Graphic card

[Bartolini]

Hello Guys!

Im about to buy the latest Mac Pro Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core and im wondering is it possible to replace by myself the "standard" graphic card NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB to any of these:

- SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4870 - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11133-19-20R)

- SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4870 X2 - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (21137-00-40R) (here i found something about powering problems)

- SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X - 1 GB DDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11133-16-20R)

- SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X - 2 GB DDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11133-17-20R)

more info here:
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/rf/...tag=uk_16067&gclid=CJfJ37GdwJ0CFZoU4wodW2zFrw


How does it look like?
What about warranty if i modify computer by myself?

Im going to use this computer mostly for animation in Adobe After Effects, Flash and quite a lot 3D Max Studio under booted Windows.

Sorry, probably annoying question but i have no idea about modifying Mac computers.

Best Regards!
Bart

 

[goMac]

I'm not the expert on this... But...

You'll have to flash the card. This should be pretty easy these days, someone else can probably point you to a tool do so, and tell you which card will work best.

The new graphics card obviously won't be covered under your AppleCare warranty, but the rest of the machine will be covered just fine.

 

[Designer Dale]

Hello Guys!

Im about to buy the latest Mac Pro Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core and im wondering is it possible to replace by myself the "standard" graphic card NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB to any of these:

- SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4870 - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11133-19-20R)

- SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4870 X2 - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (21137-00-40R) (here i found something about powering problems)

- SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X - 1 GB DDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11133-16-20R)

- SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X - 2 GB DDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0 (11133-17-20R)

more info here:
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/rf/...tag=uk_16067&gclid=CJfJ37GdwJ0CFZoU4wodW2zFrw


How does it look like?
What about warranty if i modify computer by myself?

Im going to use this computer mostly for animation in Adobe After Effects, Flash and quite a lot 3D Max Studio under booted Windows.

Sorry, probably annoying question but i have no idea about modifying Mac computers.

Best Regards!
Bart

I'm not really sure these will work on a Mac. Sapphire seems to be a company that buys from ATI and resells modified cards. The specs indicate native DirectX support, and that is a MS thing. Again, I'm not sure. Look at the link below.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=000101&pid=216

Dale

 

[Bartolini]

Thx Guys.

Maybe it doesnt have to be Sapphire but anything with at least 1GB memory for a good price?

Thx again!

 

[Cindori]

a pc card will not boot OSX

for converting 4870/4890 to a Apple version, read
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/661681/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/713428/

happy reading