Gtx 770 for Mac Pro 4.1. Discussion in 'Mac Pro' started by LittlePaul, Mar 15, 2014. I'm on a Mac Pro 5,1 running 10.9.2 with Nvidia Web Drivers and Cuda 5.4.7. My Video Card is an overclocked Gigabyte GTX 780 flashed by MVC and running on internal power. I have buy the Asus GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5. I need help for.
In the same boat here. Recently upgraded the CPU's to 12 core 3.46GHz and 48GB RAM, still running the GT120. After a lot of research I've landed on the AMD R9 Fury (non-X) as the best performance for the price, and a huge upgrade from the stock card. As far as I can tell all I need to do is a kext mod (running El Cap)? It's not clear to me if I'll get a boot screen or not. Could I simply move the GT120 to a second slot for when I need a boot screen, or will the two cards no cohabitate well in the same machine? Any other suggestions as far as modern, supported GPU's for the 4,1/5,1 era Mac Pros?
In the same boat here. Recently upgraded the CPU's to 12 core 3.46GHz and 48GB RAM, still running the GT120. After a lot of research I've landed on the AMD R9 Fury (non-X) as the best performance for the price, and a huge upgrade from the stock card. As far as I can tell all I need to do is a kext mod (running El Cap)? It's not clear to me if I'll get a boot screen or not. Could I simply move the GT120 to a second slot for when I need a boot screen, or will the two cards no cohabitate well in the same machine? Any other suggestions as far as modern, supported GPU's for the 4,1/5,1 era Mac Pros?
A good speed bump is the R9 280X because it's easy to flash (stick to ref cards), and it has built-in drivers (in essence it's the card that's in the Trashcan MacPro), so you'll never be in trouble with it. Also, it has native support all the way back to OS X10.8.5, incase you have older software that can't run on Sierra. And it's happy running on the internal PSU with two wires from the mobo. If you're a power user and you need more power, only then I would consider a card that requires drivers or kext mods because it takes away what makes using a Mac great: simplicity. Click to expand.I can personally vouch for the 2GB GTX 680.
The most powerful Nvidia graphics card for Mac Pro that doesn’t require the web drivers. The GTX 780 for Mac Pro is supplied with the correct power cables to run the card from the Mac Pro’s internal power supply. The GTX 780 3GB for Mac Pro can run 1 x 4K display at 60Hz via display port and 1 x 4K display at 30Hz via HDMI. 23 Feb 2015 Dear Mr. Joe Darwin, Did you receive any feedback from your technical development team yet, regarding their review on the option to design a GTX 980 4GB/6GB Mac Edition for Mac Pro 3,1 - 5.1 models? A perfect match for low - on board - power consumption and superb performance, a combo many owners anticipate for! Awaiting your reply with great expectations!
Works great for what I need and it is hands down one of the most straightforward and well-documented cards to flash. Gives me a solid 60fps at 2560x1600 in SWGEmu via a Wine wrapper.
I had a Radeon HD7870 1GB in before which was ok but quite a lot less powerful than the 680. It's currently on eBay for no reserve at £0.01. From a purely personal perspective, I wouldn't use any card that required web drivers just because it's additional layer of messing around and whilst I can handle that, I just don't want to. The whole point of having a Mac is that everything works out of the box, which is why going down the Hackintosh route makes no sense to me.
I'm much lower down the food chain - just upgraded my 4.1 to 5.1 with a X5677, and still has the GT120. Not a nerd, but I can follow instructions - did so with the upgrade above. What should I do as a next step for the graphics card? I don't game or use design software, but I do stream TV programmes and Youtube videos. These can occasionally hang with the GT120 so I'd like something speedier. Seems that flashing a GTX 680 is the plat du jour, but how would I know which one to flash - a previous post said 'must be the right one'. And where are the instructions for flashing?
Should I also consider 5770, 5870, 7950 and others? Looking for 'cheap and effective' and least possible trouble. I have a Mac Pro 4,1 with 5,1 firmware to get Sierra installed without any hacks. It currently has a flashed Radeon HD5870. I'm looking to upgrade the video card and want the best bang for buck route that I don't have to deal with constantly (if possible). I've read Sierra natively supports Polaris cards now so I was looking at an RX480, but I read that the last update killed it.
NVidia cards I've never dealt with but I think require a web driver install after every OS update? Just looking for some advice on best route to get a 'user friendly' less hassle - work like it should setup. Any help is appreciated.
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If you don't want to deal with any trouble, avoid all Maxwell card. They are not just no boot screen, but no screen at all if Nvidia web driver is not installed and correctly activated. And that will happen on every single OS update. Because you can't pre-install the new Nvidia web driver. Therefore, you must upgrade the macOS first, and then update the outdated Nvidia web driver with black screen only (a work around is by using remote desktop). If you pay more for the flashed 980, then you can have an unaccelerated screen to install the driver. However, you still have to make sure the driver is avail before you update the OS.
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If you update the OS too early (e.g. Auto update, before Nvidia release the new driver), you will be stuck (or forced to restore / downgrade).