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MP 7,1 Can the stock Apple i/o PCIe card in the MP7,1 be use to drive a display without having a graphics card installed ?

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Subject: Can the stock Apple i/o PCIe card in the MP7,1 be use to drive a Thunderbolt display without having a graphics card installed ?

Just wondering if this can be done wrt to a rack mounted MP7,1 ? Thanks... :)
 
bxs said:
Subject: Can the stock Apple i/o PCIe card in the MP7,1 be use to drive a Thunderbolt display without having a graphics card installed ?
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No, it can't. There are no "integrated" GPUs in the Mac Pro. And in fact you have to have one of the Apple OEM GPUs installed to drive displays through the Thunderbolt ports.
 
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jasonmvp said:
No, it can't. There are no "integrated" GPUs in the Mac Pro. And in fact you have to have one of the Apple OEM GPUs installed to drive displays through the Thunderbolt ports.
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So if the MP7,1 does have a graphics card installed can the stock Apple i/o PCIe card in the MP7,1 be use to drive a Thunderbolt display ?
 
jasonmvp said:
I'm not sure how much more clear I can make this for you:

AS LONG AS IT'S AN MPX MODULE, THE THUNDERBOLT PORTS ARE LIT!

It doesn't matter which MPX module.
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Fair enough.... Given that the Radeon Pro Vega II is an MPX module I understand. Thank you. 👍 :)
 
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