MP 1,1-5,1 does the radeon rx 5700 work with catalina ?

[macguru9999]

has someone tested this yet ? does the radeon rx 5700 work with catalina release 15.0 ?? (in a 5,1)

 

[tommy chen]

no - does not work

 

[Executor]

The latest beta is supposed to but I haven't tried it first hand:

Apple Releases First Beta of Upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.1 Update

Apple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming macOS Catalina 10.15.1 update to developers, just days after releasing macOS Catalina to the public....

www.macrumors.com

The release notes indicate support for the Navi architecture.

 

[tommy chen]

but only as eGPU

 

[Executor]

Perhaps I am wrong, but doesn't eGPU support mean the drivers are in and working with Catalina which would mean that the Mac Pro can use the card?

 

[tommy chen]

macOS Catalina 10.15.1 Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation

Update your apps to use new features, and test your apps against API changes.

developer.apple.com

 

[iindigo]

Perhaps I am wrong, but doesn't eGPU support mean the drivers are in and working with Catalina which would mean that the Mac Pro can use the card?

Yes, Mac Pro’s and hackintoshes should be able to use Navi cards once this update rolls out. As far as drivers are concerned there’s little functional difference between cards being installed vs. plugged in as an eGPU.

The notes reference eGPU usage because that’s the only way currently supported Macs can make use of these GPUs. If the new Mac Pro were already shipping it’d read differently.

 

[macguru9999]

Yes, Mac Pro’s and hackintoshes should be able to use Navi cards once this update rolls out. As far as drivers are concerned there’s little functional difference between cards being installed vs. plugged in as an eGPU.

The notes reference eGPU usage because that’s the only way currently supported Macs can make use of these GPUs. If the new Mac Pro were already shipping it’d read differently.

I have catalina running on my spare 5,1 and there appear to be no issues so i will migrate the main machine when we get to 15.2...

 

[macguru9999]

can someone update ? have they tested the 5700 in a mac pro with 15.1 ?

 

[sabbott]

Barefeats has had some success with the 5700 XT:

Radeon RX 5700 XT, macOS Catalina, 2010 Mac Pro

real world speed test results for performance minded Macintosh users

barefeats.com

 

[star-affinity]

I have a RX 5700 X in a MacPro5,1 since Catalina 10.15.2 and it works fine while using it, but there are still (with Catalina 10.15.4) occational Kernel Panics when waking for sleep for me. Seems to happen for other computers too, so I hope it will get solved eventually (hopefully Catalina 10.15.5).