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Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti in Mac Pro 4,1->5,1?
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Will the latest drivers Nvidia Web Drives support most versions of the GTX 10XX series or only some of them under Sierra? Is there a compatibility listing anywhere?
Are all GTX 10XX (1050.60.70,80) considered pascal cards? Or are there specific versions of these models that are and others are not? Thanks
Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it.. one more question (maybe two or three), Since there are 10XX cards from MSI, Giagbyte, EVGA, ASUS, as well as Nvidia itself, perhaps others, does it make a difference which vendor of a 10XX card? Are there some that would not work in a Mac Pro?
The other question that pops into mind is, are the driver releases now universal? They support the Maxwell versions as well as the Pascal versions? Or do we have to look for the pascal version of the driver if you have 10xx card?
thanks for any other info..
^^^^First question - No as long as you can get the proper power to it. Some of the higher priced GTX 1080s are overclocked quite a bit and require more power as does the 1080ti and above. The 1080s with the single 8 pin connector work quite well on just power from the MB. I have a flashed 8 pin Gigabyte gaming card, because I really like the cooler.
Yes to the second.
Lou.
Yes to the second.
Lou.
Polaris driver for rx 480 and rx 580 are now included in High Sierra. No more Kext mod necessary. Works pretty well and valley benchmark scores 2605 Faster than my D700 on MP 2013 which scores 2351
I would have liked to get an RX580 for no other reason than AMD GPUS being used in Macs, I figured macOS, APIs, and Apple's own apps are better tuned for it, but decided on a 1080Ti for CUDA and Adobe CC. Now the RX580 is scarce.
This is awesome! I am planning on installing one single 1080 in my Mac Pro 5,1. Sorry if this has been answered already, but what power cables should I buy? I am in the U.S.
I bought a 1080 founders ed 8gb that was mac chipped profession job I got it off eBay and had questions before install the seal were replaced so I thought I had received a factory card that slid through the system but they were the one that added the seals I were seeing. I uses one 8-6 cable I believe that they sent with the card. Wasn't cheap you get the apple boot screen per there ad just like a factory mac card. I haven't installed it yet as I have new drives to replaced the 2tb wd red hdds that the system came with I plan on the main two jobs will be my flight sim machine running x-plane 11 sand lightroom/photoshop workhorse. I'll browse the web and use it for iTunes etc but those are the two main uses for the setup. I replacing one of the 2tb hdds with ab1tb ssd drive the rest will be replaced by 4tb wd reds I got a deal on 6 drives, enough for this machine and both my synology NAS's that will give them 2 4tb wd reds each since one has 1, I'm not totally sure of the other.ill take the 4 2tb and redo my buffalo NAS with them the netgear nas will get the best of what's left.
If it helps in any way, many customers running resolve have been pretty happy of our builds with dual RX580
Looking at vega 56 now
Hi Guys,
Mac Store UK has a little blurb on their website that explains two options for internally powering the 1080ti on a cMP.
Quote: " The GTX 1080Ti, Titan X (Pascal) & Titan Xp all require this different setup. The 2 aux power connectors on the logic board will power the 8 pin connector in the mentioned graphics cards. The setup is – 2 x mini 6 pin to 6 pin cables plugged in to a dual 6 pin to 8 pin connector. The 6 pin connector on the graphics card is then powered from a SATA power connector. If you have a spare HDD bay in your Mac the easiest way is to simply plug in a 6 pin to SATA power cable in to your spare SATA HDD socket. If you either don’t have the free HDD bay or would like a neater solution you can draw the 6 pin power from the SATA connector in the second optical bay. This again is straightforward but does take some patience getting the extension cable in the gap between the main compartment and the optical bay." -- Mac Store UK
https://www.macstoreuk.com/faqs/nvidia-gtx-1080ti-titan-x-pascal-titan-xp-power-setup/
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Pulling power from the lower optical bay would be my preference, versus external PSU or sacrificing a hard drive bay. Question: Anybody here tried this?
Mac Store UK has a little blurb on their website that explains two options for internally powering the 1080ti on a cMP.
Quote: " The GTX 1080Ti, Titan X (Pascal) & Titan Xp all require this different setup. The 2 aux power connectors on the logic board will power the 8 pin connector in the mentioned graphics cards. The setup is – 2 x mini 6 pin to 6 pin cables plugged in to a dual 6 pin to 8 pin connector. The 6 pin connector on the graphics card is then powered from a SATA power connector. If you have a spare HDD bay in your Mac the easiest way is to simply plug in a 6 pin to SATA power cable in to your spare SATA HDD socket. If you either don’t have the free HDD bay or would like a neater solution you can draw the 6 pin power from the SATA connector in the second optical bay. This again is straightforward but does take some patience getting the extension cable in the gap between the main compartment and the optical bay." -- Mac Store UK
https://www.macstoreuk.com/faqs/nvidia-gtx-1080ti-titan-x-pascal-titan-xp-power-setup/
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Pulling power from the lower optical bay would be my preference, versus external PSU or sacrificing a hard drive bay. Question: Anybody here tried this?
[doublepost=1505573103][/doublepost]I have a 1080Ti using this same dual six pin to 8 pin setup. But I pull the SATA power from the hard drive bay instead since I use PCIe SSDs.
Definitely not a recommended setup in the long run but fine for testing and in most cases (in which the user actually uses the GPU only slightly).
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Happy to defer to your expertise here, curious about the following:
Q1: What is the issue that makes pulling power from the lower optical bay not ideal for heavy workloads or long term use?
Q2: Are you a saying that a hard drive bay a better power source, or that an external PSU is better than either internal options?
Thanks!
Happy to defer to your expertise here, curious about the following:
Q1: What is the issue that makes pulling power from the lower optical bay not ideal for heavy workloads or long term use?
Q2: Are you a saying that a hard drive bay a better power source, or that an external PSU is better than either internal options?
Thanks!
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I'm running (2) factory overclocked EVGA GTX 1080 TI FTW3's (PN 11G-P4-6696-KR) with no issues using a 450w auxiliary psu in the lower optical bay. The 1080 TI's are dual 8-pin each with a TDP of 280w each.
Sierra 10.12.6 & Nvidia Web Driver 378.05.05.25f01 (No Issues)
Windows 10 Pro 1703 & Nvidia Driver 22.21.13.8541 (No Issues)
Sierra 10.12.6 & Nvidia Web Driver 378.05.05.25f01 (No Issues)
Windows 10 Pro 1703 & Nvidia Driver 22.21.13.8541 (No Issues)
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Can you tell me what brand/model of PSU you are using in the lower optical bay? I'd like to look into this as an option. Thanks.
Not sure what's out there now, but NewEgg used to sell this some time ago.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...17101044&cm_sp=&AID=10440897&PID=4549763&SID=
I'm running the FSP Booster X5. I put it in about 4 years ago. This type of PSU is pretty difficult to find these days. I saw one last week (VisionTec brand) on Amazon and scooped it up as a backup in case I ever have a problem with mine.
Another good option is to use an Xbox PSU (easy to find). See Prince123's post here.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ultimate-mac-pro-5-1-mod-for-triple-titan-x.2043646/
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