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MP All Models AMD Polaris, Vega, & Navi GPU macOS Support
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I am exited about this upgrade project with the Vega 64.
Two short questions came up:
#1 Do I have to worry if a long pcie card in Slot 2 covers up the Vega air cooler?
#2 Asuming my used vega64 used to be a bitcoin mining card for a full year, - is there a higher risk of a failure?
Yes, I had to change my Mac Pro config after I installed the SSD7101A, I was cooking my GTX 680 4GB exactly like yours.
Mining cards usually overclock RAM and downclock the rest, so put the original firmware of the GPU back. With overclocked RAM, usually you will get a lot of artefacts and weird problems when using it as a GPU again.
I got the MSI RX 560 Aero as recommended by Apple and it works fine but the screen doesn't turn on after system wake from sleep without unplugging and replugging the HDMI cable, is there anything I can do to fix it?
edit--waiting about 30 seconds after powering up the computer before turning on the monitor seems to help, it looks like a HDMI handshake issue, this TV is a bit flakey with that sometimes.
edit--waiting about 30 seconds after powering up the computer before turning on the monitor seems to help, it looks like a HDMI handshake issue, this TV is a bit flakey with that sometimes.
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Yeah get rid of Mac OS install linux. You’ll get full hevc decode support much better graphics drivers vulkan support freesync in the 4.21 kernel and best of all no apple BS
All i’m saying is you can spend you’re time trying to get things to work under mac os... Or you can install linux and get most of the functionalities you’re looking for out of the box...
For example in ubuntu my rx580 in my 12 core mac pro is actually being used fully. I get really good performance great drivers all the hevc encode/decode goodness. I get nighshift whereas in mac os apple disables it for old computers (complete programmed obsolescence)i could go on and on.
Very likely the mac pro will no longer be supported by this time next year. Mac os will require avx extensions that our 4.1 and 5.1 dont have.
The reality is that Apple doesnt want to fully support old mac pros which is normal because its an old product. So instead of wasting time trying to get stuff that will never properly work why not give Linux a shot?
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Sure I get that, but some people need the Mac OS environment whether they like it or not, for things like video editing with final cut, or Xcode programming, my point is that some people have to work with what they have and however you feel about mac os, it will always be needed by someone and a simple change to a new os, although effective, isn't an option
Yes it depends... if you really need xcode or final cut pro ... xcode can easily be repalcedby apps on linux of youre not dong ios dev. On the other hand final cut pro x will never properly work with old mac pros. No hevc x264 encode support is a no go...
But you’re right... If you don’t need xcode of finalcut pro then go to linux. It supports the mac pro and recent gpus a whole lot better.
Finally upgraded my old 280X to Reference Vega 64 after adding the Pixlas mod.
Really didn't want to mess with Bootcamp for BIOS flashing, so I had to improvise with my ultra slim fanless HTPC and used Mac Pro as a power donor. Used the secondary BIOS (as per original post).
Fan is off on idle, spins up under load and then stops properly. Valley Benchmark on Extreme settings is 63 fps, and LuxMark Luxball is 28567. Of course on Windows Valley is 82 fps, but I'm still happy with MacOS performance.
Really didn't want to mess with Bootcamp for BIOS flashing, so I had to improvise with my ultra slim fanless HTPC and used Mac Pro as a power donor. Used the secondary BIOS (as per original post).
Fan is off on idle, spins up under load and then stops properly. Valley Benchmark on Extreme settings is 63 fps, and LuxMark Luxball is 28567. Of course on Windows Valley is 82 fps, but I'm still happy with MacOS performance.
Hi Folks. My 4,1 > 5,1 is running Mojave perfectly. Running dual X5690 with a Sapphire Nitro+ RX580 8gb card (currently on 6+6 pin while I wait for my 6+6>8 adapter cable).
Benchmarks are good and Keyshot rendering preformace blows my 2018 MBP 15 2.9 i7 out of the water. But Luxmark is showing the card running at 300mhz only. Is this normal? Could it have something to do with the 6+6 power feed?
Unigine Heaven benchmark screenshot attached (only shows 256mb memory?):
Benchmarks are good and Keyshot rendering preformace blows my 2018 MBP 15 2.9 i7 out of the water. But Luxmark is showing the card running at 300mhz only. Is this normal? Could it have something to do with the 6+6 power feed?
Unigine Heaven benchmark screenshot attached (only shows 256mb memory?):
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No need to worry about those erroneous number, they are just cosmetic. If your card can deliver that performance with just 300MHz, or 256MB VRAM, you should be very happy.
No, the switch was in the primary position. What I meant, was that I flashed the second version of the BIOS for Vega 64 linked in the original post (113-D0500110-S01). In another forum post I've read that the first one doesn't really help with the fans.
As I only have one PCIe slot on my HTPC, I used AtiFlash.exe -f -p 0 200284.rom It's quite straightforward.
7nm Vega consumer graphics coming February 7th for $699.
https://www.amd.com/en/press-releas...s-first-7nm-gaming-gpu-delivering-exceptional
https://www.amd.com/en/press-releas...s-first-7nm-gaming-gpu-delivering-exceptional
Crazy compute performance and price. 60% faster compute than Vega 64. 10 bit color HDR. Apple will probably roll that driver in to 10.14 very soon.
Mac Pro 7,1 will likely have Radeon VII Pro.
I think so too. When the Vega 20 (VII) driver is finalized we’ll know the MP 7,1 is close to release as well. I’m going to guess June (WWDC), but maybe sooner.
[doublepost=1547149742][/doublepost]So far there haven't been any noticeable changes in the Vega or Polaris drivers in 10.14.3 beta compared to 10.14.2, including the 4th beta released today.