![]() May 18, 2013 Question: Q: Video Card upgrade for early 2008 MacPro. EFI is a basic video driver for the card that interacts with the physical system before anything is loaded from HD or CD or whatever. I upgraded the graphics card in my early 2008 Mac Pro to the Mac version listed below. Click to expand.EVGA GTX 680 for Mac Sapphire HD7950 for Mac PHY Quadro K5000 for Mac Those work OOB in 10.8.3+; however, you don’t want to see the price tags. If you do want something cheaper and you don’t mind sacrificing your boot screen, you can use a PC card for a better value. They work ok after boot. Recommending Mid-Powered ones as Mac 3,1 offers only 2 6-pins. GTX960/970 GTX760/GTX750Ti GTX 650/Ti/Ti Boost, usually they require 1 6 pin or not at all. AMD: Anything in R7 series, R9 280/280X, 270/270X HD 78X0/HD77X0 HD6XXX and HD5XXX are not the best for the future but you can pick up those for cheap. Click to expand.yeah, I know that. However, I was just answering his question without any extra personal opinion. Anyway, it seems that I was fail to give him the best answer (even not considering the cost). He don't want to flash the card by himself. So, only 680 Mac Edition, 7950 Mac Edition, and MVC card, these 3 options available. (It's too risky to get flashed card from other source, so, not recommend to OP). He don't want to mess around any system files. So, 7950 + 3,1 combination is out of equation due to which require mod the system file to fix it. In fact, I should assume him also don't want to mess with the web driver as well. So, any card beyond the 680 (e.g.
So, MVC 680 should be the best choice. However, if including the $200-300 budget requirement, the MVC 680 is also out of equation as well. So, the in budget best card become MVC 760. I know there are plenty of other better choice to get a better card with lower cost, or give OP better gaming experience. However, I am just answering his question. If you want to play games in osx then a GTX 680 or GTX 770 (a 6+8 pin not a big OC card with 8+8 pin) used is a good option or a card from MVC (MVC provides support and help etc which is cool). (or a cheaper 670/760 are worth a look too, i use a GTX 660 which works fine for most things & can be picked up fairly cheep but the 670/760 are not far of price wise + the 7xx cards have better boost and lower temps + fans only spin up when needed which is cool for nose) what games do you want to play? Or if you can wait with the new nvidia & ATI cards coming out the used prices for the older cards will drop soon. Or simply if it's just to play games make a windows box or get a xbone or ps4 im looking for a new gpu and have decide to wait to see what comes out. If you want to play games in osx then a GTX 680 or GTX 770 (a 6+8 pin not a big OC card with 8+8 pin) used is a good option or a card from MVC (MVC provides support and help etc which is cool). (or a cheaper 670/760 are worth a look too, i use a GTX 660 which works fine for most things & can be picked up fairly cheep but the 670/760 are not far of price wise + the 7xx cards have better boost and lower temps + fans only spin up when needed which is cool for nose) what games do you want to play? Or if you can wait with the new nvidia & ATI cards coming out the used prices for the older cards will drop soon. Or simply if it's just to play games make a windows box or get a xbone or ps4 im looking for a new gpu and have decide to wait to see what comes out. Note that GTX 770 has the same chip as GTX 680. Works OOTB with OS X drivers in 10.8.3 and newer. But only the MVC version of the GTX 770 supports 2 * 6 pin power: I quote: When there is a 6 pin and an 8 pin, things get more complicated. On many GTX680 cards the 8 pin is 'optional'. This means you can plug in a 6 pin and the card works fine. For many GTX770 and GTX780 cards we do a mod to the card that creates this same functionality. So you can just plug in the 2 @ 6 pin cables and it should boot right up. Graphics card upgrade on an early 2008 Mac Pro 3,1. Very confused as to what to buy. Model Name: Mac Pro Model Identifier: MacPro3,1 Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz Number Of Processors: 2 Total Number Of Cores: 8 L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz Boot ROM Version: MP31.006C.B05 SMC Version (system): 1.25f4 There seem to be very few options, I would really like a definitive answer as to what to do. We play WOW and do video editing with Final Cut. We also are using an old monitor from our previous Mac, so have a special cable to make it work. Currently running a Nvidia 8800Gt so needs to be as good or better.
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