Nvidia Geforce Gtx 285 For Mac



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EVGA quietly slipped in the GeForce GTX 285 Mac Edition graphics card, which is its fastest offering to Mac users. The card uses a standard PCI-Express interface available with Intel x86 based Mac Pro workstations, and provides all the features of NVIDIA's fastest GPU. It is technically identical to its base-model PC counterpart, using a reference design for the PCB and cooler, reference clock speeds of 648/1476/2484 MHz (core/shader/memory), and 1 GB of GDDR3 memory across a 512-bit interface. It bundles the necessary power dongles, and packs system software for Mac. Two dual-link DVI connectors support two Apple Cinema displays with resolutions of 2560 x 1600 each. The OpenGL 3.0 acceleration backs the advanced drawing features of Adobe CS4 applications. EVGA is pricing this at US $449.99, a notch higher than the GTX 285 2 GB FTW accelerator for PC.

Model Clocks Memory; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 480 Unified Cores: 576 / 999 MHz 1.75 GB GDDR3: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 240 Unified Cores: 648 / 1242 MHz 1 GB GDDR3. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 for Mac Graphics Processing Unit is aimed at desktop market. The GPU is produced on 55 nm manufacturing process, and features 2nd Generation Unified Shader architecture. The card sports 648 MHz graphics and 1.476 GHz processor clock speeds. Furthermore, it has 240 CUDA cores, 32 ROPs, and 80 texture units. Tech — Review: NVIDIA GTX 285 on an 8-core Mac Pro Is NVIDIA's GTX 285 a capable high-end GPU for professional 3D rendering on Dave Girard - Jul 20, 2009 4:27 am UTC. FYI - Here's some comment from Nvidia in a post in their CUDA forums regarding the GTX 285's agressive power savings in OS X (currently) from a user and a reply from Nvidia: 'My Mac 285 arrived and is installed in an 08 Mac Pro next to a PC 285 that uses a post boot injector. The Mac 285 is great, but doing one very odd thing. EVGA GTX 285 Mac Edition EVGA is proud to announce the highest performing graphics card for the Mac today; the EVGA GTX 285 Mac Edition! With 1GB of DDR3 memory and 240 processing cores, your performance is maximized with graphics-intensive applications like 3D gaming, motion graphics, 3D modeling, rendering and animation.

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it looks nice but all eVGA cards are great looking

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PART ONE: EVGA GeForce GTX 680
'Mac Edition'
versus Past and Present Mac GPUs

Posted Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 by rob-ART morgan, mad scientist
April 17th updated comments on multiple displays (see #2 in insights)

Things are getting exciting for owners of 2008 - 2012 Mac Pros. Yet another graphics processor upgrade is shipping: the EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition. Let's see how it compares to other Mac Pro GPUs past and present.

GRAPH LEGEND
GTX 680 Mac = EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition (2G VRAM)
QK5000 = NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac (4G VRAM)
Quadro 4000 = NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac (2G VRAM)
GTX 285 = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 for Mac (1G VRAM)
GT 120 = NVIDIA GT 120 GPU (512M VRAM)
Radeon 7950 = Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950 GPU (3G VRAM)
Radeon 5870 = AMD Radeon HD 5870 GPU (1G VRAM)
Radeon 5770 = AMD Radeon HD 5770 GPU (1G VRAM)
Radeon 4870 = AMD Radeon HD 4870 GPU (512 VRAM)
GTX680MX = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX (iMac 2012; 2G VRAM)

All Mac Pro GPUs above were in a in a 'Mid 2010' Mac Pro 3.33GHz Hex-Core. The GeForce GTX 680MX is the only exception -- embedded in the 'Late 2012' (27') iMac 3.4GHz Core i7. Both Macs were running OS X 10.8.3.

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm-- In the Rat Lab, the various mutations are complete. Settings are 2560x1440 Fullscreen, Ultra and Extreme, vSync OFF, no AA. (LONGEST bar indicates FASTEST in frames per second.)

Diablo III-- 'Evil is in its prime.' Our lonely traveler is on the path to adventure stopping occasionally to kill a few zombies. Settings are 2560x1440 Fullscreen, vSync OFF, Best Quality, Anti Aliasing enabled. (LONGEST bar indicates FASTEST in frames per second.)

Civilization Vis now on Steam. By entering '-LeaderBenchmark' in the Properties > Set Launch Options, it runs through multiple animated sequences of the various World Leaders. Though it does not simulate real game play, it is GPU intensive. Resolution was 2560x1440 with FullScreen ON. Quality settings were on 'Medium' with one exception -- Texture Quality was set to 'High.' vSync and High Detail Strategic View were both OFF. (LONGER bar indicates FASTEST in frames per second.)

X-Plane-32bit - Our Phantom Jet Fighter takes off over the ocean during a thunderstorm. Best settings at 2560x1440. (LONGER bar means FASTER average frames per second)

Unigine's Heaven Benchmark 4.0 is an OpenGL 'real world' benchmark that flies through 26 scenes of a village, a ship, and floating islands applying advanced ambient occlusion, volumetric clouds, and various lighting conditions with refraction. We used Extreme preset for our testing which specifies 1600x900 windowed resolution with 8x Anti-aliasing, Ultra Quality for Shaders and Textures, with Occlusion, Refraction, and Volumetric Shadows enabled. (LONGER means bar means FASTER AVERAGE frames per second.)

Unigine's Valley'flies' through forest-covered valley surrounded by vast mountains. It's a bird’s-eye view of 64 million meters of extremely detailed terrain down to every leaf and flower petal. It features advanced visual technologies: dynamic sky, volumetric clouds, sun shafts, DOF, ambient occlusion. (It is cross platform. For Windows users it is a test of DirectX.) We used Extreme preset: 1600x900 windowed resolution with 8x Anti-aliasing, Ultra Quality for Shaders and Textures, and with Occlusion, Refraction, and Volumetric Shadows enabled. (LONGER means bar means FASTER AVERAGE frames per second.)

INSIGHTS and INFO
1. The
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition is the clear winner in the tests featured on this page.

2. The specs show the GTX 680 supporting up to four displays. I've observed Aperture grabbing over 1G of video memory (VRAM) while removing noise from 50 raw images. With only 2G of VRAM, does the GeForce GTX 680 have enough to support the four displays if multiples such pro apps are running? Turns out that the displays themselves only consume about 45MB each. The majority of VRAM is consumed by the apps themselves. One way to track the total consumption of available VRAM during your workflow is with an Apple Developer app called OpenGL Driver Monitor (see Current Free Video Memory parameter).

3. According to EVGA's spec sheet, it is compatible with Mac Pro 'early 2008' or later running OS X 10.8.3 (aka MacPro 3,1 or later). Just as with the Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce GTX 285, it requires two 6-pin PCIe Power feeds. You may have the correct power cables already but a 'fresh' pair is included in the kit along with one DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort adapter and one DVI to VGA adapter.

CHECK OUT PART TWO...
... where we benchmark using Pro Apps like Cinema 4D, Motion, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects (Ray-traced 3D), and Octane Render.

And Part Three where it goes up against 'alternative' GPUs like the GeForce GTX 580 Classified and GeForce GTX 690.

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WHERE TO BUY THE EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition:

  • Order Direct from EVGA
  • Other World Computing (MacSales.com)
  • Trans International (TransIntl.com)
  • NewEgg.com(NOTE: one buyer posted on NewEgg.com that the GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition is not compatible with After Effects CS6. That's incorrect. As with any new CUDA GPU, you must add it to the whitelist of 'ray-traced_enabled_cards' using the 'sudo nano' Terminal command. For full procedure, contact us.)
  • The Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition is available from OWC and Amazon.
  • The Radeon HD 5870 is available from OWC and Apple Store USA.
  • The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac is available from OWC and Amazon.
  • The NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac is avaiable from OWC and Apple Store USA.

WHERE TO BUY NEW APPLE PRODUCTS
USA readers can help us earn a commission by using this Apple Store USA link or by clicking on any Apple display ad. For GPUs, click the left side bar option for 'For Mac > Displays & Graphics' to find the GPU kits available. Or if you are buying a new Mac Pro, you will find options when you configure your order. For UK readers, visit Apple Store UK.

WHERE TO BUY FACTORY REFURBISHED Mac Pros and models of Mac
Apple Store USA has refurbished Macs with 12 month warranty that can be extended to 36 months with AppleCare. Pay attention to the GPU it comes with.

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Order your copy of Adobe Creative Suite (or any portion thereof) direct from Adobe USA. Or click these links to Adobe France, Adobe Germany, Adobe Sweden, or Adobe UK. (Clicking our links helps us earn a commission.)

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