Perhaps nobody wants to see a new Mac Pro series of computers released at Apple WWDC 2013 in June than many of Architosh’s pro readers who are craving performance increases for CAD and 3D content development applications. While we recently reviewed the excellent AMD Sapphire HD 7950 for Mac Edition GPU card–which can support itself just fine in Mac Pros as old as 3 comma 1 (3,1) machines–all eyes will be on Apple in June to see what kinds of new muscle may emerge for its aging workstation (Mac Pro) line.
A Titan is Spotted
The good folks at MacNN have reported today that drivers for the Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan have been spotted in the latest Mac OS X 10.8.4 beta build. This latest OS X build is thought to be on the fast-track ahead of the upcoming Worldwide Developer’s Conference next month, signaling several possibilities, including a quicker than expected new version of Mac OS X (10.9).
01 – Nvidia’s GeForce GTX Titan is the world’s fastest single GPU graphics card and drivers for OS X have been spotted in the upcoming OS X 10.8.4 build currently in beta. This generally signals that the card will be available for Mac Pros, possibly new models soon.
While this latest test beta (version 12E55) includes drivers for GeForce GTX Titan, it is possible that they may not appear in the final release. That simply means that even if OS X 10.8.4 ships around the June time frame it may be that new Mac Pros will not arrive until early Fall. To learn a bit about the Titan now go here.
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Evidence of New Mac Pros at WWDC: Titan drivers in latest OS X builds | Architosh http://t.co/uR2BfDNZz8
To add a bit more analysis to this post. When the Sapphire Radeon card appeared on the horizon, its drivers made it into version 10.8.3 quickly. When we told AMD that we didn’t even need to use the CD-ROM to install the drivers for this brand new card because the system reported they were already there, they said getting the drivers into the OS early once they are done is very important because it simplifies the chore of maintaining drivers for an OS. Because of the added abstraction of graphics on OS X, driver rollout to multiple Macs is already simplified to begin with.
So, the presence of drivers, signals that the GTX Titan is essentially very close to being ready to go for market. While this card may be interesting for older machines too, we think this particular card is special–after all there is already the newish Nvidia-based EVGA GTX 680–which is very powerful.
To add a bit more analysis to this post. When the Sapphire Radeon card appeared on the horizon, its drivers made it into version 10.8.3 quickly. When we told AMD that we didn’t even need to use the CD-ROM to install the drivers for this brand new card because the system reported they were already there, they said getting the drivers into the OS early once they are done is very important because it simplifies the chore of maintaining drivers for an OS. Because of the added abstraction of graphics on OS X, driver rollout to multiple Macs is already simplified to begin with.
So, the presence of drivers, signals that the GTX Titan is essentially very close to being ready to go for market. While this card may be interesting for older machines too, we think this particular card is special–after all there is already the newish Nvidia-based EVGA GTX 680–which is very powerful.
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