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Mac Video Cards, Displays, and Video Related Articles- Sponsor Ad -Mac Video related Upgrades, Tips and RepairsMac Video Cards, Benchmarks & Display Related Articles(For driver updates, see our )= Link Category List - Click to jump to that Topic Section =  ( There's a separate page of.)(With and.)Reports on stock (not flashed) Sapphire Pulse and Nitro+ Radeon RX 580 8GB in Mac Pros running macOS 10.14.x, 10.13.x and 10.12.6. (Including Mojave upgrades with only the RX 580 card installed.) Native RX 580 driver support in macOS 10.12.6 & later including macOS 10.14 Mojave.

Card has 2 DisplayPort 1.4, 2 HDMI 2.0b, 1 DVI-D ports. (System Info GPU report shows it supports Apple Metal/Metal 2.)FYI: This card is also natively supported as an eGPU with macOS 10.13.4 and later when used with a supported Mac and Thunderbolt 3 chassis.

See.Many eGPU users reported problems after the macOS 10.15.2 update. One tip to try is booting with the eGPU Turned OFF, then wait 30 seconds before turning the eGPU On.(July 2018) GeekBench Metal, OpenCL, Unigine Heaven and Valley benchmark scores with Nvidia web driver for macOS 10.13.6 used with an Nvidia GTX-1050 Ti card in a Hackintosh (6-Core i7 8700 CPU at 3.2GHz). Includes a summary list of the system's hardware build components.(June 2018) Unigine Heaven and Valley benchmark scores with Nvidia web driver for macOS 10.13.5 used with an Nvidia GTX-1050 Ti card in a Hackintosh (6-Core i7 8700 CPU at 3.2GHz).(macOS 10.13.4 or later)Apple support article on using an eGPU with Macs in macOS 10.13.4 (or later).

Article includes a list of natively supported ThunderBolt 3 chassis models, graphics cards and supported Macs. (Does not include the late 2013 Mac Pro, which has Thunderbolt 2 ports. However some owners have used Thunderbolt cased GPUs for years with pre-Thunderbolt 3 Macs, using modified drivers.)(Jan 26, 2018) Unigine Heaven and Valley benchmark scores with Nvidia web driver for macOS 10.12.6 build 16G1212 used with an Nvidia GTX-1050 Ti card in a Hackintosh.CineBench R15 and GeekBench benchmark scores of (flashed) AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB card in a Mac Pro 5,1 (dual 3.46GHz) running macOS 10.12.6, using an LG 32UD59-B 4K 32in Display. Also used in his 2008 Mac Pro (3,1) running 10.12.6 now. (He ordered a Radeon RX 580 8GB for the Mac Pro 5,1.)(Oct 2017) Unigine Heaven and Valley benchmark scores with Nvidia web driver for macOS 10.13 used with an Nvidia GTX-1050 Ti card in a Hackintosh.(Aug 2017) Unigine Heaven and Valley benchmark scores with Nvidia web driver for macOS 10.12.6 used with an Nvidia GTX-1050 Ti card in a Hackintosh.(Sept 2015) Reader report on using a Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis and Nvidia GT740 card connected to a MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt 1.

Article includes notes on mods and internal display/external display performance tests of the internal GPU vs the Thunderbolt PCIe expansion cased Nvidia GT 740 card in Cinebench and Games.(.Important Tip for macOS High Sierra Upgrade.) See linked page for picture of the Radeon 7950 ROM Switch positions for EFI (Mac) and PC. The card's rom switch should be set to the EFI (not UEFI/PC) position for Mac use. Apparently some had never checked/changed the switch position.

Updated with more info including notes on possible reversed switches and reports of no difference in either switch setting. ( The macOS 10.13 High Sierra upgrade requires a Mac EFI rom card in the Mac Pro.

A Radeon 7950 user reported his problems installing macOS 10.13 was due to the wrong ROM switch position.)(Sept 2015) Reader report on repairing a late 2009 27-inch iMac's Radeon HD4850 video card GPU that had cracked solder joints. (Repair was a BGA reball of the GPU for appx. $56 US.)(June 2014) Notes on repeated failures/repairs (logic board replacements) of 2011 MacBook Pros including a reader report on getting a Late 2013 MacBook Pro (retina) replacement after the 3 repairs/4th failure. Includes link to 800+ page Apple forum thread from 2011 MacBook Pro owners and Petition to Apple to replace/fix all affected MBPs. ( See above for Feb 2015 Apple repair program for affected models.)(Dec 2013) Reader's notes on his 2007 Mac Pro 2,1 running OS X 10.9 Mavericks via Tiamo's Boot EFI patch with a (PC) Radeon 7970 graphics card. (Using a cable mod for 8-pin aux power.)(from Aug. 2013 - program now expired) Apple notes 'some AMD Radeon HD 6970M video cards used in 27inch iMac computers with 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 or 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processors may fail, causing the computer's display to appear distorted, white or blue with vertical lines, or to turn black.'

(see page for full details/info on range of affected models)Article from a 2008 Mac Pro owner (running OS X Mountain Lion) on an Nvidia GTX-570 video card upgrade (bought on auction site) that replaced an Nvidia 8800GT card. Report includes benchmarks vs the previous 8800GT card including LuxMark 2.0, smallluxGPU, OpenGL, Cinebench, NovaBench and FPS.( Apple's Repair extension program has ended.)(Aug 2012) Report from an affected 15in Mid-2010 MacBook Pro owner on multiple motherboard replacements to fix Video/GPU problems.

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