MacRumors is reporting on a find by “tonymacx86” who has found support for several AMD graphics cards that are not currently shipped in any of Apple’s products. Specifically, this clue was found in the version of 10.6.7 that was aimed at (it had several additional bug fixes) for the new 2011 MacBook Pros.
The obvious implication, is that Apple plans to include AMD GPUs in future Mac products. For what it’s worth, here are the GPUs that have been found:
ATI Radeon HD 5630 Device ID 0x68D8
ATI Radeon HD 5630 Device ID 0x68D9
ATI Radeon HD 5670 Device ID 0x68D8
ATI Radeon HD 5730 Device ID 0x68D8
ATI Radeon HD 5770 Device ID 0x68B8
ATI Radeon HD 5850 Device ID 0x6899
ATI Radeon HD 5870 Device ID 0x6898AMD Radeon HD 6850 Device ID 0x6739
AMD Radeon HD 6870 Device ID 0x6738
AMD Radeon HD 6970 Device ID 0x6718
It looks like Apple has plans for some beefy new graphics chips in the future.
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