Jtuner77

Q: Can 2008 Mac Pro run 4K or HD screens with the right video card?

Hello guys,

 

I have been running my  2008 Mac Pro(2x2.8ghz Quad Core) for a while now with the basic ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB card in it. I do a lot of photo editing on my computer and was thinking of upgrading the memory, installing a SSD drive and upgrading the video card to either support 4K or HD monitors.

 

I have found very little on the subject of 4K monitors and which video card could support it or HD for that matter.

 

Also wondering how I could run my computer to my 1080P HD TV and possibly put a blu ray drive in my tower as well.

 

If anyone could shine some light on this it would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

MBP & MP, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Feb 9, 2014 9:26 PM

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  • by Anaesthisia,

    Anaesthisia Anaesthisia Apr 29, 2016 4:43 AM in response to Jtuner77
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    Apr 29, 2016 4:43 AM in response to Jtuner77

    If I dare sum up the current state of affairs it is thoroughly confirmed that 2008 Mac Pros are able to drive 4K monitors but that it is important to research the intended combo of graphics card and monitor before purchasing anything, at least if 60 Hz refresh rate is important to You.

     

    Purchasing anything that requires MST support seems like a bad option, given that most people seem to report that MST support is currently broken at least for legacy Macs. And should it be that MST does indeed work for some Macs, then there is still the issue that some monitors seem to require a firmware update to truly support MST on a Mac. My Dell UP2414Q might be such a machine, since it seems to be an early revision. Not much detail about this is available, so we really don't know for sure if any Mac will actually handle MST together with this monitor, running OS X. It does seem to work with the same monitor and Mac hardware running Windows 7 or later in BootCamp.

     

    Stay safe! Buy a monitor that supports 60 Hz over SST and make sure to find evidence online that the graphics card installed seems to work with the monitor You have in mind.

     

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