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    MP 1,1-5,1 Will a flashed GPU work in a PC?

    Hi, I’ve just updated my 2010 MacPro to Big Sur by installing a Sapphire Pulse RX580 with OpenCore. I now want to sell my flashed Evga GTX 980. Can anyone confirm me that a flashed card can be used in a PC without reflashing it? I’m pretty sure no Mac user will buy an Nvidia card anymore...
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    Recording using nvidia and exporting for youtube doesn't work

    i am recording using a nvidia recording software built with nvidia graphics card. i am recording gameplay in 50MBPS and 130MBPS and when i export its looks amazing using imovie and da-vinci resolve but when i upload on youtube it start to show blurry even when the original footable is quite...
  3. TechInit

    Early 2008 iMac 24" GPU Upgrade Options

    Hi there, I've just got an old 2008 24" iMac for £30, and I want to use it for some older-title gaming, web browsing and all the other stuff you do with an older iMac. My only problem is, it has the Radeon HD 2600 Pro which isnt all that great. I've been looking at images of the 2600 and I've...
  4. Z

    MP All Models Mac Pro 10X Overpriced. Seriously.

    A custom-built Ryzen 5900X/RTX 3070 machine from a reputable vendor now costs 1/10th of the nearest Mac Pro configuration. There's no hyperbole, that's the price disparity when you're seeking equal performance between a Mac and a PC at a high performance level. I've been, and still am an iMac...
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    Flashing Two GPUs - Two Dead Bricks | The PowerMac G4 Misadventures - What Now?

    Hi, I have this PowerMac G4, it's a 466MHZ (Mac OS reports 467MHZ) G4. The machine has an ATi Rage Pro 128 with 16MB of RAM, pretty low end even for late 90's and early 2000's standards. I have two graphics cards for AGP. I read up online about if they are supported or not. The process...
  6. ccrivia13

    MP 1,1-5,1 Help! Quadro P4000 / Titan X GPU in Mac Pro 4,1

    Hey! I’m still looking for a possible GPU for my planned (Mac Pro 4.1, 2009) GPU upgrade. I came across the Quadro P4000 8GB which is listed on blog.greggant.com in his “The Definitive Classic Mac Pro (2006-20012) Upgrade Guide” under “Nvidia Professional GPUs”. According to the table there...
  7. ccrivia13

    MP 1,1-5,1 Titan X 12GB - Mac Pro 4.1

    Hey, after planning a CPU upgrade for my Mac Pro 4.1 I am also looking forward to upgrade my GPU. I found many great options, but one card that would really interest me is the GTX Titan X (12GB). So far my only concern would be power consumption. Can anyone possibly tell me if the Titan X...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 EVGA 960 GeForce 970 Flash back to PC

    Hello all, First time posting :) I have the Mac edition of the EVGA 970, i.e. somebody flashed it using a Windows tool. What I want to know is, is it possible to use an OSX flashing tool to flash it back to Windows. I imagine the tools exist for OSX. Would it be a case of having to find...
  9. amgff84

    24" Early 09 iMac

    So, I have had this iMac in my ownership for a while and I finally got around to using it... In 2016 I purchased an early 09 iMac (24" with the 3.06 GHz CPU) with a graphics card issue. I discovered that adjusting the resolution to 720p can give better results by causing less strain on the GPU...
  10. tevion5

    MP 7,1 RTX 3000 Vs Mac Pro: Airflow

    Watching the RTX 3000 announcement from Nvidia I'm very keen to get a 3070, or possibly 3080, for bootcamp usage on my 7,1 after seeing the amazing performance to price ratio. But as flagged by some others on this forum, and power requirements aside, the fan array on the reference cards looks...
  11. Koudspeel

    Big Navi refresh in 2020 27" iMac?

    With NVIDIA releasing their 3000 line of cards just a few days ago and AMD supposedly releasing their Big Navi RDNA2 chips later this year, I was wondering if Apple will refresh the GPU option on the iMac 2020 one last time. Apple has done such a move before in the past with the iMac Pro. On...
  12. Ulfric

    Nvidia announced Ampere.

    Per Nvidia Official Announcement 3080 Announced as 'flagship' gaming GPU. 3080: 30 Shader TFLOPS | XX RT TFLOPS | XXX Tensor TFLOPS | 10GB VRAM Claimed 2X performance of RTX 2080 at same price. 3090 Announced as "BFGPU" 3090: 36 Shader TFLOPS | 69 RT TFLOPS | 285 Tensor TFLOPS | 24GB VRAM...
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    iMac 2010 - dead after Dosdude1’s Mojave patcher (w/gtx 765m)

    Hi, I just installed a Nvidia gtx765m in my 27 iMac mid 2010. After installed everything worked fine with High Sierra install. The card came preflashed so I had bootscreen and could boot from USB. So I decided to try to install Mojave with Dosdude1’s patcher..... big mistake.... the screen went...
  14. TrumanLA

    MP 1,1-5,1 MacPro 4,1 / 5,1 Adequate Wattage / Wiring: 980 Ti or 1080 Ti GPU

    SOLVED via 'Pisla's Mod" It doesn't appear as difficult as it looked at first glance: It consists of using simple taps on 8 long wires, which are routed from the DVD area through the HDD shelf, to the GPU. I'll post any extra details or pictures after I do it ... as I'm sure I"ll find areas...
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    MBP dedicated GPU stuck in high power state

    Here comes another dedicated GPU (dGPU) issue on my Late 2013 15" MacBook Pro! Problem: My NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M idles hotter than other MacBook Pros with the same dGPU, using up 17W of power at idle. This heats up my CPU +10c when dGPU is enabled and just idling, due to the fact that they...
  16. 2wenty2wo

    iMac 21.5" 2010 - GPU Replacement - Not booting

    Hi Everyone, First post here. I read the iMac 2011 GPU Upgrade thread and I decided not to reply to that thread as my situation is not a normal case. I'm not sure if anyone can help me here, but after reading that thread I know there are some very educated people on this forum. Backstory: I...
  17. IslandDon

    [Solved] nvidia-340 on MacBook Pro 6,2 with Mint Mate 19.3 not working

    edit: So the audio is now working, and I actually stumbled upon this very post while doing some web searching for answers, so I figured I'd just note that things are working. Details are in the thread linked below. Hi, all. I've been having an adventure over on the Linux Mint forum trying to...
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    MP 7,1 Cuda rendering machine

    Hi all, the Mac Pro 7.1 works like a charm with 2 internal RTX2080Ti + one external GTX1080Ti on tb3 bus (Bootcamp Windows 10 Pro) I tested this configuration with various programs: Blender, Vray RT and Fstorm (3ds Max) Also I overclocked the 3 gpus with the MSI Afterburner utility and used...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 GTX 1060 not functioning, need troubleshooting help

    Hi, first time poster and admittedly not an expert. I recently installed an "EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Gaming ACX 3.0, 6GB" into my 2010 Mac Pro 5,1. Currently it boots up and I can see an image but the functioning is totally out of whack. All finder windows and other windows lag or smear; they...
  20. kittonian

    MP 1,1-5,1 NVidia GTX 780 (6GB) Power Draw Shuts Down MP 5,1

    I have a heavily upgraded MP 5,1 (12-Core 3.46Ghz with 64GB of 1333mhz RAM, a PCIe SSD Boot Drive, and all 4 Sata Bays populated with large hard drives) with a flashed NVidia GTX 780 (6GB) video card using display port to drive an ultra-wide LG monitor. This system has been running fine for...