dwinnbrown

Q: Will mavericks support a gt 610 1gb

So i have a Mac Pro and it's gpu failed recently. Will a gt 610 work out of the box with 10.9? I know about the lack of boot screen and that doesn't bother me much as this is only temporary. I just need to know if I will be able to use my mac.

Thanks

Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Jan 5, 2014 6:13 AM

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Q: Will mavericks support a gt 610 1gb

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  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Jan 5, 2014 9:25 AM in response to dwinnbrown
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    Jan 5, 2014 9:25 AM in response to dwinnbrown

    RE: Mac Pro Replacement Graphics cards

     

    1) Apple brand cards,

    2) "sold in the Apple store" cards, and

    3) "Mac Edition" cards ...

     

    ... show all the screens, including Boot up screens, Safe Mode, Installer, Recovery, debug screens, and Alt/Option boot screens. At this writing, these choices include:

     

    1) Apple brand cards:

    • Apple-firmware 5770, about US$250** works near full speed in every model Mac Pro, Drivers in 10.6.5

    • Apple-firmware 5870, about US$450

     

    2) "sold in the Apple store" cards

    • NVIDIA Quadro 4000, about US$1200

    • NVIDIA Quadro 5000, about US$2500

     

    3) "Mac Edition" cards -- REQUIRE 10.8.3 or later:

    • SAPPHIRE HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 MAC Edition, about US$480** Vendor recommends Mac Pro 4,1

    • EVGA GTX 680 Mac Edition, about US$600

     

    The cards above require no more than the provided two 6-pin aux power connectors provided in the Mac Pro through 2012 model. Aux cables may not be provided for third-party cards, but are readily available.

     

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    If you are Meet ALL of these:

    • running 10.8.3 or later AND

    • don't care about "no boot screens" etc AND

    • can re-wire or otherwise "work out" the power cabling, THEN:

     

    You can use many more cards, even most "PC-only cards"

     

    .

  • by dwinnbrown,

    dwinnbrown dwinnbrown Jan 5, 2014 9:28 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
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    Jan 5, 2014 9:28 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

    Thanks. So is the gt 610 one of these many more PC Cards?

    Thanks

  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Jan 5, 2014 9:39 AM in response to dwinnbrown
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    Jan 5, 2014 9:39 AM in response to dwinnbrown

    Yes.

     

    So the important part of the "boiler-plate" above is the last three items.

     

    If you are Meet ALL of these:

    • running 10.8.3 or later AND

    • don't care about "no boot screens" etc AND

    • can re-wire or otherwise "work out" the power cabling, THEN:

     

    You can use many more cards, even most "PC-only cards"

     

    >> for that card, I don't see any OpenCL support. I don't see that it requires any aux cables. That card is certainly cheap, but you get no boot screens.

  • by dwinnbrown,

    dwinnbrown dwinnbrown Jan 5, 2014 9:34 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder
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    Jan 5, 2014 9:34 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

    Ah I see now. Thanks. I think I will order one and then if it doesn't work I can always take it back.