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    Radeon RX 580 Glitches - Advice?

    I just received a Sapphire Radeon Nitro+ RX 580 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI / DVI-D / Dual DP w/ Backplate Special Edition (UEFI) PCI-E Graphic Cards 11265-21-20G Today I got around to installing it in my 5,1 (2010 model, not a flash 4,1) in High Sierra. I'm using the power adapter mentioned in the...
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    Mac Pro 2009 RX 580

    Hello all, I just recently got my Sapphire pulse RX 580 and I am very happy that it works in the 2009 Mac pro! Now, it displays as R9 xxx 8GB in About This Mac which looking on forums this appears to be common. I ma currently running High Sierra 10.13.3 on a 5.1 flash mac pro 2009. I plan on...
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    RX 580 vs R9 280X on Mac Pro 4.1/5.1

    Hi everyone! I would like to share test results from two video cards. Connected display resolution 2K. And so we look at the results: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse 8 GB Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic 3 GB Geekbench v4.2.3 LuxMark v3.1 Unigine Valley Benchmark v1.0 Final Cut...
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    Upgrade Mac pro display card

    Hello everyone,help please I have 2009 Mac pro 4.1 up to 5.1,spec is 3.33Ghz x2 and 1333 ecc 128GB Ram,HD5770 Org. Mac os on 10.12.6 high sierra Also looking mojave os update Use photoshop and final cut pro x (4k) I would like upgrade my display card,speed up for editing. Thinking RX580 8G or...
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    Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 580 4GB - No Boot Screen / Flashing

    Hey folks, i just got a very good deal on a "Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 580 4GB GDDR5". I bought it in order to upgrade my Mac Pro 5.1 (Late 2009) GPU from the old crappy GT120. Unfortunately the card won't show up a boot screen. I've read some posts about the RX 580 Pulse Upgrade and hope that...
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    Why do Sapphire Pulse RX 580 UEFI cards need flashing?

    I was always under the impression that legacy VBIOS cards (Nvidia GTX 680, etc.) needed to have their ROMs modified to include UEFI support and then flashed in order for a Mac Pro to present a boot screen while booting with them. However, I've heard that a Sapphire Pulse RX 580 UEFI card also...
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    Alternatives for GPU power supply

    Hi everybody, as a long time avid reader - I decided to start my first thread. I have been looking far and wide (all around Germany) to find a solution to power my new RX 580 8GB in my 4.1 -> 5.1 Mac Pro. I am well aware that there are cables offered on amazon.com - on websites based in the...
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    Mac Pro 4,1->5,1 RX 580 BIOS

    I've been searching for hours and can't find a straight answer. Is it possible to flash an RX 580 to get the boot screen?
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    Retain GT120 w/o handicapping RX 580 & FCPX?

    Hey Everybody— I have upgraded my MP5,1 12-core 3.46 machine to the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 in order to drive a 4K display and accelerate Final Cut Pro X. Since I have extra PCIe slots via an expansion chassis, I intended to keep a GeForce GT120 stashed there for instances where I got into...
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    mac pro 5,1 rx 580 sapphire not booting

    Hey everyone, I have a Mac Pro 5,1...3.46ghz 12 Core, 64gb RAM....Latest version of High Sierra. Recently purchased and installed an RX 580 Sapphire GPU. Computer does not boot. (Except for Safe Mode, in which the computer does recognize the card) I installed my older GPU along side the new...
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    RX 580 - no Sapphire Pulse 8GB available - "pure cosmetics?"

    Hey there, i own a cmp5,1 with 2*5690X still running the Ati Radeon HD 5770 - HS 10.13.1 installed. i ordered a Sapphire RX 580 Pulse 8GB a few weeks ago - actually it was "available" but I dont belive in recieving one... Is the right idendification of the GPU really pure cosmetics? -i am...
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    GPU Link Speed not good rx 580 and 5770

    Hello I have a RX 580 8gb ROG STRIX Asus (pci e slot 1, its a huge card, takes 2.5 slots) 5770 1gb apple stock (pci e slot 3) my system is 5,1 X5690 x 2 96gb ram 3 16gb ram slots in each processor and here my link speed benchmarks of opencl ocean wave 1.61 attached with only the rx...