GMacUser, Thanks a lot for your work. I wanna attempt that on my 27' iMac with 780M.
Also, there's big different between 780 and 680?
Also, there's big different between 780 and 680?
GMacUser, Thanks a lot for your work. I wanna attempt that on my 27' iMac with 780M.
Also, there's big different between 780 and 680?
I'd be curious to know if anyone succeeds on a 27". I did buy a 680M off ebay last year, but the machine would not boot with the card. No idea if it was a firmware problem, bad card, or incompatibility, since I don't have a PC laptop with a compatible slot.
My understanding is the 680M and 780M are very similar - maybe just slight frequency differences.
GMacUser, Thanks a lot for your work. I wanna attempt that on my 27' iMac with 780M.
Also, there's big different between 780 and 680?
Excellent news it is exactly as I suspected, you simply need an mxm a/b card that supports UEFI. I did loose my initial boot screen but once OSX loads the screen powers up. So initially I ordered the 675m but when I received that card it had BIOS only drivers...so I ordered a DELL/Alienware 680M off ebay. Only Trouble so far is it isn't recognizing my second display, but I'll tinker and we shall see if I can fix that.
Edit: So looking at my console logs it senses the second display then drops it, I'm thinking it is the driver.
Anytime man good luck.
Let me know if you decide to upgrade
Respect.
Never thought of doing this...... now the upgrade bug is calling!
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Does anybody think that installing the nvidia drivers could solve the issue?
Thanks for advice!
I never even got a chime on mine so I can't be certain, but my understanding is 10.9.* would support that card of out the box - I suspect recent 10.8.* versions would as well.
You could try running safe mode and/or plug in a external monitor...
I have an older imac.
It is Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8435 @ 3.06 GHz
Installed Memory (RAM) 4.00GB
the video card is
Nvidia GeForce GT 130
I would like to improve the graphics performance in boot camp while playing windows games.
Any advice as to the best route?
I see that the OP has a i7 2600 (not s) in your iMac 21.5 "
this can be?
because I got an offer from a i7 2600 for $ 150, while the i7 2600s I get over $300
Will it happen something if I will get the 2600?
(sorry for my bad english)
I screwed up, I ordered a GTX 675m instead of a 675mx.
Any chance to get my iMac 2011 to boot even with black screen nor using Windows ?
Thanks,
I will be attempting to upgrade the MXM card in my 2011 21.5 iMac from the factory 6770m 512mb to a NVidia 675m 2GB. I choose this card because the chipset already has support from 10.8.3 onwards and affordability for an experiment. I am hoping that it will work without flashing like many of the other non MXM modern graphics cards (UEFI support) do in 64bit EFI Mac Pros ( I may loose the initial boot screen). But if all else fails I will attempt a flash. I will report back my findings when the card arrives (from Hong Kong). Wish me luck hopefully this will give those of us with the last modular iMac a path forward.
My 4850 has just packed up in my imac 27 EMC2309 and i am able to get my hands on a 6770 but its from a imac 21.It is being sold without the heatsink.Will this fit in the 27 inch imac?
i have an iMac 21.5 with 6750m and i want to upgrade it with http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Nvidi...raphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item41824b1822
it is possible?