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graphics card upgrade.

  1. LeoI07

    Question: How powerful of a graphics card will work in a beige Power Macintosh G3?

    Original Question I have an old Power Macintosh G3 Minitower (266 Mhz) and I'm looking to install a GPU upgrade so the G3 can output higher resolution video at higher color depths. However, I don't know of any specs for what the max working graphics card specs (mainly VRAM) work for a beige G3...
  2. thedreamsloft

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 - I changed an icon on my desktop and the machine shut down and wont start!

    Hi, I Recently purchased a Mac Pro 2010 westmere, 12 core (2x 6 core) machine from ebay, with view to creating a super mix machine that can handle all of the plugins that I use for my work. I have researched extensively what I needed to do to get the machine running Mojave and although not on...
  3. rodedwards

    2009 Mac Pro v4.1 to 5.1 Graphics Card Help

    Hi everyone ... I have a 2009 Mac Pro desktop tower which originally came with v4.1 firmware, but i updated to v5.1. I also had processors upgraded to 2 x Intel Xeon 3.46Mhz and added a Mac Edition Nvidia Geforce GTX 680 graphics card. It's all running on Sierra 10.12.6. I'm now playing with...
  4. Fab_o12

    Evaga GTX 1060 giving me rubbish performance is OSX but great performance in Windows 7

    Hello all, I am running a mac pro 5,1 2009 It has 2x 3.46 ghz processors and 32 gb ddr3 RAM and a Evaga GTX 1060 6gb. I am getting fantastic frames and performance when i boot into windows 7 via Bootcamp but when I am in mac os and using programmes like final cut pro x I get very bad sluggish...
  5. SubjectX69

    HD 6950 in Mac Pro 1.1

    Hey, I´m planning to buy an AMD Radeon HD 6950 for my 2006 Mac Pro. Is it possible to run in this Mac? I need a graphics boost. My Mac specs: 2x Intel Xeon X5355 2,6 Ghz 8 Gb Ram DDR2 667 Mhz Ati Radeon 2600XT 256 Mb OS X 10.10 Yosemite Thanx for all answers.
  6. AmishIndy

    RX560 install help

    I have a 5,1 mac pro, and just purchased a 2gb rx560 gigabyte edition. I thought it twould work right out of the box. I left the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB in hooked up to my 20" aluminum cinema display so I could see the boot screen, but the second monitor wouldnt display anything, the pici...