Mac Pro late 2013 Dual AMD FirePro D500 from Apple not compatible with Mojave and NO replacement

I just learned that my Mac Pro late 2013 Dual AMD FirePro D500 PCIe cards bought from Apple are not compatible with Mojave and NO replacement cards are available - as far as I can tell. Called Apple support and got the well .... Hold..... transfer.... hold.....let me find out ..... hold ..... sorry..... NO. Not acceptable. Does anyone know a solution other that waiting for Apple to finally get it's act together for PRO USERS and build a computer for high-end pros? Been waiting for YEARS!!!! This is un"blanking" believable that there has been no redesign since 2013 and now mymachine is basically useless as far as system upgrade. The reason I bought it was I THOUGHT I could get more life out of it by upgrading video cards, etc. etc. Angry. Angry. Angry.

Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 5, 2018 11:42 AM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2018 11:55 AM

I just learned that my Mac Pro late 2013 Dual AMD FirePro D500 PCIe cards bought from Apple are not compatible with Mojave

That is not accurate.


every model of the late 2013 mac pro is included:


macOS Mojave - Technical Specifications

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Oct 6, 2018 12:05 AM in response to RobRay8

RobRay8 wrote:


Yes, they list Late 2013 but ONLY list cards compatible cards for 2010-12.


Mojave will run on:

Mac Pro (Late 2013; Mid 2010 and Mid 2012 models with recommended Metal-capable graphics cards)


The semi colon divide the supported Mac Pros into two groups:

1) Late 2013 Mac Pros

2) Mid 2010 and mid 2012 Mac Pros with particular graphics cards

Oct 5, 2018 10:09 PM in response to RobRay8

The graphics cards in the 2013 model are custom Apple cards. they are essentially Not replaceable. No one changes those cards, there have never been any others.


Every model of Mac pro 2013 in fully supported with its standard D300, D500, or D700 graphics cards. There are no others, and there is no reason they would not be fully supported, as they fit into the series of cards Apple supports.


Have you TRIED it instead of complaining about it?

Oct 5, 2018 1:03 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Yes, they list Late 2013 but ONLY list cards compatible cards for 2010-12.


Mojave will run on:

Mac Pro (Late 2013; Mid 2010 and Mid 2012 models with recommended Metal-capable graphics cards)

All of the recommended graphics cards are for Mid 2010 and 2012 ONLY. NO cards are listed for the Late 2013 that are Metal compatible. I called support as recommended there ("If the graphics card in your Mac Pro isn't listed above, (the cards in my late 2013 are NOT listed) you need to install one that's compatible with macOS Mojave. If you need additional help, contact Apple Support.") I called support and they did not have a solution for me. No graphics card are available from Apple, AND as far as I have searched, no compatible Metal-capable cards are available to fit LATE 2013 cylinder-shaped Mac Pro.

Oct 5, 2018 10:13 PM in response to RobRay8

On macOS, Metal supports Intel HD and Iris Graphics from the HD 4000 series or newer, AMD GCN-based GPUs, and Nvidia Kepler-based GPUs or newer.

AMD links:

GCN is fabricated in 28 nm and 14 nm graphics chips, available on selected models in the

Radeon HD 7000,

HD 8000,

200,

300,

400and

500 series

of AMD Radeon graphics cards. GCN is also used in the graphics portion of

AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APU), such as in the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One APUs.

NVIDIA links:

Kepler was Nvidia's first microarchitecture to focus on energy efficiency. Most

GeForce 600 series,

most GeForce 700 series, and

some GeForce 800M series GPUs were based on Kepler, all manufactured in 28 nm. Kepler also found use in the

GK20A,

the GPU component of the Tegra K1SoC, as well as in the

Quadro Kxxx series, the

Quadro NVS 510, and

Nvidia Tesla computing modules.

Kepler was followed by the Maxwellmicroarchitecture and used alongside Maxwell in the

GeForce 700 series and

GeForce 800M series.

from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_(API)

and links therein to other wikipedia pages

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