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Finally here, fix for GK110B Nvidia cards !!! ( GTX 780 Ti is now fastest Mac GPU)
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Read the thread about GK110B fix.
Download the Beta linked driver that ends with "B07".
Install on 10.9.1 and you will have FASTEST MAC GPU EVER.
(No CUDA yet but does have OpenCl)
Hey MacVidCards- I saw someone on a thread say "leave the 3,1 for dead campaign.." Does this mean the 3,1 machines won't run the 780ti using PCIe v.2? I have a bunch of 3,1 machines, and it seems like a better idea to put dual 780ti cards in them all than buy 2013 nMP machines.
And again, Thanks for all the updates with this info!
And again, Thanks for all the updates with this info!
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No, we have found serious issues with GPU performance on 3,1 machines in Mavericks.
There is a thread at Netkas, I was able to move HD and GPUs from 3,1 to 4,1 and record massive differences.
I am currently running GTX 680 cards in these 3,1 machines, they reliably push one UHD 4k@30hz and 2x 2560x1600 displays per card....which is GREAT!
Ha, at this point the Mac Pro has become just a dongle for the GPUs.
How big of a difference was the 4,1 over the 3,1? >30%?
I couldn't find the thread on it over at the netkas forums...
Ha, at this point the Mac Pro has become just a dongle for the GPUs.
How big of a difference was the 4,1 over the 3,1? >30%?
I couldn't find the thread on it over at the netkas forums...
My three MacPro2,1s act as great dongles for any current GTX CUDA card in my render farm and those 8 cores in each of them help too.
Still down for me
It could be the fallout from the huge ntp exploit ddos attack:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2096720/attackers-use-ntp-reflection-in-huge-ddos-attack.html
That amount of traffic is going to block even notionally 'unaffected' sites.
Anywho, back on topic - The 1,1 with the right card(s) and the right apps is still one seriously quick machine.
780ti
I'm interested in purchasing a flashed 780ti...any idea of when these might be available? To confirm, will this run on standard power?
Also, if I am running 2 apple 27" LED cinema displays, will these run fine (I imagine that I'll have to use fullsize displayport to minidp adapters, which is fine although I do prefer when cards natively support minidp); is the last card that did that the Radeon 7950?
Last, will the 780ti be more powerful than the Radeon R9 290X?
Thanks for this great discussion
I'm interested in purchasing a flashed 780ti...any idea of when these might be available? To confirm, will this run on standard power?
Also, if I am running 2 apple 27" LED cinema displays, will these run fine (I imagine that I'll have to use fullsize displayport to minidp adapters, which is fine although I do prefer when cards natively support minidp); is the last card that did that the Radeon 7950?
Last, will the 780ti be more powerful than the Radeon R9 290X?
Thanks for this great discussion
Will start listing them as soon as there is an OS to support them.
For 2 @ 27" LED MDP displays you are going to need a Dual Link DVI to MDP adapter.
I have an Atloona that works well. (780s only have 1 @ DP)
We have a very cool GTX760 that has 2 @ MDPs natively and only needs 1 power cable but it is not as powerful as a 780 of course.
Since yesterday I'm running a Mac Pro 5,1 system with a 780 Ti videocard without using a separate power supply.
I want to share the steps to be taken to make it possible:
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- First I bought a Apple G5/Mac Pro Mini 6-Pin to 8-Pin PCIe Video Card Power Cable from Ebay.
- Installed the WebDriver-331.01.01f02 which can be found here:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/74402/en-us
- Replaced my 5770 videocard for with my Gigabyte NVIDIA 780 Ti.
- Rebooted my system without any issues (at least if you don't mind not seeing the Apple logo when booting ;-)
- Don't change the Display Driver!!! Changing the Display Driver to OSX Default Graphics Driver resulted in a black screen so I had to change it back to the standard NVidia Web Driver.
- After that I installed the latest CUDA Drivers from:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/mac-driver-archive.html
- To see if CUDA worked I downloaded CUDA-Z.
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Last but not least I followed this tutorial to remove the 'unsupported GPU' message in the preview section of After Effects and to have CUDA support in Premiere.
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The steps for CC versions that need to be taken are:
- run GPUSniffer. Open Terminal Window and copy and paste this command:
/Applications/Adobe\ After\ Effects\ CC/Adobe\ After\ Effects\ CC.app/Contents/GPUSniffer.app/Contents/MacOS/GPUSniffer
- In the Render string copy the name of the videocard (GeForce GTX 780 Ti)
After Effects CC
- Open Terminal Window and copy and paste this command:
sudo nano /Applications/Adobe\ After\ Effects\ CC/Adobe\ After\ Effects\ CC.app/Contents/raytracer_supported_cards.txt
- Add the name of the videocard to the list and save the file
Premiere CC
- Open Terminal Window and copy and paste this command:
sudo nano /Applications/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CC/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CC.app/Contents/cuda_supported_cards.txt
- Add the name of the videocard to the list and save the file
After using this new setup for a few hours I've noticed two small screen flashes. Since the 780 Ti is underpowered through the 6-pin connectors it might be a wist decision to add a power booster to have enough power to fuel the card for heavy render work.
Hope this helps people having a 780 Ti videocard running in a Mac Pro.
I want to share the steps to be taken to make it possible:
----------
- First I bought a Apple G5/Mac Pro Mini 6-Pin to 8-Pin PCIe Video Card Power Cable from Ebay.
- Installed the WebDriver-331.01.01f02 which can be found here:
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/74402/en-us
- Replaced my 5770 videocard for with my Gigabyte NVIDIA 780 Ti.
- Rebooted my system without any issues (at least if you don't mind not seeing the Apple logo when booting ;-)
- Don't change the Display Driver!!! Changing the Display Driver to OSX Default Graphics Driver resulted in a black screen so I had to change it back to the standard NVidia Web Driver.
- After that I installed the latest CUDA Drivers from:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/mac-driver-archive.html
- To see if CUDA worked I downloaded CUDA-Z.
----------
Last but not least I followed this tutorial to remove the 'unsupported GPU' message in the preview section of After Effects and to have CUDA support in Premiere.
----------
The steps for CC versions that need to be taken are:
- run GPUSniffer. Open Terminal Window and copy and paste this command:
/Applications/Adobe\ After\ Effects\ CC/Adobe\ After\ Effects\ CC.app/Contents/GPUSniffer.app/Contents/MacOS/GPUSniffer
- In the Render string copy the name of the videocard (GeForce GTX 780 Ti)
After Effects CC
- Open Terminal Window and copy and paste this command:
sudo nano /Applications/Adobe\ After\ Effects\ CC/Adobe\ After\ Effects\ CC.app/Contents/raytracer_supported_cards.txt
- Add the name of the videocard to the list and save the file
Premiere CC
- Open Terminal Window and copy and paste this command:
sudo nano /Applications/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CC/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CC.app/Contents/cuda_supported_cards.txt
- Add the name of the videocard to the list and save the file
After using this new setup for a few hours I've noticed two small screen flashes. Since the 780 Ti is underpowered through the 6-pin connectors it might be a wist decision to add a power booster to have enough power to fuel the card for heavy render work.
Hope this helps people having a 780 Ti videocard running in a Mac Pro.
Huh. I haven't heard of anyone needing to do anything special for their card to be recognized in the CC versions. Interesting.
Hi,
Great ...
two questions:
1) you have flashed the 780?
2) I could mount it in my 4.1?
Max
From his post - the answers to your questions are:
1. Since he has not boot screen - NO!
2. 4,1 and 5,1 Mac Pros are very similar except for firmware (which can be upgraded in the 4,1) - YES!
BTW, I'm using a MVC Flashed Gigabyte GTX 780 in my 5,1 with internal power and Nvidia Web Drivers and no ill effects.
Lou
Not necessary with the latest CC version of Premiere Pro. You'll be warned when you first start using it (and when you use AME for the first time), but it'll work without any file editing.
And, to make matters simpler, just delete the file in the Premiere Pro directory. While you're at it, delete the file in the Adobe Media Encoder directory as well.
Doing the GPU Sniffer and file edit gymnastics isn't necessary, and hasn't been since at least CS6. Maybe even further back. Just nuke the file and call it a day.
@LittlePaul
Like Flowrider already found out by reading the post I installed a stock 780Ti in my system without flashing it first.
Compared to to GeForce 780 videocard the GeForce 780Ti needs 35% more power under load.
The Mac Pro has just two 6-pin connectors + PCIE which makes a total of 2 x 75 Watt + 75 Watt = 225 Watt. So my videocard will be underpowered when putting to the test. Not sure if this could damage my logic board or power supply. So any ideas on this would be welcome.
@echoout the videocard worked out of the box in After Effects but GPU Information showed me 'unsupported GPU'. By adding 'GeForce GTX 780 Ti' to the raytracer_supported_cards.txt file this message dissapeared. It was more a formality than necessity. ;-)
@jasonvp
Thanks for this new info about Premiere Pro CC. I'll have a look your solution.
Like Flowrider already found out by reading the post I installed a stock 780Ti in my system without flashing it first.
Compared to to GeForce 780 videocard the GeForce 780Ti needs 35% more power under load.
The Mac Pro has just two 6-pin connectors + PCIE which makes a total of 2 x 75 Watt + 75 Watt = 225 Watt. So my videocard will be underpowered when putting to the test. Not sure if this could damage my logic board or power supply. So any ideas on this would be welcome.
@echoout the videocard worked out of the box in After Effects but GPU Information showed me 'unsupported GPU'. By adding 'GeForce GTX 780 Ti' to the raytracer_supported_cards.txt file this message dissapeared. It was more a formality than necessity. ;-)
@jasonvp
Thanks for this new info about Premiere Pro CC. I'll have a look your solution.
What cable do you use to connect the 780 Ti to the 2 6-Pin PCI-E connectors on the Mac Pro board?, I mean the video card has a 6-pin and 8-pin connectors, thanks
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Just to clarify, with the cable from eBay you connected the 8-pin from the card to the first mini-6-pin on the board and the other 6-pin from the card using another cable to the second mini-6-pin on the board?
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With this video card, will I be able to boot into recovery mode (command+R)?, with the GTX 780 I am able to do it, and it's a GK110B model, I understand the GTX 780 Ti it's also GK110B so the native Mac OS X 10.9.2 Nvidia driver should work?
I have a MVC modified with EFI GTX 780 with two eight pin connectors. MVC modifies the connectors on the card (He shorts three of the pins) so that regular 6 pin cables plug into the 8 pin socket.
I also have a GK110A and it's my understanding that with Nvidia's new web drivers the A & B chips should behave the same.
Lou
Thanks for your response, do you know if the latest 10.9.2 drivers will handle B chip if I go into recovery mode (command+R)?, or I will get a black screen?, would the solution be to install the GT120 together with the GTX 780 Ti?
^^^^Since I have an "A", I can't speak from first hand experience. However, from all the research I have done, yes the Web Drivers for 10.9.2 handle the "B" chip.
And since I have a flashed card, I get a boot screen. An unlashed card won't. Some have said using a helper card with an EFI will provide a boot screen. Again, I have no personal experience.
Lou
And since I have a flashed card, I get a boot screen. An unlashed card won't. Some have said using a helper card with an EFI will provide a boot screen. Again, I have no personal experience.
Lou
Hi Flowrider!
I got a non-EFI EVGA 780 Classified in my 4.1>5.1 connected to an 450W PSU using the 2 8-pin connectors. Have you seen any fps issues in games like WoW or GW2?
I got a non-EFI EVGA 780 Classified in my 4.1>5.1 connected to an 450W PSU using the 2 8-pin connectors. Have you seen any fps issues in games like WoW or GW2?