Hello,
So i can get a Mac pro really cheap. ( i would preform a hack on it so i could run el capitan or sierra )
but i was wondering if i could put a Msi r9 270 in it, install windows 7 and use it for games like gta v on high settings?
specs = Msi r9 270
120 gb ssd
2 x 2,66 GHz Dual Core Intel Xeon
10 gb ram
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), null
Maybe this will help:
http://netkas.org/forum/index.php?topic=8519.0
Note it appears you will have to run the 32 bit version of Win 7
Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support
i've read the article about the 270 but i diden't get much help, from what i understand the r9 270 should work right in el capitan/sierra, right?, without "official" drivers?
Not clear, The comments o the YouTube video may help
what do you mean not "clear"??????
It is not clear to me that additional drivers ae needed for El Capitan and Sierra.
In any event you will not see a boot screen.
soooo it will work fine, except the boot screen?
Please reply
Try looking at the benchmarks for Mac Pro
See how well it runs with games like Crysis 3 or GTA
Go google it out
i meant can a msi r9 270 run it el capitan/sierra ( hacked ) without modified drivers?
i don't understand, you won't reply on this discussion and when i repost it hoping to get an answer you remove it,
please explain to me why you won'y help me?
I have not further information that would help you.
Starting a new discussion in in appropriate since potential repliers would not know the informatin previously provided.
You can try posing in the forum that this discussion was made:
http://netkas.org/forum/index.php?topic=8519.0
You can also try posting in the MacRumors forum like this discussion
There are no AMD drivers for AMD video cards for OS X, there are no hacked drivers for AMD video cards for OS X. The only drivers for AMD video cards for OS X are those built-in to OS X and written and provided by Apple.
It is my understanding that an R9 270 card is supported by El Capitan and hence presumably also Sierra. However unless you or someone has installed custom firmware on to the card it will not show anything until after the Mac has finished booting.
With regards to using it in Windows via Boot Camp, yes this will work. Again unless you have custom Mac firmware you will not see anything until Windows has finished booting and therefore loading the Windows driver for this card.
It is a sad and ironic situation that many video cards work better in Windows via Boot Camp than in OS X even on the same Mac Pro. For example I have an AMD Radeon HD 7950 card, this card supports audio via the HDMI cable in Windows, it also supports 30bit color in Windows but does not support either of these features in OS X even on the same Mac Pro. 😟 This is purely down to Apple's pitiful drivers.
It is even hypothetically possible to use a video card in Windows via Boot Camp even if there are no OS X drivers for it! You would need to install the drivers in to Windows first which means initially using a different video card supported by OS X so you can install Windows via Boot Camp.
after a long time searching online i think i fugured it out!
On youtube i saw a guy putting a gtx 980 in it without drivers and he said that as long as you keep the standard graphics card there will be a boot screen ( and a screen where you can choose to boot of a drive ) but the thing i still not understand is in windows it's inpossible to use 2 different graphics cards ( at least that's what i read online ) so how would that work i windows? Could i just use the r9 270 in windows and on mac both? ( on mac i would use the standard graphics card to power and connect to the display and then the r9 270 for all the power, i wish i could use this method in windows? )
If you need to switch to booting in to OS X you use the Boot Camp control panel in Windows. The Mac will then boot in to OS X and again once it has finished booting the Mac login screen will appear.
1. This is not an Nvidia card, so it uses amd drivers!
2. can't i just leave the 2 graphics cards in there and set windows to use the r9 270? ( i've read somewhere that as long that the original card is in there any card will work in os x, in that video he did it with a gtx 980 )
Mac pro for gaming?
