Problem with the graphic card in my Mac Pro 8 core

[Bagelakis]

Hi , i have a problem with the graphic card in my Mac Pro 8 core (2008) .My old card is a Geforce 8800 gt ,i am thinking to buy this card U] PALIT GEFORCE GT640 2GB DDR3 PCI-E RETAIL[/U] because is cheap and i am using it to see some movies and videos on youtube , and the only games that i've used to play is Rpo Evolution Shocker 2013,Fifa ,NBA etc , will I have problems with this card it's ok ?

Site i Greece
http://www.e-shop.gr/product?id=PER.510490

Chipset: GeForce GT640.
Μνήμη: 2GB.
Τύπος μνήμης: DDR3.
Memory Ιnterface: 128bit.
Graphics Clock: 900MHz.
Memory Clock: 891MHz (DDR 1782MHz).
Processor Clock: 1800MHz.
CUDA Cores: 384.
Memory Bandwidth: 28.51 GB/sec.
Τύπος διαύλου: PCI-E 3.0 x 16.
DirectX: 11.
OpenGL: 4.3.
Μέγιση ψηφιακή ανάλυση: 2560x1600.
Μέγιση αναλογική ανάλυση: 2048x1536.
Συνδέσεις: 1x Dual-Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA.
Απαιτήσεις Τροφοδοσίας: 350W.
Πρόσθετα Χαρακτηριστικά NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology, NVIDIA CUDA Technology, NVIDIA PhysX-ready, NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync, NVIDIA FXAA Technology, Blu-ray 3D Support, TrueHD and DTS-HD Audio Bitstreaming Support, Certified for Microsoft Windows 7/8.

http://www.techstores.gr/product/25882/gra-pcx-palit-gt640-2gb

Product Description: Palit GeForce GT 640 graphics card - GF GT 640 - 2 GB
Device Type: Graphics card
Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0 x16
Graphics Engine: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
Memory: 2 GB - DDR3
Core Clock: 900 MHz
CUDA Cores: 384
Effective Memory Clock: 1.782 GHz
Shader Clock: 1800 MHz
Memory Interface: 128-bit
Max Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Max Resolution Details: DVI: 2560 x 1600 / HDMI: 2560 x 1600 / VGA: 2048 x1536
Interfaces VGA: DVI-I (dual link) ¦ HDMI
API Supported: DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.2
Dimensions (WxDxH): 15 cm x 6.9 cm
Microsoft Certification: Compatible with Windows 7

 

[Robert Davies]

I had a GT 640 2gb in my machine briefly

The performance from that card was poor, and I cannot in all conscience recommend it, but having checked out your links, I had no idea things were so expensive in Greece!

In the UK the GTX 560TI is a worthwhile upgrade and not that much more expensive than the GT640 - say 100eur as against 80eur for the GT640

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-evga-gtx-560-ti-40nm-4008mhz-gddr5-gpu-880mhz-shader-1760mhz-384-cores-mhdmi-dvi

 

[Bagelakis]

Thank you for your reply, I don't know why the electronics products are so expensive here but they are anyway. I've searched for the GTX 560TI that you recommend but I can't find it here in Greece. I'll communicate with the store "scan" if they can ship it to Greece and see what's happen.

One more question: these two cards we are talking about- the GT 640 2gb and the GTX 560TI - they both match to my computer?

 

[RoastingPig]

You have to throw the graphics card in the oven

 

[Bagelakis]

I did it the first time WORKED 3.5 months, broke down I did twice but nothing happened

 

[Robert Davies]

One more question: these two cards we are talking about- the GT 640 2gb and the GTX 560TI - they both match to my computer?

In my opinion, they both will work, but as I indicated, I found the performance of the GT 640 disappointing.

Could I ask that you take a read of the first post in this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1440150/

It goes a long way to explain the capabilities and recommendations for NVidia graphics cards in Mac Pros.

If you have any further questions, go ahead and ask

 

[ActionableMango]

I did it the first time WORKED 3.5 months, broke down I did twice but nothing happened

No matter how many times I've heard that has worked, it still boggles my mind.

 

[Bagelakis]

New Card !!!!!!!!!!!

Hi this card (MSI GEFORCE GTX650 N650-1GD5/OCV1 1GB) http://www.e-shop.gr/product?id=PER.514471&sid=1 Is it suitable for my Mac ?
I 've searched for driver's in Site http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N6501GD5OCV1.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win8%2064 but i haven't found any

 

[Robert Davies]

Hi this card (MSI GEFORCE GTX650 N650-1GD5/OCV1 1GB) http://www.e-shop.gr/product?id=PER.514471&sid=1 Is it suitable for my Mac ?
I 've searched for driver's in Site http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N6501GD5OCV1.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win8%2064 but i haven't found any

If you are running 10.7.5 or above, the drivers for that card are already built into the Operating System. Any improved drivers are obtained direct from NVidia's site not from MSI's.

Check out that thread I recommended in my post up this thread somewhere for more details.

-Rob

 

[Gav Mack]

No matter how many times I've heard that has worked, it still boggles my mind.

Here's another to boggle you. 2 out of 2 successful oven bake re-flows with 15" MBP 2011 ATI GPU logic boards with the weak lead free solder problems which cause them to break so far