Mac Pro 3,1 and 4K Monitor

[MacVidCards]

I see DisplayPort on that one

 

[Moogulator]

ah, so Apples Connector ist just one of 2 existing ones.

That is the solution to this.

Non Apple DP
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/DisplayPort-rid.jpg

Apple-Style MiniDP.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.../1920px-Mini_DisplayPort_on_Apple_MacBook.jpg

well - I should have known that - thanks! Get an adapter from that to Apple-Style and it's done.
so it seems this will be able to do the 4K 30Hz things Apple.Fiend was referring to.

so I could go and 4 lo-profile 4k'ing ..
thanks!

 

[Moogulator]

oops - HD5850 is the real name of it. so in case anyone did 4k with this card in 30 or more Hz - just let me know.

 

[Crease]

I bought this card for the mac pro 2008 (swedish site, but you should be able to see the specs at least):

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?e=1240276

That Zotac GTX 680 with two 6-pin power cords works awesome with a 1440p screen and it will surely beat the crap out of a 5770 at 4K, hands down. 4GB memory is nice for that bigger screen.

You don't get a boot-screen though but otherwise it works awesome out of the box.

// DL

[doublepost=1514839921][/doublepost]Happy New Year Boomhowler, I just purchased the Zotac GeForce GTX 680, how did you connect it to your 2008 Mac Pro, since the minimum recommended system power requirement is 550W and the maximum graphics card power is 195W? Did you connect it with two Mini-PCIe 6Pin Mac-Pro G5 to PCI-Express 6-Pin Video Card Power Cables or some other configuration?
[doublepost=1514840734][/doublepost]

I bought this card for the mac pro 2008 (swedish site, but you should be able to see the specs at least):

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?e=1240276

That Zotac GTX 680 with two 6-pin power cords works awesome with a 1440p screen and it will surely beat the crap out of a 5770 at 4K, hands down. 4GB memory is nice for that bigger screen.

You don't get a boot-screen though but otherwise it works awesome out of the box.

// DL

[doublepost=1514840775][/doublepost]Happy New Year Boomhowler, I just purchased the Zotac GeForce GTX 680, how did you connect it to your 2008 Mac Pro, since the minimum recommended system power requirement is 550W and the maximum graphics card power is 195W? Did you connect it with two Mini-PCIe 6Pin Mac-Pro G5 to PCI-Express 6-Pin Video Card Power Cables or some other configuration?

 

[Boomhowler]

Happy New Year Boomhowler, I just purchased the Zotac GeForce GTX 680, how did you connect it to your 2008 Mac Pro, since the minimum recommended system power requirement is 550W and the maximum graphics card power is 195W? Did you connect it with two Mini-PCIe 6Pin Mac-Pro G5 to PCI-Express 6-Pin Video Card Power Cables or some other configuration?

Yes, I bought two of those cables and connected them to the GPU. Works fine.

 

[Justbignus9]

I bought this card for the mac pro 2008 (swedish site, but you should be able to see the specs at least):

http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?e=1240276

That Zotac GTX 680 with two 6-pin power cords works awesome with a 1440p screen and it will surely beat the crap out of a 5770 at 4K, hands down. 4GB memory is nice for that bigger screen.

You don't get a boot-screen though but otherwise it works awesome out of the box.

// DL

Thanks for the response “Boomhowler.” Final question, what operating system are you running on your MAC 2008 with your Zotac GTX 680?