After having disected the graphic driverss present in beta of Mac OS X 10.6.5, Netkas noted they contain the support of the compatibility of future Radeon HD 6000 awaited in a few months. Difficult to say if Apple will make use of it; this would be surprising since the models 5xxx have barely started to be supported under OS X. AMD in any case may have decided to release its drivers for Mac, since these same unreleased graphics cards are also supported by the latest Windows drivers.
To finish, we know from a capture posted on a Chinese forum a capture posted on a Chinese forum where they present a benchtest of Radeon HD6870.
If this is not a fake, this new card will be 40 to 60% faster than the current 5870. It remains to be seen the level of consumption and the noise generated.
