Given the ATI spec on the 5870, it doesn’t make sense to me when you need two of these. In that article it states that to connect three monitors with DVI, you had to use two of Apple’s Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapters (part number MB571Z/A). This was the first indication from Apple that if you used DVI monitors, you were in for a few surprises.
#Specs for the 2010 mac pro pro
Sure, Macs don’t use the PC Catalyst drivers, but this seemed like the 5870 should be able to display on three monitors without much headache.Īfter my Mac Pro was shipped, Apple posted a support article to their website that talked about supported display configurations of the new Mac Pro video cards. If you read ATI’s specs on the 5870, it says (in a caveat at the bottom of the page):ĭriver version 8.66 (Catalyst 9.10) or above is required to support ATI Eyefinity technology and to enable a third display you require one panel with a DisplayPort connector After spending several days working on this and an hour on the phone with two levels of tech support at AppleCare, I’ve learned the whole story (well, most of it). The Mac Pro’s 5870 can display on three monitors, but that’s not all the story. This led me (and many others) to believe that connecting three displays was as simple as plugging them in. Connecting more than three displays requires installation of two ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics cards. In a caveat at the bottom of the page, it says:Ģ. If you look at the current 2010 Mac Pro specs, it says that with either one ATI 5770 or one ATI 5870 the Mac Pro can drive three monitors. Just because you can buy Apple adapters to connect three monitors to your 5770 or 5870 doesn’t mean they’ll all work. Be careful though, there are some caveats that Apple doesn’t tell you about before you order your $2,500 to $17,000 new computer. The 2010 Mac Pro is a nice bump in CPU performance and also has some great new graphics specs.
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