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2010/2012 cMPs with certain graphics cards will run macOS 10.14 Mojave
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Sorry it was in one of the other threads on here, maybe one talking about updating 580x video cards. It was all so much rumor and speculation, and more hopes and dreams I suspect. Sorry I don't remember the exact thread.
May be you were talking about the thread that we can install those new AMD cards which has UEFI on a Mac Pro 3,1. And actiavte the boot screen via rEFInd. So that, we can use FileVault without Mac EFI GPU?
That might be it, and that is the gist of what I was hoping the upgrade would bring, so we can stop with all the flashing. It's indecent!
So I read the first 6 or so pages here, but if someone (me) wanted the short of it, what's the cheapest graphics card that'll have official support for Mojave on the 2010/2012s?
I was thinking a 1030 would have a nice modern feature set and is pretty cheap, though I guess it's also not one of the official ones, just a "will probably work" one.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208898
These specific third-party graphics cards are Metal-capable and compatible with macOS Mojave on Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012):
- MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 128-bit 4GB GDRR5
- SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5
- SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
- NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition
GT 630: https://www.ebay.com/itm/702084-001...eForce2-GT630-DP-2GB-FH-PCIex16/173427936383?
or GT 630 with EFI boot screen: http://www.macvidcards.com/store/p80/Nvidia_GT_630_2_GB.html
Thanks. I suppose at that point, 84 dollars for a 311Gflop card, vs just over 100 for a 1Tflop card, the prices are close enough to make that jump anyways:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gt-630.c816
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gt-1030.c2954
Anyone going to try the 1030?
1030 won’t work unless they release a web driver. Just get an RX 560. MSI or Sapphire Pulse work great.
I’ve tried installing Mojave twice. It shows a bar 3/4 of the way to finishing it, then comes up with a message “calculating time remaining” and stops. Nothing is happening and it’s been almost two hours. Now what? Can someone provide a solution?
The GT 630 I linked, model 'HP GT 630 702084-001', with two DisplayPorts, is Kepler (GK107), not Fermi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_600_series
And it works out of the box with macOS drivers, no web driver needed.
FYI, I have a Mac Pro with a Sapphire R9 390 Nitro 4GB that I got as a pull from someone's junked PC; it's now running Mojave with no complaints, the card is identified as "AMD R9 XXX."
No boot screen of course, but luckily Apple treats it like a 560 / 580..
No boot screen of course, but luckily Apple treats it like a 560 / 580..
Yes. The MSI RX-560 is recommended and fully supported by Apple. It cheap, virtually silent, and doesn't even require a separate power cable. Will run 3 monitors on general purpose apps. It works perfectly (but no boot screens) in Mojave (not so good with High Sierra).
MSI is preferred since it is officially recommended. There are multiple versions of Sapphire 560 and one has lessor performance than the others (you need to check the specs on their cards carefully) and another one requires a power cable (no big deal but insignificant performance advantage just to dissipate more power).
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I have a 1030, but I have had no success getting it to run. It may be me however, there is a youtube video that someone published showing that it works with the 5,1.
my 1080ti doesn't run the installer or boot with it, I am successfully install and boot with gtx690. how do you run a 1080ti on the cmp without the web driver? Thank you!
I just tested the installer can work. I didn’t actually run that OS with my unlflashed 1080Ti.