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Hello I have a Mac Pro from 2008 can I install the latest Radeon graphics card on it as it supports it pci express?
I think the question about Catalina is great because it is on an apple branded computer not a non apple branded one which is what apple licensing agreement says. I didn’t know that asking a question about a product i legitly bought in 2008 is also considered a hack now I know thank you.
Oh wow I really didn’t know this was considered a hack if you were to install a newer macOS on an old apple branded computer which apple licensing agreement says you can not install macOS on a non apple branded computer which i now I know apple is in charge of the American governmental laws and thus can create new laws and stuff so people won’t break them and have to keep buying new computers every year because apple is above the law and is able to create new policies beyond what’s said Or the amendment. I totally get it now it’s not legal at all Even if it’s being said upon apple agreement because they are in charge of the law.
thanks guys,
I have to be careful on the questions because I didn’t know it was a bad thing to ask then to be called a hack.
You can certainly insert it in your mac, but you will need to check to see if it can run in Mac OS X El Capitan,
or whichever older OS you are running on your Mac Pro.
Which Radeon card are you thinking of using.
I did not know that’s this is a “hack” of asking if it’s legal to install Catalina on an old Mac. Okay now I guess I know that rx570 will not be supported thanks.
Nothing too crazy near I am thinking about a Radeon rx 570 , also I would like to know If it is legal to install the latest Mac Catalina on an older Mac Pro 2008 as it is unsupported if isn’t ill just upgrade my graphics card.
It's is not a hack to ask, the hack is installing an OS on an unsupported mac.
We are not allowed to discuss hacking the OS or mac, you would
need to read the EULA for the macOS to see if it is legal or not.
Drivers for that card first appeared in MacOS Sierra 10.12.6. It does not appear to be flashable, so you get no boot-up screens: no startup manager, no recovery, no diagnostics, no Installer, no Safe mode, and no picture at all until the login screen appears after the driver has loaded.
There are better choices.
Your Mac is limited to 10.11 El Capitan, unless you use some hobbyist hacks to push it farther. Since these have a some potential for damaging your computer or yourself, we can not provide details here.
YOU did not get scolded for asking the question -- ask away.
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That information is readily available on the internet, but we cannot post direct links to it, or they will be removed.
Also the RX 400/500 series cards require SSE4.2 CPU instruction support. Even if you did hack an OS upgrade those drivers would still crash because the 2008 Mac Pro CPU is too old.
The Radeon HD 7950 is the newest radeon card that will work. The Mac Edition variants works with bootscreen, generic PC cards work without a bootscreen.
Not allowed to discuss unsupported 'hacks' here. It is in the T&C's.
I think the RX 570 will not be detected by Mac OS X El Capitan.
You may have to find the answers you seek elsewhere.
I also didn’t know that apple as a tech company was considered the Executive government that create official laws by the American government. Now I suppose I do.
Now you are just rambling.
Hello I have a Mac pro from 2008 can I install the latest Radeon graphics card on it ?
