If you’re in the US then these parts are readily available, in the UK expect to pay a slight premium to have the things shipped over.
#GRAPHICS CARD FOR MID 2010 MAC PRO INSTALL#
Without them whatever card you try to install won’t work. I’m still looking out for a Nvidia and another card but I’ll come onto that later.īefore you start there are a couple of items that you’ll need in addition to the graphics card. This installation is for the SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5 and I’m sure that the process is much the same for the Nvidia cards. The process is easy, but there are a few things to be aware of. Now that almost everything else in the Mac Pro has been updated I can get back to the graphics card and the OS install. The list didn’t say anything about Mac Edition so this is the off the shelf PC version and I managed to get it for around £150 after a bit of bartering. I then started searching for a suitable card and in the process of that search, I got distracted by the RAM, CPU, Hard Drive and USB-C which lead to the articles so far.Ī SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5 and at a decent price. I emailed Nvidia and they got back to me and said that the cards listed are no longer, and a quick search for all the ATI cards showed a similar story. None of those graphics cards are current.
The notice contained a link and a list of possible cards that I could purchase, compatible with the Mac Pro and the new Mojave OS version.īut, and here’s the big but. On trying I was halted by a notice that said that in order to proceed with the installation I would need a Metal compatible card.
But, this journey didn’t start out on a whim, it happened because I went to upgrade the Mac Pro’s OS.
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