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Upgrade Video Card on Mac Pro.

Hello everyone! I want to upgrade video card on my Mac Pro 1.5 (Mid 2010) from ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 mb to more powerfull, so I can upgrade my OS system too. Which one is better to choose? I've read that some video card can crash my motherboard. I have an 2 x 3,46 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon.

Thank you!

Mac Pro, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jan 11, 2021 8:10 AM

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Apple's official recommendations: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208898


What are you looking for? Performance? Cost/performance value? Plug-and-play? Bootscreen support? Do you need any particular output: HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, MiniDisplayport?


Generally:

RX 570/580: Good general purpose new/newish card if you don't need a bootscreen.

Mac Edition Cards (HD 7950, GTX 680, Quadro K5000, etc): Good if you do need a bootscreen.

PC variants of Mac Edition Cards: Good if you able and willing to flash a vbios yourself.


Honorable Mention:

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

Posted on Jan 11, 2021 12:01 PM

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Jan 11, 2021 12:01 PM in response to VolnaStudio

Apple's official recommendations: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208898


What are you looking for? Performance? Cost/performance value? Plug-and-play? Bootscreen support? Do you need any particular output: HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, MiniDisplayport?


Generally:

RX 570/580: Good general purpose new/newish card if you don't need a bootscreen.

Mac Edition Cards (HD 7950, GTX 680, Quadro K5000, etc): Good if you do need a bootscreen.

PC variants of Mac Edition Cards: Good if you able and willing to flash a vbios yourself.


Honorable Mention:

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

Upgrade Video Card on Mac Pro.

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