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Default Mac Pro video cards -- GeForce GT, Radeon HD and many more with DVI, Dual-link DVI and Mini DisplayPort. Best Mac Pro video card upgrades, too. * Please note that the Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 only is compatible with the 'Mid-2010' and 'Mid-2012' Mac Pro models. The other video cards above are compatible with the 'Early 2008' and 'Early 2009' as well as the 'Mid-2010' and 'Mid-2012' Mac Pro models. The graphics card that came with my Mac Pro 3,1 (early 2008) apparently died. And, it did so at an inconvenient time. I purchased a used EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified Mac Edition card as a. To see which graphics card is in use, open About this Mac and go to the Displays Tab. To see which Application is using the higher-performance discrete GPU, open Activity Monitor and go to the Energy Tab.
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Hey all,
I got a 2*Quadcore 3.2ghz 2008 Mac Pro (for free!) recently and I've done a few upgrades to it. I gave it 12GB RAM, a SSD and a few USB 3.0 ports.
Next up is a Graphics Card. There's no compatibility list online that I can find and googling hasn't helped me a whole pile to be honest. I'm struggling to find people conclusively saying 'Yes. The Nvidia blah blah 100% works.'
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I'm looking to get a fairly decent card because it'll be used for 3D modelling / visualisation.
I'm looking at an Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB or an MSI Geforce GTX 970. They're pretty affordable and there's a few available on a local classifieds site here so it'd be nice if they worked.
From what I'm reading Nvidia cards draw less power than ATI so I should go in that direction anyway? Is that correct?
Will these work or will I have to go for a slightly older card than these? Would you be able to recommend me some cards so I can have a google and do a bit more research?
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Thanks
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PS. I'm aware that if I used an unflashed card I won't get a boot screen but it's ok. I'll keep the old GFX card to hand if I do need it.
Edit: I'm running El Capitan if that makes a difference :)
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