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    MP 1,1-5,1 RX 470/cMP 4.1->5.1, OCLP 0.6.8, black screen

    I'm having issues with a cMP 5.1, OCLP 0.6.8 Ventura 13.5 and my "new" 4GB Sapphire RX 470 to replace the current R7/350. I installed the graphics in Slot 1, connected it to the 6 pin power, re-root-patched with: AMD Legacy GCN Legacy Wireless Legacy USB 1.1 (these are all that come up) Added...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Can a MacPro 5,1 burn a rx580?

    it came with a 4870. Used it for a couple months (it was plugged into two 6 pin pcie power from the logic board). Now I got an rx580 and I'm using a cable I got from a chinese website like AliExpress (banggood) its a two mini 6 pin to 8 pin and I got my rx580. The first day it had an issue (the...
  3. Archetypemusic

    MP 1,1-5,1 Basic replacement graphics card to watch 2K & 4K movies on Mac Pro 5.1

    Hi Mac Rumors. I've got a Mac Pro 5.1 (2010) & 30" Apple Monitor (OSX 10.13.6 High Sierra) that I'm trying to watch 1080p & 1440p video files. My poor ATI Radeon 5770 graphics card starts to blotch out with 1080p and 1440p makes it supper blotchy with un-smooth motion. I'm not a gamer or am...
  4. gspiros

    PPC G4 replacement video card

    Hi all, I have an old PPC G4 MDD single 1.25 GHz currently with the RV250 ATI card and I am looking for a replacement. I happen to have a RADEON 9550 256mb, an HD 3450 512 mb, an HD 2600 PRO 512 mb and a GeForce FX 5900 128mb laying around from old PCs. Does any of them work on a PPC G4? Do they...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 graphics card fan issue

    Hi there, I'm hoping someone can help - I'm experiencing a strange fan issue with my graphics card that I purchased in 2020. It seems to intermittently turn on at the highest speed at random intervals - I've also noticed that just one fan does this instead of both. In fact, one fan isn't even...
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    Mouse Freezes for about 5 seconds (occurs more when gaming)

    I have a late 2014 27" 5k Retina iMac i7 32gb Ram Radeon R9 x295X 4gb GPU I have a peculiar and frustrating issue where my cursor locks in place for about 5 seconds at a time.... I have a wired keyboard, and a wired mouse, which worked on my old mac, works on the new mac, apart from when it...
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    MP 7,1 Need Help with Upgrading Graphics Card

    I am looking into get a 6900XT for my 2019 Mac Pro. Will the graphics card from different vendors work the same? I saw many options on newegg like from ASRock, Sapphire, MSI and etc. The price ranges from 1K ~ 2K, I am quite new in the area and worried about making the wrong purchase. Another...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Graphics card help Mac Pro 3,1

    Hey, I want to switch out my graphics card to another computer and the website gives me the choice to add graphics cards. I was wondering if I would be able to switch around the graphics cards because I would still like to access my current Mac. I have a mac pro 3,1 (early 2008) and these are...
  9. BritishB0xer

    2014 iMac screen goes black but not in safe mode.

    Model: Apple iMac 27" i7 5k 4GHz 3TB ƒ 2014 Issue: Screen goes black after 4 mins of playing videos, then continues in shorter intervals. Graphics Card: AMD Radeon R9 M295X 4 GO Tests: Both Etrecheck and Apple diagnostics (reboot) show no signs of conflicts by software or hardware. Functional...
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    Rectangular artifact in display Macbook Pro 16 2019

    Had this issue in the past sometime but haven't found an explanation yet. There's a persistent rectangular artefact on the bottom left of the screen on Desktop 1 but not on Desktop 2 (see picture). When Desktop 1 is deleted, it moves to Desktop 2. SMC and NVRAM were reset a few days before this...
  11. LeoI07

    Question: How powerful of a graphics card will work in a beige Power Macintosh G3?

    Original Question I have an old Power Macintosh G3 Minitower (266 Mhz) and I'm looking to install a GPU upgrade so the G3 can output higher resolution video at higher color depths. However, I don't know of any specs for what the max working graphics card specs (mainly VRAM) work for a beige G3...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Rendering on a 4,1...upgrades possible? dosdude? or open core? for autodesk, and mild animation...anyone tried it recently?

    Hi, I have done a bit of research, and I have 3 machines that are either going to be thrown away, or upgraded to use as mild rendering machines for furniture design, and a bit of AR for online retail, (this will be eventually for my business) booting latest windows, and or Mac os, via either a...
  13. DavidInSydney

    Is there an external graphics card for use on a 2018 intel Mac Mini?

    Our 2018 MAC MINI SG/3.0GHZ 6C/8GB/512GB can be very slow when using the Cintiq 22 inch with Photoshop and animation programs such as ToonBoom Animate etc. A friend suggests we buy an exterior graphics card, plugging it in to one of its Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports. Is this a good idea and can...
  14. salaransari

    MP 1,1-5,1 How can I flash a MSI Radeon RX 480 ARMOR 4G for my Mac Pro 5,1?

    Hello everyone, I have gotten an RX 480 unit and want to install it on my Mac Pro 5,1. This car works well with my operating system which is High Sierra however, I need to be able to see the boot screen since I also have a windows boot and need that for gaming which is why I got the graphics...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Diagnosing 2008 Mac Pro graphics card /motherboard issue

    A while ago I bought 2 new Samsung monitors to run on my 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 with a GTX770 graphics card. I unplugged the old monitors, plugged in the new ones (using Samsung's supplied HDMI cables, the only ones I've found that will actually run them at their full 144Hz speed). One of the screens...
  16. davemcollins

    Does a dead display use processing power?

    Hello All, I've spent weeks scouring the internet but I can't find the answer to this question: Does the dead display of an iMac or MacBook use any CPU/GPU power? For example, I have a Mid 2012 13" MacBook Pro with a dead display that I've been using as a desktop (with an external display)...
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    How to fix vertical lines on iMac 2008 20" screen?

    Picked up an iMac early 2008 20" recently, installed a 240G SSD, OS X Ei Capitan, with 4G RAM, worked very well, however, I found there were color vertical lines on screen. Vertical patterns are fixed in color and horizontal positions, never changed. On normal screen of a desktop, 6 color...
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    Macbook pro 2011 Late cannot enable dGPU again

    I'm struggling with some problem involved with enable dGPU AMD Radeon. To the needs of installation MacOS Catalina I had to disable discrete graphics card. I reboot into recovery mode and used command nvram fa4ce28d-b62f-4c99-9cc3-6815686e30f9:gpu-power-prefs=%01%00%00%00 after reboot I again...
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    Is an external monitor going to put extra strain on my older MacBook's GPU? (no gaming)

    It's an older (2010) 15" MacBook Pro I still own which keeps astounding me on how excellent it still runs after all these years, (I am not a gamer though). The only problem is it's manifesting some GPU glitches sometimes, like when opening some big sized PNG images on Preview (not always...
  20. budhardy

    Can I upgrade my graphic card?

    Here's my specs Thanks!