Graphic Card Upgrade - for a Mac Pro 2012

What Graphics Cards are good replacements for the stock Mac Pro 2012 card so I can install OS later than High Sierra?

Posted on Dec 2, 2020 10:27 AM

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Jan 23, 2021 5:55 PM in response to Steven Shmerler

Did you read thes &use the links therein?


  • GPU Upgrades
  • Dividing Up The GPU landscape
      • Summary of GPU options
      • OEM EFI Bootable Cards / Aftermarket EFI Bootable
      • Flashable to EFI compatible cards
  • Non-Mac-EFI Compatible GPUs
  • Complete Aftermarket GPUs List
  • Unsupported by Metal GPUs
  • Mac Pro 3.1s and AMD GPUs
  • NVidia GPU and Mac OS
      • The state of NVidia drivers
      • NVidia Webdriver Manual Installation
  • NVidia Driver Automatic Installation
  • Which card should I buy?
  • I want a GPU that has a boot screen and is Metal (Mojave 10.14+) compatible...
  • Installing a GPU
  • Installing a 2.5x height GPU (such as a Radeon 590x)
  • HDMI (and Display Port) Audio
  • Mixing and Matching GPUs
  • The Most Powerful GPU


List...

http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2018/05/07/definitive-mac-pro-upgrade-guide.html#efi-flashable


http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2018/05/07/definitive-mac-pro-upgrade-guide.html#aftermarket-gpus



Jan 23, 2021 4:26 PM in response to BDAqua

I've read thru this guide which is amazing but I didn't see recommendations for graphics cards for my Mac Pro 2012 5,1. I'm currently running High Sierra 10.13.6 which is the highest OS my Mac can use with the stock graphics card. I'm not a graphics designer and don't do any heavy lifting, I just want a card that will allow me to upgrade to higher OS's and have the Apple opening screen which I gather some do and some don't. Also does anyone know if you change your graphics card can you upgrade beyond Mojave? UP to Catalina and Big Sur?


So first I'd love to get some graphic card make/model and then an answer about how far can you upgrade (OS) after upgrading to a metal card? Thanks so much

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