Graphics Card for 2009 Mac Pro which will allow me to upgrade to Mojave

[andrew.fenner]

I am looking to upgrade my early 2009 Mac Pro to eek a bit more life out of it. I mainly use if for video editing (I I use Adobe Premier CC). When I went to High Sierra it was flashed so it is registering as a 5.1 model.

It has been suggested that I upgrade my video card first, what do people think of this one?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071CQ5...olid=2TB5CZ3NHI8DP&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

I have heard that it works OK, but you don't get a boot screen. Is that a problem, or just when I need to run diagnostics?

Will this mean that I can upgrade to Mojave? Any suggestions for a better card?

Thanks

 

[bsbeamer]

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB is specifically recommended by Apple for Mojave use in MP5,1. Nearly every question on this GPU has already been answered on this forum.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208898

These specific third-party graphics cards are Metal-capable and compatible with macOS Mojave on Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012):

• MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 128-bit 4GB GDRR5
• SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5
• SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
• NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

 

[Pentaxer]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/gpu-zoo-for-cmp.2174600/

Information on 30 GPUs which are compatible with MacPro. Recommendations are in the end.