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    MP 1,1-5,1 Help With Radeon Pro WX7100 for Mac5,1

    Hello all, newbie here. Like the title says, I need a little help. I'll try to keep it short and simple: Researched for days to find a gpu to upgrade from the default Radeon HD 5770 in my MP5,1 Settled on the Radeon Pro WX7100 because it seemed like the least hassle (no extra power mods, single...
  2. Godwulf

    Late 2006 20" iMac GPU/CPU upgrade

    Hi everyone! I have late 2006 iMac with 2,16 C2D and 128mb X1600. I was wondering if anyone has tried to upgrade the CPU to 2,33 and/or GPU to Nvidia 7600GT 256mb that came in the 24" version?
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    2012 imac gpu upgrade

    Hello, I know that Collin Minster, aka dosdude1 knows how to upgrade soldered on ram and gpus vram and upgrade graphics cards and stuff like that. Can someone find a bios for me for the iMac 21” early 2012 to upgrade the gpu from 512mb to 2gb? I have no idea if it’s gddr5 version or gddr3...
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    Logic Pro X Playhead Missing when using Catalina Dosdude Patcher

    Hi to the interested, The iMac 27” 2010 (mid) “Processor“ 2.93GHz Intel Core i7 “Graphics” ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB running High Sierra 10.13.6 has Logic Pro X 10.3.1 and works well. I have partitioned the 4TB disk and using the ‘Dude Patcher’ have upgraded to Catalina 10.15.7 and the ATI...
  5. 00.FCy

    MP 1,1-5,1 Proper way to power up GTX 680 4GB Classified on MP3,1 Logic Board?

    Hello hope there all good, Im very excited with this modifications because here in Brazil MacPros is so expensive, I'm doing upgrade on my MP3,1 here... I have some questions about power supplying because have many posts and threads saying some different things... There I go: 1. Each mini 6pin...
  6. N

    Imac 27" 2011 gpu upgrade gtx880

    About a month ago I came to this form and the GTX 880 was a supported GPU to upgrade or modify I purchased this GTX 880 took a while to get all the parts to do the modification purchased another heatsink 3 pipe cuz mine came with the two pipe now I don't see the GTX 880 on the list was there an...
  7. M

    Gtx 965m GPU in 2011 iMac 27 inch

    Need to know if a GTX 965m GPU will work in my iMac 2011, will it work but just not have boot screen or brightness control?
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    Mac Pro 5.1 + GPU Upgrade + BOOTCAMP + WINDOWS 8.1/10

    Hey Guys I have been looking for a GPU upgrade for some time to replace the stock ATI 5770. I looked for: 980, 980 TI, 780, 780 TI and cards in that range but don't want to spend to much money since I don't need a "strong" GPU for professional work or something like that. In my research I...
  9. Mr_Indigo

    Mac (27-inch, Mid 2011) GPU Upgrade?

    Hi, is it possible to upgrade my iMac's GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB and if so what can it be upgraded to? I would like to be able to utilise Metal. rest of specs are: High Sierra 10.13.2 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
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    mid 2011 27" iMac - dying GPU

    Hi all I have an iMac from mid 2011, 27" i7 with the 2GB GDDR 5 AMD 6970m card. And im getting some black screens, with vertical 1pt. red lines, when i then reboot i get Grey or mostly Blue screens. I have tried this: Boot into Single-User mode Execute the following commands: /sbin/fsck...
  11. momopinata

    mac pro 2010 5,1: upgrading GPU

    Hello - I have a question regarding upgrading the 2010 5,1 GPU I currently have the radeon 5770 installed and want to upgrade (mainly to speed up C4D) what is my best option? I am wary of non mac cards - leaning towards gtx680 **also** - can I keep both cards installed? if so, is there a...
  12. MacPro2006owner

    Mac Pro 2006 1.1 GPU Upgrade

    Hi, I own a mac pro 1,1 2006. I would like to upgrade my gpu but I don't know which ones will work. I want it to be at least 2GB DDR3 for gaming. What should I buy?