About 18". Its an older VGA monitor for web development.
I hope thats enough info to get an answer on this subject.
Thanks

Ya in my research of this question, I came across this whole issue of Mac not being able to use CrossFire. I didn't thorugly investigate what this CrossFire issue was, but if it makes more sense with the singel 5870 rather than the 2 5770 then thats helpful to know.
If the Mac can't make the most out of two 5770 because it doesn't make use of CrossFire, it seems silly that Apple even bothers to offer it as an option. Plus its cheaper with the singel 5870 versus two 5770. Unless you really needed to run several monitors.
Thanks. This satisfies a long curiousity I have had.

MacPro3,1 + Radeon HD 5870 + NEC PA271W-BK + DisplayPort

Hello all,
As metioned in the subject line, I have the following system configuration:
2008 Mac Pro ( MacPro3,1 ) : 2 x 3.2 Ghz Quad core
ATI Radeon HD 5870
2 NEC PA271W-BK Displays
As many of you know, this ATI video card has 1 DVI-D out and 2 MDP outs. So, if you want to connect more than one display, you must use a MDP connector on the video card, or install another video card.
I wanted to use this video card and connect to these NEC displays so that when it becomes supported in software ( I'm aware of the limited support in Photoshop CS5 ), I will have the capability of displaying 10 bpp output on my monitors. Because of this, installing another video card, or using a MDP to DVI-D adapter of some variety is not an option.
I have one display connected via DVI-D, and the other connected via a MDP to DP cable I bought from Monoprice.com. With this configuration, I had the following issues:
- With display plugged in to MDP, machine would not boot. No startup sound would be played, but the hard drives would spin up.
- With display plugged in to MDP, machine would not wake from sleep. Hard drives would appear to spin up, but no image would be displayed on the monitor.
I found that if I unplugged my MDP monitor, booted the machine ( or woke it from sleep ), and waited for the login screen to be displayed, then I could plug in the MDP monitor and it would work. So what did I do? I crawled underneath my desk every morning, unplugged the MDP cable, woke my machine up, and then plugged the MDP cable back in. I did this for a month.
Apple support said that they couldn't help me, because the Radeon HD 5870 is not officially supported on MacPro3,1; it's only supported on MacPro4,1 and newer.
Of course, I searched extensively on the internet for a solution, and there were some that seemed to work and others that didn't. NEC also published a document that said that these errors occurred with certain types of aftermarket MDP to DP cables, but the one they recommended, the Monoprice.com MDP to DP 6 foot, was the one that I had!
Here are two Apple support discussions on the subject which have been archived:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2587838?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2583903?threadID=2583903
On a whim today, I went to Fry's and bought a new MDP to DP cable, based on a hunch that my issues may be related to a faulty cable.
It totally was the cable, and my setup works with no problems after I swapped the old cable out.
I wanted to share my solution with others as this can be frustrating. The cable I bought was a Monster Cable Digital Life 8 foot MDP to DP cable. Normally I think that Monster Cables are a complete waste of money ( this one was almost $100 with tax ), and this is NOT a plug for Monster Cables, but with this configuration and the Monster MDP to DP cable I was able to get everything to work.
Hope this helps for anyone who is out there banging their head against a wall.
-n

nedwilson-
The DVI port on your card is a Dual-Link DVI-I, which is suitable for higher than 1920 wide, and also contains the VGA signals directly in the bar and four surrounding pins at one end of the DVI connector.
A great deal has been learned since you reported your first problem some months ago.
ATI has made a list of approved adapters available:
http://support.amd.com/us/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity-dongles.aspx
DisplayPort, and its Mini variant, are not just a different-shaped DVI port. They are a completely different protocol with a packet interface.
Some early DisplayPort adapters simply do not work:
TS3533- Apple computers: Black screen or unresponsive Mini DisplayPort display after sleep

What Mac compatible graphics card makes a good upgrade from the Radeon HD 5870?

Hello all,
I am looking to upgrade from my Radeon HD 5870. I am running a mid-2010 Mac Pro, 12 core with 48GB RAM. The main reason for the upgrade is because I have a nice new Dell UP2414Q display for my 4k work. Problem is the HD 5870 won't support 3840x2160 as far as I can tell.
I have really limited knowledge about graphics cards, so when I started dipping a toe into the world of graphics cards I got really overwhelmed and would appreciate anyone's advice on here.
Thanks!

I would think any of the latest GTX and AMD will
WHERE TO BUY NVIDIA GPUs for your MAC PRO tower
The OS X compatible GeForce GTX Titan 6GB and GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB can be purchased from MacVidCards. They also offer a flashing and mod service for your existing TITAN or 780. MacVidCards recommends a supplemental power supply. We were able to run it in our 2010 Mac Pro 6-core without the aid of an auxiliary PS.
The OS X compatible GeForce GTX 780 6GB can be purchased from MacVidCards. The OS X compatible GeForce GTX 780 3G is available from MacVidCards. They offer a flashing and mod service your existing 780 for $200.
The OS X compatible GeForce GTX 770 4G is available from MacVidCards.
For GPUs not linked here, visit the MacVidCards main eBay store page.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition can be ordered from EVGA direct or from Other World Computing (MacSales.com), Trans International (TransIntl.com), and Amazon.
The GeForce GTX 680 4G is available from MacVidCards.
WHERE TO BUY AMD GPUS for your MAC PRO tower
The OS X Compatible Radeon R9 280X 3GB is available from MacVidCards.
A flashed Radeon HD 7970 3GB running at PCIe 2.0 is available from MacVidCards.
The Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition is available from OWC , TransIntl, and Amazon
http://barefeats.com/gpuss.html

ATI Radeon 9600 Mac & PC Edition will not work with leopard

When I installed a new ATI Radeon 9600 Mac & PC Edition, 256MB; my Dual 2 GHz G5 (June 2004) will not allow me to drive my Apple Cinema Display while running under leopard, (neither 10.5.1 or 10.5.2 with Leopard Graphics Update).
The mac starts up as usual and gets to the white screen with Apple logo -then the progress ring eventually stalls. The mouse pointer becomes visible and can be moved freely around this screen.
I can connect from other macs on the network and navigate files, but screen sharing results in an all black window.
The Radeon 9600 works fine if I start up the mac with the Tiger installation disk.
I have tried every suggestion that I could find on these boards and elsewhere: zapped the pram, reset the SMU, installed older ATI Drivers, etc...
Of course the G5 is far out of warranty. I've been running Leopard since the day it shipped - so that's out of warranty now, and there is little help to be found on the ATI/AMD website. I'm afraid I'll have to return the card before Apple releases another graphics update.
The stock graphics card that came with this mac is the nVIDIA 64MB GeForce FX 5200 - but it's having trouble keeping up with Leopard's demands - my isight barely works, most special effects in iChat and PhotoBooth are unusable, and of course I'm not given the option to use a transparent menu bar,
I am really good at swapping video cards in the G5 now - but I'm so frustrated.
Does anyone else have any suggestions?
thanks

Hello I have Grafic card ATI Radeon 9600 Pro-256MB install. after Updates. I was after *delete all ATI files besides*
ATINDRV.kext
ATITVOut.kext
ATIRadeon.kext
ATIRadeon9700.kext
ATIRadeon9700DVDDriver.bundle
ATIRadeon9700GA.plugin
ATIRadeon9700GLDriver.bundle
ATIRadeon9700VADriver.bundle
ATIRadeonDVDDriver.bundle
ATIRadeonGA.plugin
ATIRadeonGLDriver.bundle
ATIRNDRV.kext
from System/Library/Extensions run ther 30'' Cinema, mit 2560x1600 but without Quartz Extreme . *I'm very angry of APPLE* 3 week without help, 5 Telefon support with Apple, with ATI without solution.
I know that ATIRadeon9700.kext drive Quartz Extreme. But I don't know what can I do too.
My solution for this moment is only this one. If I know my solution from Apple, ATI or another one look sometimes on
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6645245&#6645245
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HT4279 ATI Radeon HD 5870 screen resets size after after sleeping. Why?

Purchased an ATI Radeon HD 5870. When connected to 1920x1080 it leaves a third of the screen out. However after starting up it fits the screen. Only after sleeping does it reset to this faulty screen size. I have attempted every Mini dv adapter vga,dvi and hdmi. All lead to the same issue or another.
Is this card defective? Is this an issue with the Lion OS?

Ok let me go into more detail for you.
Macpro had 2 Geforce gt 120 video cards. I recently had some blocking issues ( where the screen just over lays a bounch of boxes with random parts of the background and or aps running). Decided to upgrade to the Radeon 5870. Before the upgrade i have been using a Samsung LCD tv and and old Dell monitor. Worked great. Tv res was set to 1920x1080. Instailed the new card. Hooked up the Dell to the DVI output and Tv to a Mini DV at first using the Mini DV to DVI. Ended up with the half the screen issue. Took the back and got the Mini DV to HDMI. I didnt have the size issue but when set to 1080 it was not hidef. Took that back and got the Mini DV to VGA. Now here is where I currently am stuck. When both the TV (Mini to VGA) and the Dell (VGA to DVI) are connected to the 5870 and the harddrive and monitors go to sleep it resets and i lose an 8th of the screen. I currently am just using the TV and everything seems to be fine. Also on the amount i lose there is a dotted line that some times flickers. Not sure if that means anything.

ATI Radeon HD 4870 vs ATI Radeon HD 5870

I have an early 2009 Mac Pro with 8 cores and the upgraded ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card. I see that the 2010 Mac Pros have an option for the ATI Radeon HD 5870. Apparently this card will eventually be available as a kit that will work in my computer.
Do you think there will be a significant performance boost using the 5870 over the 4870 with Aperture if I purchase this upgrade? Apple says the 5870 is great for "motion graphics, 3D modeling, rendering, or animation", but not sure if I should expect much improvement using it with Aperture. I am pretty happy with the 4870, so don't want to spend the cash for minimal improvement.
Any thoughts or speculation?
Thanks,
Dave

No response here, but I posted the same question on the Apple Store Product page for the 5870 kit and received the following reply:
"You won't see a noticeable difference unless you are running heavy 3D applications or gaming. What I would suggest if you want to see an improvement in Aperture 3 is to add more ram to your mac (have at least 8 Gigabytes of ram ) boot up your mac to 64 bit (if running Mac OS 10.6) and run Aperture 3."
This supports my suspicions that this card may not be much of an improvement for Aperture users that currently use the ATI 4870.

Does 10.5.6 Support Dual displays for Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition cards?

Does 10.5.6 Support Dual displays for Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition cards?
And is there driver updates for anyone using the all-in-ones HP printers...has anyone been able to use their scanners since the update? and has the dual screen support been added to avoid the blue screen on startup?

The ATI Radeon 9600 PC/Mac edition 256 MB should work in the MDD G4. It has two DVI ports (one is dual-link and can support a 30" display). You will need adapters for ADC displays.

AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHZ Edition Resolution incorrect and computer hangup

Hello all. I have been chasing down a problem with my computer hanging up when playing CS:GO. The computer will freeze/lag and repeat the previous 1second of audio/video until I hard boot the system or pull power. I updated my BIOS version as well as installed all of the most recent drivers for both MoBo and Catalyst Control Center.
My build specs exactly:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($90.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F9 43.0 CFM 92mm Fan ($4.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($45.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
OS: Windows 7 64bit Home Premium
When I initially installed the video card and set it up, I had set the resolution to MAX which is 1920x1080 (my natural ASUS LED monitor's resolution) but got a black border around the desktop screen. I didn't think much of it and just reduced the resolution to something that fit better (dont exactly remember the size) but in an effort to troubleshoot the problem, I removed the video card and ran the monitor off of the MoBo HDMI output. When I set the resolution to 1920x1080, the desktop fit perfectly.
What would cause the same resolution settings from the HDMI out on the MoBo and HDMI out from the video card to display differently?
I completely uninstalled CCC and reinstalled the driver and there is no change in the difference in resolution display.
Some things I tried to diagnose the hang-up problems:
MemTest86+ on both sticks of ram for 10+hours without an error
Prime95 for 4+ hours without an error
FurMark ran at 17FPS at the reduced resolution for 20+ minutes sitting at ~60-62C steady state without a hiccup
CPU and GPU temps are always in check, never reaching past 65C under full load. I have not overclocked anything or adjusted the performance of the system. It is really frustrating and I am wondering if the 2 problems are connected somehow.
Any help on the resolution issue would be fantastic!

Quote from: badboy2k on 14-October-13, 20:37:53
for the black border via HDMI that's normal as it will have scaling on 10% by default!
1: go into the AMD software
2: expand My Digital Flat-Panels
3: go to Scaling Options (Digital Flat-Panel)
4: change the scaling from 10% to 0% and apply
now it should fill the whole screen at 1920x1080 resolution!
Ill try that when I get home! Thanks!
Just out of curiosity, why would the scaling be down 10%?? That seems kinda silly!

Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G) in Mountain Lion

Dear Apple,
Could you please add hardware/graphics driver support for Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G) graphics card support to OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.x
I needed a better graphics card, and need Mountain Lion drivers for the latest Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ).
Could you please add graphics driver support for this graphics card to Apple OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.x? The video card works when I boot directly into Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, but it doesn't seem to have the proper graphics drivers for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Can you please add graphics drivers support to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, so that the Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) can be used with the Apple Mac Pro?
The GHz Edition graphics card can be found here: http://www.diamondmm.com/amd-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-pcie-3g-gddr5-7970pe53gh z.php
or here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103201
Thank-you,

@Hatter - I'm quite familiar with the GTX 6xx series, and have looked at the GTX 680, but I specifically have four Radeon HD 7970 graphics cards, and I'm just extremely disappointed/outraged that I spent the amount of money that I have spent on buying an Apple product (an Apple Mac Pro) and I can't even get a decent top-of-the-line commercial (off the shelf) graphics card to work.
It's extremely sad that Apple can't even take the time to add graphics drivers for a decent graphics card like the Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G).
This thread is NOT about NVIDIA graphics cards. This thread is about the Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G) graphics cards, and adding drivers for these graphics cards to OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.
I want to use a Radeon HD 7970 graphics card (with 3GB of DDR5 memory). I'm just asking for graphics drivers to support the graphics cards that I have purchased. That is all. The cards work great in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
The only problem I am having is with OS X 10.8.x Mountain Lion.
Windows drivers exist. Linux drivers exist. I'm just asking Apple to add Radeon 7970 graphics drivers for OS X to Mountain Lion 10.8.2. I didn't realize that I would have to STOP BUYING APPLE PRODUCTS just to get a decent graphics card and a decent computer. I spent quite a bit of money on my four Apple Mac Pro's (about 3 times more than a comparable PC product) and I just find it extremely troublesome (and TERRIBLE) that I can't even use a standard commercial off the shelf (COTS) Graphics card like the Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G) graphics cards, and find it hard to believe that nobody at Apple has the brains (or foresight) to add graphics driver support to OS X 10.8.x Mountain Lion, so that users can actually use a standard Radeon HD 7970 reference design graphics card.
The 2008 Apple Mac Pro used Diamond Radeon HD 2600XT graphics cards. The later Apple Mac Pro's used standard Diamond Radeon graphics cards.
I just find it hard to believe that Apple is falling apart, and can't even keep up (and is about 2-5 years behind the PC sector) when it comes to adding hardware support for the Apple Mac.
Apple Mac Pro's don't even have Blu-Ray support. Although some have managed to find ways to get Blu-Ray to partially work, but you can't watch Blu-Ray movies (or 3D Blu-Ray movies) with a Mac (in OS X 10.8.x Mountain Lion) and also you can't burn or rip Blu-Ray movies in OS X.
An Apple Mac Pro should come STANDARD with a Lite-on Blu-Ray burner (as a standard drive), and should have 3D Blu-Ray support (for watching 3D Blu-Ray movies) right out of the box, and it should also have support for editing/burning/ripping Blu-Ray movies (right out of the box). Apple should pull their head out of their "5th point of contact" and add hardware support for the LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray burner, and also add support for the Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition graphics cards.
The Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G) graphics cards are the latest and greatest, and that is what I expect from Apple.
If Apple can't deliver a decent product anymore, and I can't even use decent COTS (commercial off the shelf) hardware then I'll probably have to just put my 2012 Apple Mac Pro on e-bay, and dump it, and just go out and buy a PC (that can whip the **** out of my Apple Mac Pro at nearly 1/3 the price) and can outperform the Apple Mac Pro in nearly every way (including the ability to watch/rip/record Blu-Ray movies, and the ability to use "top of the line" graphics cards like the Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G)
If I spend "top dollar" purchasing an overpriced Apple Mac Pro product, then I expect a decent "top of the line" graphics card, specifically the Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G) graphics cards to WORK with the Apple Mac Pro.
I didn't realize that I would need to use a graphics card from 3-5 years ago, and I expect to be able to use standard off-the-shelf hardware with the Apple Mac Pro.
It would be extremely easy for Apple to just take the time, and add Graphics Drivers support for the Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G) graphics cards to OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.
The latest operating system should support the latest hardware. I wish Apple would begin listening to it's customers, instead of just ignoring customers, and forcing us to spend/waste thousands of dollars buying overpriced Apple products, only to find out that we can't even use a top-of-the-line graphics card like the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G) graphics cards in OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.
The cards work fine in my Apple Mac Pro (under Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8). The only problem I am having is graphics drivers support under OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion.
Dear Apple,
Could you please add hardware/graphics driver support for Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (7970PE53GHZ) and Diamond Radeon HD 7970 (7970PE53G) graphics card support to OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.x
Thank-you,

Audio problems with the Radeon HD 5870

Hello and sorry for my english, it's not my native language.
I own an early 2009 Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad Core (4.1), with OSX 10.8.5, 12 Gb RAM, 512 Gb SSD and Ati Radeon HD 4870 (512 Mb).
I found a good offer for an used original Ati Radeon HD 5870 Mac (1 Gb), so i got it and put it into my Mac Pro (PCI slot 1, both power cables connected and MDP to HDMI cable, as was previously the 4870).
My monitor is a Philips LED TV-Monitor 221TE 21,6".
Besides the fact that i had to recalibrate the monitor (the graphic at first was too "sharp"), i lost the audio from integrated speakers of the monitor (the line-out port is selected, as previously was, in system preferences --> audio), it works only with integrated speaker of Mac Pro.
The monitor is connected with audio cable to the line-out of Mac Pro (i know that my 2009 Mac Pro supply only video signals over Mini DisplayPort).
If i put back the 4870 with same connections, the audio is back from line-out...
If i connect an external speaker to the line-out, it works...
So it's not the line-out to be faulty.
Just to try and waste time, i repaired permissions, reset PRAM, installed and updated OSX to 10.9.5, but nothing worked...
Any idea would be appreciated, thank you.

Thank you all for the answers,
@voidcom: yes, i'm pretty sure it's a genuine Apple Card, not only because assured from the seller, but also because it has 2 MiniDisplayPorts (which, in my knowledge, are present in genuine Apple cards only, PC cards usually have standard HDMI ports).
I'm sure i plugged the audio cable into the right port (the one with the speaker symbol); in my first installation of the card i left it untouched, but the audio worked with the 4870 and not with 5870.
If i plug an headphone in the rear or in the front, i can hear sound... it seems that the installation of the 5870 blocked audio output towards my monitor only... that's the strange thing.
@Grant Bennet-Alder: yes, i fiddled with the controls in System Preferences > Sound, was the first thing i did, but only internal speaker works.
The only thing i didn't try, it's the SMC reset, i'll try it ASAP, thank you.
@DPart: i found the same information searching the web, only Mac Pro 5.1 or flashed 4.1 to 5.1 can output audio via HDMI, thank you anyway.
However, that's not my case... i don't want audio output via HDMI (would be nice, but not essential for me), the installation of the 5870 blocked audio output towards my LED monitor only... with the 4870 worked perfectly instead.
Yes, under PCI section i found the 5870 twice, the first with driver loaded, the second one not.
I searched information about this "ATY,LangurParent" but i found nothing useful:
ATI Radeon HD 5870:
Nome:    ATY,Langur
Tipo:    Controller Monitor
Driver installato:    Sì
MSI:    Sì
Bus:    PCI
Slot:    Slot-1
ID fornitore:    0x1002
ID dispositivo:    0x6898
ID fornitore sottosistema:    0x106b
ID sottosistema:    0x00d0
ID revisione:    0x0000
Ampiezza link:    x16
Velocità collegamento:    5.0 GT/s
ATI Radeon HD 5870:
Nome:    ATY,LangurParent
Tipo:    ATY,LangurParent
Driver installato:    No
MSI:    No
Bus:    PCI
Slot:    Slot-1
ID fornitore:    0x1002
ID dispositivo:    0xaa50
ID fornitore sottosistema:    0x106b
ID sottosistema:    0xaa50
ID revisione:    0x0000
Ampiezza link:    x16
Velocità collegamento:    5.0 GT/s

Problems with the Radeon HD 5870

So I picked up a Radeon HD 5870 to throw into an early 2009 2x2.66 GHz Quad Core Bloomfield MacPro (I know it's officially only sanctioned for the 2010/2011 MacPros, but there's all sorts of threads saying it works fine on the 2008/2009 models). We've been doing some video transcoding of late and the playback has been a little jagged which was what prompted the upgrade.
Had a little trouble getting it to fit into the usual video PCI slot (the one furtherest to the left) so I went with the next slot over. Hooked up the two power cords to the sockets on the mother board and booted up.
I've got two monitors connected to the card -- one, a relatively new 24" Apple Cine and then an older 20" Apple monitor which is going thru the DVI port.
Only the 24" monitor comes up when I boot -- the other monitor is black (the power light is on and all the connections check out, but I can't get it to work).
I'm running Leopard (10.5.8) on that machine. Anyone run into anything similar to this?
Thanks.

Use the double wide slot.
Connect the two aux power cables.
Make sure you have 10.6.5 first.

ATI Radeon HD 5870 + Mac Pro 2,1 (2007).

Hello All!
Is any one known or tried to use HD 5870 in Mac Pro 2,1 which is Octocore ?? Is it works?? If it work, what boot rom version in this mac pro?

Radeon HD 5870 versus 5770
Radeon 5870 5770 2006 Mac Pro
The 5870 works, but not that much better to justify the extra $200 which could be spent on something to boost overall system like an SSD.
I think everyone pretty much knows 2008 intro'd both EFI64 and PCIe 2.0 and of course better for graphics choices.

ATI Radeon HD 5870 failing to detect displays randomly during reboots

Hello,
I have a Mac Pro 1,1 A1186 computer, MAC OS X 10.6.6, and I just updated the ole 7300 video card to an ATI Radeon HD 5870 I just purchased from the Apple Store last week.
Problem: Mac OS X 10.6.6 keeps losing the display settings during reboots and fails to detect one of the monitors (the Acer X233H) randomly upon reboots. I tried using two Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapters, but when that produced undesirable results I just plugged one of the monitors into the DVI diplay port and used just one of the Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapters. Then I tried swapping the monitors around.
I know both monitors and cables that directly connect to the monitors work fine as *they worked on the 7300 adapter*. I'm not using an Apple display, so I'm wondering do I have a bad card or is this common?
I tried reseating the card, completely disconnecting it and reinstalling it. I have both power cables plugged into the card, and both monitors will come up eventually if I keep rebooting my system (if they didn't come up the first time).
Please help... this whole experience is ruining my buzz for purchasing such a kick butt OEM card from Apple. Thank you very much in advanced.
I have 14GB of RAM, 2TB Western Digital (for backup/archival purposes), and an SSD Patriot Torqx 128GB Drive. The Diagnostics state they passed, and everything else works fine except for the display detection.
Here is the setup of the monitors I'm using:
Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 5870
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x6898
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-C0780C-194
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.436
Displays:
Acer X223W:
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
ACER X233H:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

OK, I took your advise and tried the "active powered" adapter last night. No dice. The monitor detection still doesn't work even after purchasing the $100 adapter for only 2 displays. Connecting one of the monitors to the DVI display in the back and connecting the other display to the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter.
_This is not the solution as the problem still occurs._
I also tried reloading Mac OS X Snow Leopard last night wiping out everything on the entire partition to be extreme thinking that the system could be confused. I know I could've just deleted the configuration file, but hey... what the heck.
After applying the updates I was able to see both displays again, +_however again they got confused_+.
The end result is from what I believe that the card is inferior in the way it doesn't allow Mac OS X to detect displays properly and or a driver update needs to be issued from Apple to address this issue.
After trying multiple things it would appear that there is only 1 work around as suggest from above (put the computer to sleep). However, to properly fix things we shouldn't have to utilize work arounds.
Important facts that lead me to this conclusion are:
1. Mac OS X 10.6.6 does detect displays properly with the 7300 with no problem.
2. The monitors and cables work properly with the 7300 card, and other systems. So they are not the issue.
3. After installing the ATI 5870 card that's when we I experienced the issues that didn't go away no matter what cable I used or where I plugged the monitors.
a. Thus a $100 cable or a $30 cable worked the same for this issue.
4. Reinstalling OS X 10.6.6 completely and wiping out everything including the display configuration had no bearing on any of this.
Therefore, it can only be two things by deduction:
1. The firmware of the card needs a revision to help support multiple displays.
and/or
2. The driver for the ATI 5870 needs a revision to correct multiple display support within the Operating System.
However, I can't see paying over $500 for a card and an adapter that doesn't work properly. If there is no hope that Apple or ATI is working on this issue with the ATI 5870 card, I have only one recourse and that is not to support this particular ATI product and take it back. I know I can always just keep putting my computer to sleep, but over $500 for a video card and an adapter that is riddled with bugs is way too much for me.
*I'm taking the card back and reinstalling the 7300 until a proper card can be produced or an update is issued to specifically correct multiple display support.*
*Thank you* everyone for your help, I really appreciate it. *+However, the users of the systems can only do so much without proper support from Apple and/or ATI on this issue.+*

Radeon 9200 PCI Mac Edition not working properly

I recently purchased a Radeon 9200 PCI mac edition for my G3 B&W on ebay but it doesn't seem to like my B&W. It displays fine but refuses to load the driver and makes OS 9.2.2 freeze upon booting. I already have the latest drivers for it (january 2005 update). I haven't seen any similar issue around the net. Here is my B&W specs:
It has a G4 400mhz from the Yikes! running at 450MHz with voltage tweak help and 3 additinal fans attached to the heatsink (which is also original from the Yikes!).
1GB RAM
80GB + 40GB HDs
2x Voodoo2 8mb cards running in SLI.
ADB Keyboard + Mouse
removing the Voodoo2 did not fix this. I currently use a Radeon 7000 64MB PC flashed to Mac which works out of the box and share the same drivers. I don't have OS X installed. Please help, I don't know what to do anymore.
LFTHFY,
Filipe

Try this driver update (again):
ATI OS9 RADEON Update.zip
If you have an older mac w/G4 CPU upgrade (beige G3 or older for instance), for years there's been reports of conflicts (boot hangs, etc.) with ATI OS 9.x extensions (graphics accelerator extension IIRC) and cache enablers. Renaming extensions (space or tilde first letter) to change load order may help. For OS 9.x users, install the 9200 OS 9 drivers before installing the card. Also there's been several problem reports from older macs w/PCI IDE cards or SCSI PCI cards and the 9200 PCI card,
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/graphics/mac_radeon_9200pci_tests.html

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