![]() ![]() (Why I know this: I'm busy myself lately, spec'ing out a three-monitor Mac Pro for a new office in my new home, and wondering if I should hold out for the 2012 Mac Pro replacement that may or may not ever arrive. One of many possible easy examples, the Mac version of the NVIDIA 8800GT, while not exactly a modern barnburner itself, seems to check in at between 3-4x the performance of your 2600s, depending on the benchmark you read. You can also flash-hack PC ROMs into Mac ROMs, sometimes and maybe and at your own risk. Most vendors make two versions, and the Mac one is usually hidden in the back somewhere with a $50 premium price on top, just because. The 2600XT was not a fast or great card even when it was modern, so yes there are most certainly many better options.Īlso note that you are most certainly not bound to Apple offerings or those available from the Apple stores, but when considering modern Radeons or GeForces, do be sure you're looking at the versions with Mac compatible ROMs. ![]() Built on the 65 nm process, and based on the RV630 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 10.0. I don't think the video card will help you much in transcoding, but as Sphinx says, that 2600 is really a stinker. The Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition was a graphics card by ATI, launched on February 21st, 2008. ![]()
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