NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 for MAC
This is the New Video card made by NVIDIA, the GeForce GTX 285 for Mac which is rumored to be released on June.
The company does say that, unlike some cards converted for the Mac, the GTX 285 will have the same performance as its Windows counterpart. In its existing form, it’s NVIDIA’s fastest single-processor graphics chipset and has a whopping 240 visual effects cores that let it process more tasks at once. By comparison, the GeForce GT 120 that comes standard with the Mac Pro has just 32 cores, and even the $1,800 Quadro FX 4800 has just 192. It also has 1GB of video memory and supports all of NVIDIA’s general-purpose processing features, including CUDA and (eventually) OpenCL.[appleinsider]
The GTX 285 is currently NVIDIA’s fastest single-processor GPU, giving 240 processing cores and 1 GB of video memory. AnandTech recently made review to the PC version of the GTX 285 and found that it consistently outperformed the ATI Radeon HD 4870, whose Mac counterpart is currently available as an upgrade for the Mac Pro.
NVIDIA just last week announced the upcoming Quadro FX 4800, offering a professional-level graphics card option for Mac Pro users at a price point of $1799. The GTX 285, however, should provide a significant performance boost over the current standard-level offerings for the Mac Pro at a price point closer to $400.
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