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AMD ATI 4870 Dual DVI, For All
Intel Apple Mac Pro Towers

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Sapphire 4870 for All Intel Mac Pro Towers
Old-Macs.com UPC Code: 610370480274
Replaces Apple Part Number Numbers 661-5010, 630-9854, MB999ZM/A
Single and Dual Link DVI ports, No S-Video or Analog/VGA Support, DVI-ONLY.
Dual Digital DVI-Ports with independent resolutions and refresh rates.
Supports Mirrored or Extended Desktops
PCIe PCI-E PCI-Express, 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 memory.
RV770 GPU / Speed 750MHz
Memory Speed 1800MHz (Effective Speed 3600MHz).
HDTV output over DVI
Maximum Single Link DVI Resolution 1920 x 1200 @ 60hz.
Supports 23-inch Apple Cinema Display.
Maximum Dual-Link DVI Resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60hz.
Supports 30-inch Apple Cinema Display.
Works in All Intel Mac Pros (Details at Bottom).
DOES NOT work in Late 2005 PCIe G5s
Minimum 1 Week Burn-In Tested In BOTH 4-Core 2.66GHz 1,1 & 8-Core 2.8GHz 3,1
Mac Pros With OS-X 10.5.8, 10.6.8, 10.7.5 AND Windows-XP
Supports OS X 10.6 -> (Partial 10.5.8 Support) with built in Extensions.
Core Image Hardware Acceleration & Quartz Extreme, OpenCL (10.6->), OpenGL 2.1
Windows (BootCamp) w Windows Drivers.
Includes TWO 11inch 18AWG PCIePwr6P18G Mac Pro 6Pin PCIe Power Cables
Included Cables Upgradable to 14inch 18AWG PCIePwr6P18GL for $2.50 (Button Below).


Cards are Used and will have minor nicks, scratches, scuffs etc. but over all are in fairly nice shape.

After Cleaning the cards and testing in windows for a day, the cards are then Re-Programmed with Mac Compatible Firmware. This firmware has the Mac-Pro EFI code added in front of the standard PC BIOS for the stock speed version of these cards. This Firmware runs the card at 750MHz/GPU and 1800MHz/VRAM.

Since the typical Wintel Bios oriented MotherBoard simply Ignores the Mac-Pro EFI code in the firmware, the cards will boot normally to Windows in these types of PCs. The cards will also boot into Windows in a Mac-Pro, as well as booting into OSX 10.5.8 and up, in all Mac Pros.

After Conversion to Mac, the Cards are Burn-In Tested for Minimum of 8 days, 1 day each in BOTH a 1,1 and a 3,1 Mac Pro with Windows-XP OS using ATITool FurMark Playing VLC Videos etc.. then in each in both type machines running OSX for 1 day with each OS 10.5.8, 10.6.8 and 10.7.4 with GLView, SmallUX GPU OpenCL tests (10.6.8 and 10.7.2 only), DVD player, VLC, and Unreal Bots Doing Endless Death-Match.

NOTE: in 10.5.8, ONLY ONE Port will work. Does not seem to matter which you choose, but if you hook monitors to both Ports, then machines will usually hang at point where the GUI/Window-Server loads.

NOTE: in 10.7.2, there's some kind of bug that kernel panics when quitting LuxMark 1.0 (tho no problems when the program is running); This problem seems to be fixed in 64bit LuxMark 2.0 for OSX, but Prog will crash if trying the None Simple Mirror Ball Scene. Oddly enough the APPLE 5770 card acts the same way.

THESE CARDS DO NOT SUPPORT VGA/ANALOG
They Output VGA/Analog UNTIL The WindowServer/Desktop Loads, then they output Digital Only! NOT FOR USE WITH VGA Monitors!


DO NOT USE THIS CARD WITHOUT INSTALLING BOTH POWER CABLES!
These cards need Lots of Power, You MUST remember to connect BOTH of the Mini-PCIe to PCIe power cable(s) between the motherboard and the card. Apple made a PDF file on how to do this for the Ati X1900 Cards which i've renamed MacPro_PCIe_Power.pdf. and it can be found in the utilities and info area. Failure to hook up BOTH of the PCIe power cables may damage the video card, and possibly even hurt your Mac as the card may try and draw the needed power thru the PCIe slot, which isn't built to deliver that kinda of power.



All Items are shipped via the US Postal Service. The Mail Carrier stops by Week Day Mornings (Not Sundays/Holidays), so I can just leave things downstairs for Daily Pickup. The post office only insures Items (NOT including the postage). This results in them effectively Being Paid to loose/damage an item. Since it seems terribly unethical/unfair that they should be paid for loosing/damaging an item, insured items are "Marked-Up" enough to cover the postage fees, so that if they do Loose/Smash something, it is insured for the Full Amount.

For USPS Shipping US Military Bases & Protectorates, Guam, Puerto-Rico, American Samoa, Micronesia, Palau and (US Virgin, Marshal & Northern Mariana Islands) are All Considered Part Of the US.

Given all the time spent pre-testing video cards in Windows, converting them to Mac, and then extensively testing in Macs, it seems counter productive to pack cards poorly so they're easily damaged in shipping. The cards are put in anti-static bags, wrapped in bubblewrap, then placed in a CardBoard and Rigid Foam Sleeve inside a 12in Long x 8in Wide x (5 or 6 inch Tall; depending on card) outer box that's reinforced with rigid foam, so it 's hard to crush. This uses about $3 in materials, and takes around 25 minutes to pack a card. Priority Mail w Delivery Confirmation, Insurance and packing materials is about $15-16. This may seem like overkill, but it greatly decreases the chances of you getting a damaged card, which would not only be frustrating for you, but a complete waste of all the time i put into making sure you got a rock solid Mac video card.

PayPal Addresses & BUGs

PayPal, Payments are ONLY Accepted if transaction is fully eligible for Seller Protection. This SHOULD mean the Buyers shipping address must be PayPal CONFIRMED. HOWEVER a Recent PayPal Bug/Error has been making it so many payments made with Cash-In/Credit-Card Linked-To PayPal Account show-up as "Not Eligible" for Seller Protection. If payment Cred-Card based it MAY show up properly, and if Bank-Account based it USUALLY shows up properly. A way around This-Bug is to Select that you DO NOT HAVE a PayPal account at checkout, then you MUST give them a Credit-Card and an email address that ARE NOT associated with Your PayPal account. AND the shipping address you provide MUST match the billing address on the credit card. If either (email or cred card) is associated with a PayPal account they will refuse to process the transaction saying you must login to your PayPal Account. If you login to paypal, they will then process the payment sending me an email that says the transaction is "Not Eligible" for seller protection.

I Do Not Sell or Ship in Washington State, and don't want to process refunds when folks from Washington place orders. People often Have/Leave Old/Out-of-Date/Incorrect Shipping Info in PayPal, which causes problems when things get Lost in the Mail. Sometimes People from other countries use Friends/Relatives address in the US so they have PayPal Confirmed shipping info. Standard PayPal settings can't deal with any of these things. Because of this, ALL Payments are put on Hold/Review, so I can Verify that Buyers are NOT in Washington, The shipping info is Good/Current, and hopefully avoid any other problems/issues/questions by communicating BEFORE Accepting Payment.

I would like to put a contact link in here, but don't want the spam-bots getting info off web pages, and flooding my in-box with garbage. So You'll have to do a bit of cut/paste, sorry for the trouble. Name is christian_g then there is that little round symbol with the "a" inside, and provider is fastmail. net (remove the space before net).



$129.00
Sapphire 4870 512MB

$149.00
Sapphire 4870 1GB

$2.50
Upgrade Power Cables
From 11 to 14 inches

INCLUDES Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation and Insurance (Canada Adds $17-23; depending on insurance).
(Canadian Buyers Please eMail Me for shipping quote on Sub Close-To $100 Items.)
(Shipping with tracking to Canada is about $33-$35 minus any "Included" US-Shipping)

PLEASE DO NOT Click Buy-Now if You are in WA; I DO NOT Sell or Ship Within Washington State.

I'm REALLY busy working on the items I sell. I do the most thorough testing and best packing reasonably possible to make sure You get a great product. Taking time from what's important to the end result, in order to work as an unpaid Tax Collector seems counter-productive. Don't get me wrong, I can't think of anyplace I would rather live, but spending time working on the actual business seems more reasonable than spending it filling out complicated forms. With this in mind, I WILL-NOT sell or ship anything in Washington. The paperwork is much less time consuming if it's mostly a bunch of zeros.

Detailed Compatibilty Info Below

These ATI / AMD PCIe PCI-E PCI-Express Video Cards are Compatible with the Following Mac Pro Machines:
EFI32 Mac Pro Towers: (1st Gen, 1st Generation, First Gen, First Generation)
2006 Order Number MA356LL/A Model Number A1186 Quad-Core 2GHz 2 GHz 2.66GHz 2.66 GHz 3GHz 3.0 GHz Model Identifier MacPro1,1 Model Identifier 1,1 with TWO Intel Xeon 5100 Woodcrest Dual-Core CPU
2007 Model Number A1186 8-Core 3GHz 3.0GHz 3 GHz Model Identifier MacPro2,1 Model Identifier 2,1 with TWO Intel Xeon 5300 Clovertown Quad-Core CPUs)
EFI64 Mac Pro Towers: (2nd Gen, 2nd Generation, Second Gen, Second Generation)
2008 Order Number MA970LL/A Model Number A1186 Quad-Core/8-Core 2.8GHz 2.8 GHz Model Identifier MacPro3,1 3,1 with Intel Xeon 5400 Harpertown One OR Two Quad-Core CPU/CPUs)
Early 2009 Order Number MB871LL/A Order Number MB535LL/A Quad-Core or 8-Core 2.66GHz 2.93GHz 3.3GHz Model Identifier MacPro4,1 Model Identifier 4,1 using 4-Cores Per Processor Intel Xeon 3500 / 5500 Bloomfield CPUs OR Intel Xeon 5500 Gainestown CPUs with Speeds of 2.66 GHz, 2.93 GHz, 3.3 GHz)
Mid 2010 Quad-Core 8-Core and 12-Core machines, Order Number MC250LL/A Order Number MC561LL/A Model Number A1289 2.66GHz 2.8GHz 2.93GHz 3.2GHz 3.33GHz Model Identifier MacPro5,1 Model Identifier 5,1 using 4-Cores Per Processor OR 6-Cores Per Processor Intel Xeon W3530, W3565, W3680, E5620, X5650, X5670 Bloomfield, Westmere, Gulftown CPUs with Speeds of 2.66 GHz, 2.93 GHz, 2.8 GHz, 2.93 GHz, 3.2 GHz, 3.3 GHz)