Hi,
I'm currently running a Mac Pro 3.1 with a patched version of Sierra (using the Dosdude method). My current video card is a Nvidia GTX1070, which is just a standard PC video card with no mac bootup EFI. I've been using this setup for quite sometime, but I really want to try and upgrade this older mac to run more modern MacOS's. I'm looking at using Open Core Legacy Patcher to install Monterey, but I'm aware the GTX 1070 won't work with this (or will it? I don't know). I still have my old Radeon HD5770 Mac video card, so I can install Monterey with that as a way to get Monterey installed, but I like to play more modern Windows games, so the HD5770 won't be very good for that. Plus the HD5770 isn't a metal card either.
Is there a suitable non mac video card I can upgrade to that is better for gaming than the Nvidia GTX 1070 but that works with my Mac Pro 3.1 and in Monterey? I'm finding it really hard to find any answers through google, etc... and I realise that my case is quite specific. I'm quite old school so I don't really care much for 4k, 6k, etc... I play in pretty much old HD resolutions (my monitor is an old 2008 mac monitor that only goes up to 1680x1050 - which is perfectly fine for me - the monitor itself still works flawlessly BTW). I'm finding it hard to find a better video card performance wise than the GTX 1070, but I'm aware that an AMD Radeon might be the only best option.
Secondly, with Windows I'm using Windows 10 and don't plan to upgrade to 11 (I don't think I can on my MP3.1 anyway, but I may be wrong...). I'm aware that Open Core Legacy Patcher might not have this version of Windows in it's boot menu, but can I still manually boot to my Windows partition from the standard mac boot menu once Open Core is installed?
Thanks in advance, take care!
I'm currently running a Mac Pro 3.1 with a patched version of Sierra (using the Dosdude method). My current video card is a Nvidia GTX1070, which is just a standard PC video card with no mac bootup EFI. I've been using this setup for quite sometime, but I really want to try and upgrade this older mac to run more modern MacOS's. I'm looking at using Open Core Legacy Patcher to install Monterey, but I'm aware the GTX 1070 won't work with this (or will it? I don't know). I still have my old Radeon HD5770 Mac video card, so I can install Monterey with that as a way to get Monterey installed, but I like to play more modern Windows games, so the HD5770 won't be very good for that. Plus the HD5770 isn't a metal card either.
Is there a suitable non mac video card I can upgrade to that is better for gaming than the Nvidia GTX 1070 but that works with my Mac Pro 3.1 and in Monterey? I'm finding it really hard to find any answers through google, etc... and I realise that my case is quite specific. I'm quite old school so I don't really care much for 4k, 6k, etc... I play in pretty much old HD resolutions (my monitor is an old 2008 mac monitor that only goes up to 1680x1050 - which is perfectly fine for me - the monitor itself still works flawlessly BTW). I'm finding it hard to find a better video card performance wise than the GTX 1070, but I'm aware that an AMD Radeon might be the only best option.
Secondly, with Windows I'm using Windows 10 and don't plan to upgrade to 11 (I don't think I can on my MP3.1 anyway, but I may be wrong...). I'm aware that Open Core Legacy Patcher might not have this version of Windows in it's boot menu, but can I still manually boot to my Windows partition from the standard mac boot menu once Open Core is installed?
Thanks in advance, take care!