ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

The ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT (Mac Edition) was a mid-range graphics card marketed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and released by Apple on January 8, 2008 as the entry-level option for the 2008 1st-generation Mac Pros. It is based on a GPU chipset originally developed by ATI Technologies (which was acquired by AMD).Apple Introduces New Mac Pro, Apple Inc. 2008-01-08.ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition: specs and benchmarks, Technical City. Accessed 2022-05-25. It was also sold separately and was backward compatible with the 2006 1st-generation Mac Pro.Mac Pro 1,1 With ATI Radeon 2600 XT with Mavericks by LightBulbFun, MacRumors Forums. 2016-12-05.
==Description==
The Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition is based on ATI's RV630 graphics chip that was fabricated by TSMC on the 65 nm process. The GPU clock speed was 700 MHz, which could be boosted to 800 MHz, producing up to 168.0 gigaflops. It contained 256 MB of GDDR3 video RAM. The card features two dual-link DVI ports capable of driving up to two digital displays at 2560 x 1600 pixels, such as the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display. With DVI to VGA Adapters, up to two analog (VGA) displays could be supported at up to 2048 x 1536 pixels. It took up the space of a single PCIe 1.0 x16 slot, and needed no additional power cables.ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition, TechPowerUp GPU Database. Accessed 2022-05-25. Though its peak performance was was below that of the preceding ATI Radeon X1900 XT, its power consumption was reduced to less than half.SHOOTOUT: GeForce 8800 GT versus three other GPUS for the "2008" Mac Pro by Rob Art Morgan, Bare Feats. 2008-02-14. Updated 2008-03-03.ATI HD 2600 XT Mac Edition vs ATI X1900 XT, Technical City. Accessed 2022-05-25.
===Support===
The Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac Edition requires a minimum of Mac OS X 10.5.2 (Leopard) or later. The Leopard Graphics Update is also recommended and a firmware update for the card was released on March 10, 2008ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Firmware Update, Apple Support. 2008-03-10. Some Mac Pros running Mac OS X 10.6.4 required a Snow Leopard Graphics Update for improved stability, which was incorporated into Mac OS X 10.6.5 and later.Snow Leopard Graphics Update, Ars Technica. 2010-08-10.Snow Leopard Graphics Update, Apple Support. 2010-08-16. Archived 2010-08-19.About the Mac OS X v10.6.5 Update, Apple Support. 2010-11-10. Archived 2010-11-14. The card was supported through macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra). However, it does not support Metal, and as a result will not work with macOS Mojave (10.14) or later.macOS High Sierra (10.13) Unsupported Macs Thread by jhowarth, MacRumors Forums. 2017-09-18.Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012), Apple Support. 2019-12-03.
==References==
==External links==
*ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Graphics Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro at Apple (archived 2008-05-02)
**ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Firmware Update at Apple Support (2008-03-10)
* at Wikipedia
Category:AMD products
Category:2008 introductions