Update for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB for MacPro3.1 primo 2008?

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Update for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB for MacPro3.1 primo 2008?

Has there been an update for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB for MacPro3.1 primo 2008?

I have had the MacPro restarts due to internal problems and the fault report going to Apple shows it is the N NVIDIA GeForce GTX creates the problems.

I am running Apple products like Aperture 3.5.1 iTunes 11 etc…

Besides the cresting the overall performance is SLOW

My MacPro:

Running OS X 10.9.1. on the MacPro3.1 primo 2008, 2 x 2,8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680:

Chipset-model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

Kortplads: Slot-1

Bredde på PCIe-kanal: x16

VRAM (i alt): 2048 MB

Producent: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Enheds-id: 0x1180

Revision-id: 0x00a2

ROM-revision: 3731

Skærme:

CG246:

Opløsning: 1920 x 1200

Pixeldybde: 32 bit farve (ARGB8888)

Dublering: Fra

Online: Ja

Rotation: Understøttet

Cintiq 12WX:

Opløsning: 1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz

Pixeldybde: 32 bit farve (ARGB8888)

Skærms serienummer: 8HC000414

Hovedskærm: Ja

Dublering: Fra

Online: Ja

Rotation: Understøttet

Please advise :-)

/ Kim Andersen

Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Dec 26, 2013 8:06 AM

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Johnb-one

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Dec 26, 2013 11:26 AM in response to Kim Andersen

Dear Ms. Andersen:

Evga handles GeForce GTX 680 MX. Apple has nothing to do with it. However, I can try to help you a little bit

go here for Evga's Mac support: http://www.evga.com/support/download/default.aspx

This is one of those video cards that needs 2 power cables connected to the mother board for it to work propertly. It needs 195 watts of power, which the PCI-E slot will not provide on its own. If you have the power cables connected up okay, then the only advice I can give you is to telephone EVGA and see about a possible replacement. Apple's policy, as I understand it, is to replace same with same, even if you have the money and are willing to pay extra. This is a 3rd party video card and as such, Apple is not responsible for any problems wth it. I don't understand either: based on my knowledge of Norwegian, your screen size is 1280x800 and your bit depth is 32 bit, and you have 2 gigs Vram, so you should have no problem.

maybe you have a bad card

good luck to you

JOhn b

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The hatter

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Dec 26, 2013 1:43 PM in response to Johnb-one

did you install the Nvidia drivers yourself? you will need to if you want CUDA and it is possible that 9.1 broke support for EVGA Nvidia cards. Or reinstall the last driver. Which is not on EVGA site. And Nvidia only shows up to 10.8.5

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/68439/en-us

CUDA driver would be https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads

Seems to be 10.9 support version 5.5.2.8

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