I have a 2010 MP. I ‘ve been running 10.14 on it which works fine until I run into something that needs GPU acceleration. So I’ve been thinking about upgrading the video card, possibly a RX580. Possible problem, I need to run 10.6 occasionally. I don’t need GPU acceleration in 10.6, just basic video.
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10.14 & 10.6
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You will need an EFI GPU to run 10.14 and 10.6 on the same Mac. If I'm not wrong, there is not a Mojave METAL supported GPU that has support for 10.6, but you can use EFI drivers with 10.6 to show a un-accelerated screen, so you are probably limited to HD 7950/GTX 680 Mac Edition cards and EFI flashed ones.
RX 580 will boot to a black screen with anything older than 10.12, no EFI support.
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10.6 is the primary operating system on my MP 5,1. I use it to run legacy software that CAN NOT be virtualized(I need to control Firewire peripherals).
As much as I'd like to run 10.14, I've resigned myself to sticking to 10.13 for the time being. If I do eventually run 10.14, I will do the somewhat arduous option of switching video cards depending on the OS I'm running.
Unfortunately, running without accel also isn't an option for me in 10.6, as some of the software I run is virtually unuseable without it. I'm watching 5870 prices and I'm hoping that the need for Metal-compatible GPUs in 10.14 will bring the prices down-that will be a decent, but not huge, upgrade from my current 5770.
As much as I'd like to run 10.14, I've resigned myself to sticking to 10.13 for the time being. If I do eventually run 10.14, I will do the somewhat arduous option of switching video cards depending on the OS I'm running.
Unfortunately, running without accel also isn't an option for me in 10.6, as some of the software I run is virtually unuseable without it. I'm watching 5870 prices and I'm hoping that the need for Metal-compatible GPUs in 10.14 will bring the prices down-that will be a decent, but not huge, upgrade from my current 5770.
After upgrading my video card to a GTX 680 4 GB, years ago, I was disappointed that I could no longer boot into my Snow Leopard volume to play some of the good old games from days gone by. Snow Leopard ran fine but the games wouldn't run at all. Switching out the 680 to my old card for those few occasions was inconvenient to say the least.
A few months back I found a great deal on a cMP 4,1, and I bought it with intentions of having it around mostly for replacement parts. But it came with an ATI 4870 video card, and as a result it became the perfect machine for running Snow Leopard along with all those old games.
I've since upgraded my GTX 680 to a Sapphire Pulse RX 580 which gives me a more modern cMP, alongside the nostalgic stock cMP that was meant as a parts machine. The best of both worlds.
A few months back I found a great deal on a cMP 4,1, and I bought it with intentions of having it around mostly for replacement parts. But it came with an ATI 4870 video card, and as a result it became the perfect machine for running Snow Leopard along with all those old games.
I've since upgraded my GTX 680 to a Sapphire Pulse RX 580 which gives me a more modern cMP, alongside the nostalgic stock cMP that was meant as a parts machine. The best of both worlds.
Could snow leopard be run from a vm in parallels on a 10.14 mac with RX580?
Not sure how vm’s handle new/old hardware......
Yes, no problem. The hardware is virtualized and it works nicely.Could snow leopard be run from a vm in parallels on a 10.14 mac with RX580?
Not sure how vm’s handle new/old hardware......
still no GPU acceleration sadly and and no way to pass through a firewire device (like in @bunnspecial case)
its a shame OS X does not support IOMMU PCIe passthrough like Linux does, because MP3,1s and newer all support IOMMU and you can do PCIe pass through on one under linux