Upgrade graphics card MacPro1,1

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Upgrade graphics card MacPro1,1

Where can I find compatible graphics cards for my MacPro that meets Final Cut Pro X system requirements? I remember looking up my system online at apple.com and it listed it long ago, but I can't find it anymore.

My system:

Model Name: Mac Pro

Model Identifier: MacPro1,1

Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon

Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz

Number Of Processors: 2

Total Number Of Cores: 4

L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB

Memory: 14 GB

Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jan 8, 2013 6:50 AM

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Answer 1

me100finn Author

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Jan 8, 2013 6:52 AM in response to me100finn

My current graphics:

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT:

Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Slot: Slot-1

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 32768 MB

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Answer 2

Johnb-one

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Jan 27, 2013 9:43 AM in response to me100finn

I think the ATI HD 5770 ought to work okay. I checked, I might be wrong, but it said this: Any mac with a PCI-Express slot and 10.6.4, so you probably will be okay

I have an nVidia GEforce 800GT, which is okay. Was hoping to get the 5770, but there was a huge boo-boo and it didn't happen :_(

JOhn B

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Answer 3

Jan 27, 2013 4:55 PM in response to Johnb-one

The Apple-firmware 5770 (about US$250) works in every model Mac Pro. Drivers were included in the version of 10.6.4 that shipped with certain Mac Pro models, and for every Mac Pro running 10.6.5 and later.

In models before the 2008 model, the 5770 runs slightly slower because of PCIe 1 slots. The extra cost of the 5870 (about US$450) is not really justified for these earlier models.

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Answer 4

Jan 27, 2013 4:57 PM in response to me100finn

Johnb-one is correct, the 5770 works just fine in the Mac Pro 1,1. Other than swapping dual-core for quad-core CPU's, I have your same machine and I am currently using the 5770.

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