Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
From: Delaware, USA
Quote:
Andreas_Wolf wrote:
> Were we to received PowerMac 11,2 support we'd be able to support everything
> up to the GCN Gen1 cards
Why not GCN2 or newer?
Until I hear from someone that has a Gen2 or higher card working in a G5 I can't say, but I don't see why it should not be possible.
I find the whole driver support situation frustrating in that the majority of the new drivers Mark is finalizing won't work with almost all of our supported systems.
No word yet as to whether the R600 AGP models will be supported, but an HD3850/70 or 4650/70 would be pretty cool in a G4 or G5.
AND, a 6870 would be really cool in an 11,2.
But...if I can't have that, I will eventually be able to use that card in an X5000 (and possibly a GCN card eventually).
SO, if anyone questions my reasoning for supporting this platform, it's for the expansion capabilities.
"Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
