MP 1,1-5,1 Installing a Quadro 5600 FX video card into a Mac Pro 5,1

[voodoochild16]

Hi all,
So I have a Mac Pro 5,1 and just got a free nVidia Quadro FX 5600 video card for it and want to install it. It did not come with the proper cables to install it. It's a 100% Mac compatible card, I have no idea what connectors I need for this thing, can anyone link me to the right one?. I tried looking on Google but cant really find anything, I want to be sure to know exactly what I need so when I order it, it will work. Thanks in advance for any help. I know my machine is old but I want to install Mojave which is fully supported by this machine.

 

[tsialex]

Hi all,
So I have a Mac Pro 5,1 and just got a free nVidia Quadro FX 5600 video card for it and want to install it. It did not come with the proper cables to install it. It's a 100% Mac compatible card, I have no idea what connectors I need for this thing, can anyone link me to the right one?. I tried looking on Google but cant really find anything, I want to be sure to know exactly what I need so when I order it, it will work. Thanks in advance for any help. I know my machine is old but I want to install Mojave which is fully supported by this machine.

This card is from 2008 and works up to High Sierra, incompatible with Mojave since it's not a METAL supported GPU.

You need two 6-pin mini-PCIe to standard PCIe power cables, if you really want to try it. Same 2 cables of an Apple OEM HD 5870. If your Mac Pro have a HD 5770, you already have one cable from the factory.

 

[voodoochild16]

This card is from 2008 and works up to High Sierra, incompatible with Mojave since it's not a METAL supported GPU.

You need two 6-pin mini-PCIe to standard PCIe power cables, if you really want to try it. Same 2 cables of an Apple OEM HD 5870. If your Mac Pro have a HD 5770, you already have one cable from the factory.

Thanks for the details. I guess I'll have to look for another card on eBaY or something. Wish me luck.

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

Thanks for the details. I guess I'll have to look for another card on eBaY or something. Wish me luck.

For light work, I would suggest a second-hand RX 560 4GB which doesn't need any extra power.
For medium work, I would suggest a new RX 6600 (XT) (8-pin power connector). This would require a lot of preparation like OCLP installing etc.