ATI Radeon HD 5770 in MacPro 1,1

More questions and confusion are the result of murky misleading uninformed and poorly worded "hardware requirements" and is why I always use the "take all that Apple marketing talk with the proverbial 'grain of salt.'"

Thought I'd chime in with some news;

1. 5770 arrived today, (MC742ZM/A). Popped it in slot 1 with 6 pin pwr cable and no issues. Started up as if no changes had been made, (still see the grey boot screen and everything I expect to see). The card makes very little noise.

2. My Expansion slot Utility is set up thus -

3. I am running 10.7.2 11C74 Server. Mac Pro 1,1 with 4GB RAM and an Alu 30 via DVI.

4. Splinter Cell Conviction now runs.

5. Life is good.

You seem to have plugged the biggest rat-holes with more RAM and an SSD -- do you have TRIM enabled with a third-party Utility such as TRIM Enabler?

Are you using Ethernet or WiFi? If WiFi, what does you display of Option click on the MenuBar icon look like?

What are you using for PHY mode?

What Channel is being used?

What value for raw signal strength RSSI?

What Transmit Rate?

And how many other Networks can you see?

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My nVidia 7300 GT has died. I want replace it with an HD 5770. But I'm still running 10.4.11. I don't mind upgrading to Snow Leopard. But since my computer won't boot up, I can't install Snow Leopard before installing the new card. Does anybody know if the card will work at all with 10.4.11? Perhaps with limited resolutions or something, but enough to allow me to boot up and then install Snow Leopard? (As it is now, the computer will not boot up at all, even off of a DVD or from an external hard drive, although it will boot up in safe mode. Others have reported the same issue and attributed it to the video card. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2801529?start=0&tstart=0 )

G'day ahx8,

After I install the board and start up I get the warning and it gives me the option to configure the PCI slots (select a different profile) but I'm not sure which profile to use. I am using the bottom slot and am not using any other slots.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2838

Hello CRboy27. So, do you actually own a Mac Pro 1,1 (2006) and installed an ATI RADEON HD5770 like the one are selling in apple store http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC742ZM/A/ati-radeon-hd-5770-graphics-upgrade- kit-for-mac-pro-%28mid-2010%29and this is working OK for you? I have one Mac Pro 1,1, the original video card got broken and need to buy a new one. This HD5770 is going to work to me? However, I understand that you kept the originally shipped NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, so you are running both cards in your machine.

Bringing this up to the talking, it is possible that just using the 5770 is not going to be enough to me, and my computer won't run, don't you think? I will appreciate your advice.

Thanks in advance

Hi all, very informative thread, many thanks for all the contributions.

My reason for posting:

I'm running the 5770 on 1.1 MacPro,10.7.5 for around 6 months, purchased from apple store. Easy install and I've not had any direct issues from this new card. Runs 2 x 23" LG HD Monitors.

The issue I've had which may or may not be related to the card is stuttery video streaming on various sites(youtube,facebook, vimeo etc) The streaming is done via Firefox latest release and I've had the issue on previous versions of Firefox since the install of the card.

Has anyone had this issue at all with their 5770?

If not, can anyone point me in the direction of a fix to this issue, I'm just ruling out the 5770 for now as it may be something else which is completly unknown to me at the moment.

Thanks all, hope your are well wherever you are 😁

Edit: I found this page on apple site - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2848 I contradicts what apple shop said when I purchased this card, it seems it is now no longer the correct card!? Confused...

You may have issues playing back COPY PROTECTED video, such as DVDs, using this card according to this article:

Mac Pro: Using ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card with Mac Pro released before 2010

Other than that issue, the graphics card itself is never the source of such problems.

Perfomance problems that could produce stuttering include using a slow WiFi connection, problems on your Hard drive, or simply not enough RAM to do everything you are trying to do at once.

Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used

How much of the Pie is Green?

How much is Green + Blue?

How many PageOuts?

You did see the bit where it states?;

Compatibility:

• Requires Mac Pro (Mid 2010) with PCI Express 2.0 slot
• Mac OS X v10.6.4 or later

Of course, operation is not guaranteed with any other and the old saying, your mileage may vary applies here.