Step 3 Installation and loading of the appropriate drivers for the GPU in Mac OS.So, let me tell you what I got at the moment in my prethistoric early 2009 (or late 2008, dual machine). Step 2 Recognition in Mac OS that the enclosure contains a graphics card. For the time being, these three steps must be completed to have a fully functional external graphics card: Step 1 Communication between the Thunderbolt enclosure and the computer. At this point we have no idea if Nvidia will release a finished version of these new drivers which also supports El Capitan which your 2008 Mac Pro can officially run.I went to the site and via My Upgrades > Mac model > Video upgrades - the result came back with no cards, just cables etc.Now with speeds up to processors, optical drives 2.16GHz, the MacBook is and video cards tough to beat If you're a serious graphic designer, photographer. Unofficially the 2009 Mac Pro can be easily made to run Sierra and unofficially it might be possible to get the 2008 to run Sierra. A 2010 or 2012 Mac Pro can officially run Sierra.
![]() After all, we are talking about machines that are almost for museum. One should be honest and say where's the limit. Since you have two 6-cores, I'm gonna assume you did the netkas firmware tweak, so that should take care of that., starting with 2010 models and onwards it's possible to bump it up for Mojave but hey. Hehehe.There are a few officially supported options for upgrades:Note that none of these cards support Mojave or later.Apple says a few GPU's are compatible with Mojave, but you'd need a 2010-2012 Mac Pro. As any Mac is supposed to. ![]() I have SSDs and every drive bay is full. Mine Benchmarks at 32k and all my PCIe cards work just fine. The old Mac Pros with upgraded processors are a beast. I have 2 x MOTU 24I/O which have a 32bit driver and a PCIe interface, so not gonna update OS ever again! Unless MOTU pull their finger out and update it to 64bit, but they didn't for expansion chassis so I won't hold my breath.As a side note. I'm not gaming so I'll probably go with the 5770, dead cheap on eBay (UK).Not on Mojave yet. The 570 I put in my 2010 Pro eats the stock 5770 alive without even blinking.If possible, just a little more info please? What was the stock 5770? What were the improvements you noticed?I don't know much about card specs etc. Stick the card in, it boots right up, doesn't even need a power cable. Id probably steer clear of Nvidia thanks to Apple. If you really need the boot screen, well you're going to pay more and you're not going to get an ATI and you're still going to be stuck with an older card. And like its been said, if it ain't broke.Thank you all again for helping me with this.AlexNP, which OS are you running again? I wrongfully assumed you wereWanting a 10.14 (Mojave) compatible GPU which was why I posted the RX580I'm staying at 10.13.6 (High Sierra) and not moving either!!!I have peace of mind that my OS which will never Auto UpdateLike my 5 Windows 10 computers.lol.really, that crap pissedIf you're good with 10.13.6, just grab the recommended MSI Gaming Radeon RX560 for like $100 and be done. Video Cards Pro 1 1 Plus If YouI also curved the sides inAnother thing if you don't end up using your Gt120, HOLD on too it!!You cannot do the Firmware flash without it!! my original Gt8800 diedShortly after I got my 4,1 (2009) mac and i was not able to flash untilI found a GT120 off Ebay for around $60.AlexThe stock 5770 IS the AMD Radeon HD5770. I liked it a lot, I had the Logic (or studio one) main ArrangementWindow on the bigger center screen and my mixer on the left and piano roll on the right. That way you can have your boot screen plus if you want add another monitor if your feeling over kill.The way I had my 3 monitor setup for awhile was: Gt120 on middle monitor27 in monitor then the RX560 driving the Left and Right 23 in Monitors.It looked pretty cool, I had my boot screen in the middle monitor (so i could stillSee the Boot camp screen) and then when Mac Os started my side screens would turn on. Lots of changing screens etc.I'm now aware that other cards may not show a boot screen, ok I can live with that.Would you know if I'd see improvements between the AMD Radeon HD7950 and the AMD Radeon HD5770.Sorry to be a pain, I really am a graphics card noob!Just keep your old card plugged into 1 monitor and the new card to the seconded I did it, it works great with the MSI RX560. For band sessions I also have many screensets that show channel comps, bus comps, sidechains etc. I have an arrange window on one and mixer window on the other. Dashlane for mac reviewThe 560/570 isn't the top of the line (that's the big bad 580) but its a HUGE jump in performance and for once, we get a current gen card and aren't like 2 or 3 behind the Windows kiddies. My 570 only has 4GB too, I didnt pony up for the 8GB one (this one was only about $90 on eBay).The HD7950 is also Mojave supported, but the card is pretty outdated just like the 5770. It looks like liquid now, like the game is supposed to. I can't comment about improvements to the OS other than it allowed me to install Mojave and use Metal 2, but just the game Battletech let me go from the minimum graphic settings with the 5770 to full blast with the RX570 and the game doesn't even blink running it at that. I'll see if i can live without the boot screen.An upshot of this is that these cards come with 3 or more outputs. Ive already done two firmware updates blindly after installing it and everything is great here!Firmware was upgraded to 5.1 when I had the processor chips changed.Having the two cards running is something I will try.
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