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MP All Models Turn a "new" Sapphire RX580 PULSE into the "Mac Edition" card
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I don’t understand the second question. What do you mean by eGPU program? I don’t know if anyone knows if Apple will be selling graphics cards to the public like the Dev kit.
Very, very unlikely. The eGPU dev kit is most definitely a 'one off' IMO.
Yeah, and it’s not Apple’s own product. I think it’s possible they may offer their own product. When TB3 came out there were prototypes of small mobile GPU based eGPUs. Apple may offer something like that of their own proprietary design.
Basically curious what the long-term plan is with Apple supporting eGPU and if it's only (officially) through their "setup in box" configurations (like the Dev kit is), or if additional cards and setups will be supported. I'm not part of the beta program, but very interested in GPU support for my workflows. Since I'm on a TB2 MacBook Pro and PCIe Mac Pro figured the beta was not really beneficial unless I purchased a new MacBook Pro...
The NVIDIA driver requirements with non-EFI cards could make this difficult, but if 10.13.4 changes the way all GPUs work with the OS (not just for AMD) it may be possible. If I can get the beta installed on a clean spare drive in the next week or two, maybe could give it a shot with my GTX 680 official Mac version. No way I would attempt with the non-EFI GTX 1080 unless the GTX 680 for Mac fully works.
IMO, RX580, especially the Sapphire PULSE 8GB version, should be the safest bet.
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Yeah it depends. The RX 580 will have the best general performance out of those 3, but the WX cards would be necessary for certain professional apps like SolidWorks. The WX 7100 has about the performance of an RX 570. The WX 5100 has about the performance of an RX 560. As single slot cards with a small fan the WX cards are not very suitable for gaming, but are suitable for the uses most people probably use a Mac Pro for. I would say if you don't game then go with one of the WX cards, but if you game then go for the RX 580. The WX cards can be registered with AMD for a 7 year warranty. They have the highest binned chips.
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Any update on flashing a Nitro+ RX 580 to the recognized Pulse bios? I'd like to replace this MSI 7950 (Mac bios) even if it means giving up the boot screen.
Returned those XFX Vega 56 (nano pcb) cards.. My fault. PSU does not even boot both of them. XFX quality control seems like crap anyway with clicking fans, good thermals, but seemingly unoptimized clocks on states 5-7.
Returned those XFX Vega 56 (nano pcb) cards.. My fault. PSU does not even boot both of them. XFX quality control seems like crap anyway with clicking fans, good thermals, but seemingly unoptimized clocks on states 5-7.
I think there is no need to flash anymore. The latest macOS can recognise an unflashed RX580 without problem.
Hah, this is true. It's late here. I meant..
Nitro+ for eGPU detect though?
Seems like more progress is needed for that, yeah?
Should be no difference, still the same device ID regardless internal / external.
An existing difference seems to be if it recognizes one of the correct Pulse part numbers it loads the Orinoco frame buffer (instead of RadeonFramebuffer), whatever benefit that brings.
as a total novice I am trying to just make my MAcPro 5.1 ( High Sierra 10.13.3) work with a standard new Pulse RX 580 8GB - but cannot get it to work. I am replacing a Nvidia 780 which Nvidia drivers are not working in High Sierra. I thought the RX 580 would work out of the box without any flashing or other tricks?
Am I wrong or do I need to upgrade to 10.13.4 first? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
Am I wrong or do I need to upgrade to 10.13.4 first? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
Should just work out of the box however you won’t get boot screens.
- How are you powering the card?
- Do you have FileVault enabled? FileVault is not compatible with cards that do not show the boot screen.
- Did you uninstall the NVIDIA web driver prior to dropping in the 580?
- Have you tried a PRAM reset with the 580 in place?
Should have tried this while the card was still in there. I am back to the 780. maybe worth to try before uninstalling the Nvidia driver?
THANK you for your information 88409!!! I appreciate it very much!
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just learning how to post in a forum!! sorry: here's the missing part:
- How are you powering the card?
I ordered a new dual mini 6 pin to 8 pin cable: seems to be working: fans are both running upon startup?
- Do you have FileVault enabled? FileVault is not compatible with cards that do not show the boot screen.
I do not use this.
- Did you uninstall the NVIDIA web driver prior to dropping in the 580?
No I did not, because I wanted t be sure to be able to go back to the 780 just in case.
here's the q: the Nvidia driver is set to macdriver - I had to go through some terminal uninstall of the startup of the Nvidia driver so it would NOT go to the web driver and I thought that should be ok with the 580, but maybe I need to uninstall the Nvidia driver completely? Just wondering: If that does not work - how can I go back to using the 780? I might end up with NO WAY of having a monitor and would not know how to make it work?
maybe I should create a second startup disk with just no Nvidia drivers and boot from there?
Also wondering: is there any way to tell I have a faulty card?