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Upgrading graphic card on Mac Pro 5.1

What graphics card is best to upgrade Mac Pro 5.1 2012 for mohave


Mac Pro, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jan 30, 2020 7:49 AM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2020 9:11 AM

Depends. How much power?


Fastest slot-powered:

Without bootscreen: RX 560 (A 75W 14CU variant without a 6-pin connector by not-XFX)


Fastest single 6-pin:

With bootscreen: Quadro K5000 Mac Edition

Without bootscreen: Sapphire Pulse ITX single fan RX 570


Fastest 2x6-pin (or 1x8-pin)

With bootscreen: GTX 680 Mac Edition (or flashed) [Edit: The 7950 Mac Edition might be even faster]

Without bootscreen: RX 580 (excluding some 8+6 pin super clocked variants)


For reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208898

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Jan 30, 2020 9:11 AM in response to Babs40

Depends. How much power?


Fastest slot-powered:

Without bootscreen: RX 560 (A 75W 14CU variant without a 6-pin connector by not-XFX)


Fastest single 6-pin:

With bootscreen: Quadro K5000 Mac Edition

Without bootscreen: Sapphire Pulse ITX single fan RX 570


Fastest 2x6-pin (or 1x8-pin)

With bootscreen: GTX 680 Mac Edition (or flashed) [Edit: The 7950 Mac Edition might be even faster]

Without bootscreen: RX 580 (excluding some 8+6 pin super clocked variants)


For reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208898

Upgrading graphic card on Mac Pro 5.1

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