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metal 2

  1. biscuit1280

    MP 1,1-5,1 MP 5,1 GPU Upgrade

    I am looking to buy a new metal 2 and Mojave supported GPU for my mac pro 5,1 but can't find the list of supported GPUs.. Does anyone have it ?
  2. Speedstar

    Mac Pro PassThrough Efi Boot Output Fermi etc. 4Mojave

    I am not an engineer, nor programmer but a possible scenario for Mac Pro GPU support in 10.14 could be a PCI/Passthrough solution of MAC-EFI/GraphicsCard to second GPU/Metal/supportedDevice port output (without Mac Efi), maybe AMD Vega only which are officially supported in eGPU configurations...
  3. t8er8

    Metal with a Polaris GPU in Mac Pro 5,1

    A quick question I have about Metal being functional after upgrading to a Polaris gpu in my case rx560. Does metal just enable as soon as you boot with the new gpu, or is there something you need to do to enable metal on a cMP after upgrading. Those questions only apply if metal even does work...
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    High Sierra BURN IN / IMAGE RETENTION / GHOSTING issue!

    Hello, Has anyone else had an issue with their MBP that after upgrading to High Sierra their monitor shows ghosting / image retention / burn in only minutes after an image is on the screen?? Is this an issue connected to Metal 2? I had zero issues with my late 2013 MPB until I upgrade to High...
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    Metal version under system information

    Last week I updated my 2017 13" MBP with touch bar to High Sierra. Metal 2 was one of the main reasons to update, so I wanted to check if everything went well under system information. Chipset Model: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 Metal: Supported, feature set...
  6. EddieK420

    Vega Frontier Edition on 4,1 5,1 Classic Mac Pro

    Hey guys. I wanted to start this thread to get information together on running the newly announced Vega Frontier Edition on our beloved classic Mac Pros. I currently have an Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti on my 2009 4,1 (upgraded to 5,1 & 12-core) Mac Pro running Sierra 10.12.5. While the GTX 1080 Ti is...
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    Metal 2 GPU for Mac 5,1

    A few hours ago I asked elsewhere in MacRumors whether a modern Metal 2 GPU existed for High Sierra on a Mac Pro 5,1 that will also provide hardware acceleration under Snow Leopard. Unless some of you knows better, it would appear the answer is negative. Be that as it may, is there a particular...