Hey mate, haven't tried it myself so I can only give you my best opinion and according to the specs it only has one dual link DVI port which is compatible with the 30" cinema display. For the other display you'd need to use a Display Port-to-Dual Link DVI adapter like this one[1] - make sure you get a dual link dvi adapter as a single link dvi adapter won't get you the full resolution. [1] dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-adapter-display-port-to-dual-link-dvi/apd/330-6841/pc-accessories
Thanks for such a good description of video card issues on Mac Pro, especially the older ones (3,1 4,1 5,1). The explanation of the power cabling helped me to ask the right question elsewhere to solve my board problem. This is especially true when you referenced other web site sources. Again, thanks!
After buying a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048 Mb video card for my Mac Pro 3,1 ... I was very confused reading all the tech literature/forums online because video cards are a strange new world for me. You presented a lot of information as a story rather than a disjointed series of facts. I went from "suspicious that I bought the wrong card" to "feeling confident" - As you know, most forum questions & answers are fragmented with bits and pieces that only make sense to gurus. With confidence, I installed the new card (purchased from MacVidCards.com), used both 75 watt connectors & 2 monitors == success for my Wacom CintiqHDT 22 inch touch screen display with NO driver issues on El Capitan 10.11.6 [[Wacom drivers 6.3.30-2]] PLUS the NVIDIA Driver Manager set to ""Use the NVIDIA driver that comes with OSX"" --- my apps are After Effects, Premiere, & 3D modeling programs
Suggestion to reach more people - Click on the menu to the right of the SAVE item and choose Open Transcript ; then copy the text of the web page ; paste into a text editor, minor editing ; and now you have a great blog article that follows your video content exactly. Search engines love this. Oh, and be sure to add links to this and other TH-cam videos (not just your channel)
Thanks for the tip on Vega 56! Do you notice much difference in performance in productivity apps like Final Cut Pro or Photoshop between the RX 480 and Vega 56?
just remember that I have 10.13.4 installed yes final cut is smoother with Vega 56 and hardy no lag rendering is fast with Vega as soon as you upgrade to 10.13.4 everything works fine it. no more problem my computer says now RADEON RX VEGA 8176 MB the sapphire works the best since its the same card that comes in the iMac 2018. I got the Vega from micro center for 299.00 some one got it the day before and returned it because he couldn't use it so they was going to put it up on the used department but it was brand new. you do have to plug both 8 pin power on it
Hello. Is a special videocard model for Mac Pro?, Or is the same as Windows?. In the description you mention using a SATA to 6 pin converter to have boot screen. How do you connect? Does the double 6 to 8 pin stop connecting and instead connect the SATA to 6 pin? Thank you
EXCELLENT Video. Not many Utubers does describe something so patiently, professional and above all encouring! Thx for that, it helped me a lot when I really needed it!
Hey mate, I've seen people use an external power supply, and feed the cable through the back to plug into a graphics card, but as you said it's a bit overkill.
Also , this video style is top notch . Even the tips and tricks regarding inserting the video card . The camera angles and A-Z explanation . Everything top notch
Hey mate, I recently sold this fella for a MacBook Pro. But, if you check out Techno Eclipse on TH-cam, he recently bought one and said he'll be upgrading it so it's worth asking him: th-cam.com/channels/YyGYkSEAzpPbYRL9hx_Hig.html
HI, one thing I encountered in my setup is that you can install the RX 580 alone in Bootcamp. You just need to keep the rx-580 in the PCI slot that you want to the windows 10 drivers to install to. This is important because if you swap the positions of the card from one PCI slot to another on the mac, the RX-580 will not work. So PCI slot order matters if you want to just want to do bootcamp with one card in there. Overall, good video. Glad you went into the card details at the end. I enjoyed watching this.
Thanks for the tip mate, I personally didn't run into this issue, but I'll definitely include this info and credit you in my Bootcamp video as Windows is mental sometimes, and I'm sure it'll help other people out there when trouble shooting.
You gpu card has an 8 pin and a 6pin connector. But you only connected the power to the 8 pin. Does the 6 pin not need a connection? Also can the gpu be inserted into the pci slot above? or does it have to be the bottom pci slot?
Brilliant M8! Can I use a Mac Edition pull from eBay or shop to get my BootCamp? What's the latest Mac Pro or iMac Pro pull I can use since date of this video?
Hey, where did you find the dual 6-pin to 8-pin adapter? I followed your link but it doesn't show the same cable as you have in the video. I'm having hard time tracking one down that will ship to where i am (can't use Amazon).
Hey mate, thanks for letting me know, I updated the links now to also include eBay[1], but you can also find them on Aliexpress too. The good thing about using Amazon/eBay/Aliexpress is that they all have great customer support so if one of their 3rd party sellers sends you a faulty one, you're guaranteed a refund. [1] eBay: vtudio.com/a/?e=2+x+6+Pin+Female+to+8+Pin+Male
Hi Vtudio, can I kindly ask you to try the bench LuxMark 3.1 with your mac pro and rx580 nitro 8gb and check if during the bench the fans of Expansion Slots and Power Supply increase in speed ... especially that of Power Supply that becomes noisy? I'm asking you why I installed a nitro + rx580 8gb special edition gpu and with the bench it does. Thank you.
Your instructions were perfect! Unfortunately, I tried the Radion RX580 card in my MacPro 5,1 (mid-2010) and it doesnt quite fit! I can install and seat the card, but cannot use the bar with the screws to actually fasten it down so that the card does not move. The card I got has a raised metal fastner connector -- sort of "L" shaped -- as opposed to the previous card, which has a flat metal part-- on the end which is too tall to screw the thumbscrews down into the metal plate on the right side. Important NOTE: If you have a Mac LED Cinema monitor, you must have an HDMI port, and cannot use the audio HDMI port (?). The RX580 Sapphire card I purchased did not have an HDMI port on the card for the Mac monitor. (The old card does.) I ending up removing the RX580 card and will be looking for another Metal card that will actually fit properly into the MacPro mid-2010 case and will allow me to fasten it down. Suggestions are welcome.
2:37 If you are using an xlr mic, make sure to pan the audio to mid in post, or while recording. Anyways, great video, appreciated the information! Mac Pro 5,1 for life!
Vtudio No problem bro! I did not enjoy the research I went through to find out if there was a way to use an XLR mic in dual channel with an interface with 1 cable, and you can't. I wanna save any trouble I can after that researching nightmare!
I tried my RX 470 from my PC and it’s ok doing general stuff but sometimes the system locks up completely and any game will run even worse than the stock GT 120. 🤔
I think the Mac Pro comes with a 980W PSU which can handle the RX 470, as my PC has a 650W and handles the RX 470 fine but it could be i'm not sure what to do
I had similar instability with an RX 480 in a 2012 Mac Pro. I think it comes down to Apple's driver support for those GPUs or some other software issue, not power. I'm now done with Mac Pros altogether. I'm on Linux on a Ryzen system now, and it does what I need it to do. Steam is on Linux, as well as the vast majority of the games I've bought through it. I use WIndows 10 through VirtualBox for work, and Windows XP for some older games.
I have the same card in my mac pro. I'm having an issue though. It doesn't read the card. Does not show on boot camp. High Sierra it reads perfect. I ran gta v and the frames went nuts. Any clue on a fix?
Hey mate, it worked fine for me, however I'm on Windows 10 - just used the drivers auto-downloaded via their software update system? Did you install Bootcamp with an older version of Windows?
Hi Buddy. Ive just ordered a Palit GTX 1060 Super Jet Stream 6GB. Power is 120w. The card only has one 6 pin port on it. Will running that card from just one of the macs pci cables work do you think? Thanks
Hey mate, I haven't tested out one of those cards myself, but the theory is that each mini-6pin delivers 75W of power + the PCIe slot power which can give you up to another 75W, so it should be enough. Let me know how it goes.
I love my Radeon 7950 (with Bootscreen), it allows me to continue using Apple LED Cinema Display. I'm looking for a Radeon R 280 with mini DP to replace my 7950, some games won't let me play those games.
There a adapter you can use it called 6in Displayport to mini displayport video cable adapter M/F by StarTech, You can use all Nvidia 10-Series GPU's with your Apple display and AMD GPU's as well
Hey mate, the card I used was just a standard one, there may be incompatible versions, but I've heard good things from just standard non-Mac branded Sapphire and MSI cards.
Just curious, whats the benefit of running the old GPU card? I want to upgrade to this card but I won't be playing games on it. I'm using mine for After effects and premiere and other Adobe products. Basically a media design computer.
Main benefit is Bootcamp support, the old cards allow you to access the boot manager which allows you to select which OS to boot into. If you only use macOS then you won't be missing out.
@@headsoftech Oh okay. So if I ever decide to run boot camp and need the boot screen then I would need that second card. That's good to know THANKS! Good informative video also! THANK YOU!
Was wondering would you happen to know if I could have a 3 monitor setup with its GPU? I have the Sapphire HD 7950 buy I can only get two displays to work. TIA!
Hi I bought a Mac Pro 4.1 double kernel, and updated it to 5.1 and up to Mojave with a graphics card Radeon 580 8G and 128 of ram. I would like to ask how to do, to min bitcoin in yours Mac Pro?, what do you recommend?
That graphic card model is given to need 235w, do you know if it is only with the 8 pins connector + PCIE bus (75w mini 6 pins 1 + 75w mini 6 pins 2 + 75w PCIE connector = 225w), or when setting it up for overclocking, with both 8 pins + 6 pins connector + PCIE bus ? (would an SATA POWER to 6 pins adapter be enough for overclocking ?) - thank you for your answer
Hey mate, I haven't tried to overclock my card, only used it with the 8pin plugged in and had no problems with it. If you're looking at something faster that fits into the Mac Pro, it's probably worth waiting for the 5700XT coming out soon. Those guys use 7nm chips which can go almost as fast as Vega 64 at a reduced power draw.
@@headsoftech Thank you for your answer :) sorry, the overclocking part of my question was optional, i was not clear enough, my fault sorry ... i'm not sure i anderstand correctly those power things ... as i said in my first question, that graphic card is given to need 235w, and the total power you can give it, is 75w mini 6 pins 1 + 75w mini 6 pins 2 + 75w PCIE connector = 225w ... i think, those 235w are needed when the graphic card is fully charged, but there are always 10w missing ... where does the Mac Pro find them ? or, can the graphic card fully run with "only" 225w ? i've seen a video from a guy, saying that, if the graphic card needs to much power (for example if you put a 250w or more graphic card in your Mac Pro), that could damage your motherboard ... do you think it's possible ? - thank you for your answer
Hallo. Da die Leistungsaufnahme dieser Grafikkarte 235 Watt beträgt, reicht es aus, ein 8-poliges Stromkabel anzuschließen? Weil ich im Video gesehen habe, dass Sie nur ein 8-poliges Kabel angeschlossen haben und keine Kabel an die angeschlossen haben 6-Pin-Gehäuse. Vielen Dank für Ihre Anleitung, da ich auch ein Mac Pro 5.1-Gerät habe
I have a problem, I installed the RX580 card in a 5.1 (with Catalina 10.15.7) and I have a green tint, how can that be - what can I do? How can I download and update the driver?
Is there is any way I can install a 8 pin Graphic card using only one of the 6 pin ports on the motherboard? or is there any good modern Graphic card that only requires to use one 6-pin port?? I am using one of the ports for my Pro Tools HDX Card
Hi, updated Mojave this morning and now I’m getting black screen any ideas how to get it back up and running? Is your machine still running? I have the same setup
Hi, I've a problem with my Aorus 1080ti on MacPro 5.1 (I've connected All the calbles correctly with 2mini 6 pin on the logicBoard and 2 sata port ) then I can't see anything..always only black screen.. how I can set all for make It works? Thank you
"If you'd like to use your Mac compatible graphics card alongside your RX 580 for boot loader support, you can always use power from a SATA port from the hard drive bays convert that into a 6 pin with a SATA to 6 pin adapter" - question: so for a scenario with boot function I need - native male6pin to male 6pin + SATA to male 6pin + dual female 6pin to male 8pin - correct? What about Metal function of RX580 Sapphire Pulse 8GB, do you know? THX in advance for answer. Professional video!
Hey mate, you'll have to update the firmware to think its a MacPro5,1. There's a guide here: www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Upgrade+the+Firmware+of+a+2009+Mac+Pro+41/98985
Hey mate, it doesn't completely block the port next to it, but the space is very limited. I managed to slot in a PCIe SSD card in that space and it ran fine, but if you can leave a space between the graphics card in general it's a good idea as GPUs can run hot. Here's a photo of what the space left looks like[1], when I had placed the SSD card currently in slot 4 into slot 2 there was around half a cm space between the GPU and the SSD. [1] i.imgur.com/pGWQQXk.jpg
Vtudio hi mate just last thing please ... is Mac Pro able to feed nitro +? I mean is true that it can go up to 200 w ? In such a case is only 8 pin supply ok ? Please let me know ASAP... cheers
I like my Ultrawide monitor - very good for coding/video editing/productivity. Haven't tried the Cinema Display, but I remember people managing to use it with the right converter.
Hey mate, I've had a few people ask me about that, did you buy yours new or used? Mine light up from the start, but I do know that you can customize the lights and fan speeds and there's a switch near the top which switches between different operating modes - people play with that so they have one for quiet and one for overclock. So what you can do is either, flick that switch to the other mode or if you have Windows installed, run Sapphire Trixx[1] which will let you play with all the settings to make sure it's all good. [1] www.sapphiretech.com/catapage_tech.asp?cataid=291&lang=eng
You can use the same connectors I've used as the 2012 tower is the exact same model as the 2010 tower, they just released it with newer CPUs that year. I bought my connectors from eBay - I've included links in the description, just double check the items listed as stock levels vary around the world. If you run into any problems, I can always double check you picked the right one if you leave a link below.
@Vtudio Would you please be so kind as to share your current mac pro configuration and it's total value (including parts that you had)? I've been following your latest videos several times, and what you're doing is very encouraging for other to go out there and try out custom made configurations for OS/Apple users. Thank you!
Sure thing mate. I'm based in Australia, so the prices below are listed in AUD, but I've included a conversion in the total. Personally, if I was making a buying decision today, I'd wait to see what Apple announce at WWDC in less than 2 weeks, as they might have details on the new Mac Pro or at least have upgrades to the base 27inch iMacs to include an 8th gen Intel CPU. Total AUD $2,458 (USD $1,846) LG 34 Ultrawide Monitor 1440p (New): A$849 vtudio.com/a/?a=lg+34+ultrawide Mac Pro 5,1 (Used): A$619 vtudio.com/a/?e=mac+pro+2010 32 GB PC3-10600E RAM (Used): A$134 vtudio.com/a/?a=PC3-10600E+RAM Intel X5690 CPU (Used): A$159 vtudio.com/a/?e=xeon+x5690 Crucial MX300 512GB SSD (New): A$175 vtudio.com/a/?a=mx300 Sapphire RX 580 Nitro+ 8GB GPU (New): A$428 vtudio.com/a/?a=rx+580 Mini 6-pin to 6-pin (New): $A9 vtudio.com/a/?a=mini+6-pin+to+6-pin Dual 6-pin to 8-pin (New): $A5 vtudio.com/a/?a=dual+6-pin+to+8-pin Sonnet Allegro USB-C (New): A$78 vtudio.com/a/?a=sonnet+allegro Unbranded USB Keyboard (New): A$10 Wireless Mouse (New): A$20 Arctic Silver Paste (New): A$14 vtudio.com/a/?a=Arctic+Silver+5 ArctiClean 60ml 1 & 2 (New): A$9 vtudio.com/a/?a=ArctiClean+1+&+2 Allen Hex Key (New): A$4 vtudio.com/a/?e=extra+long+m3+3mm+130mm+hex+key - Sold Original 10GB RAM Sticks: -A$45
I'm trying to install an XFX Radeon RX 580 on my 2010 Mac Pro and am having issues. When installing it on the bottom slot, where you're supposed to, the card is lifted about 1 centimeter too high off the floor and won't fit. I don't have many free PCI slots so it needs to go in that bottom (PCI 4) slot :( don't know what to do
Update: I've given up and the place where I bought it allowed me to return the XFX 580 for a refund. I bought the Sapphire Nitro+ 580... hope that works and fits on the bottom slot (PCI slot 4)
Hey mate, let me know how it works out for you, from when I did my upgrade I remember that the first two slots were faster than the second two slots, so it'd be interesting to hear how it runs.
@@headsoftech appreciate the response. Thankfully the place I bought it from is allowing me to return the XFX and they shipped the Sapphire Nitro+ today. I'll keep you updated. I"m not a gamer, but a full-time video editor/graphic designer and youtuber lol! hope it helps with OBS, Photoshop and Final Cut Pro X
@@headsoftech ok so I got the sapphire nitro +580, same exact one as you got in this video... it actually has the same issue and the chip portion that slides in is significantly higher than the original video card my mid2010 mac pro came with, making it more difficult to fit into that bottom pci shelf... thankfully, this one fit after a little bit of wiggling and it works! the XFX amd 580 would not fit on the bottom shelf... upon closer inspection of your video, you are having the same issue as well and your card is slightly crooked or diagonal just like mine... it's not a big deal tho and i'm just happy this thing is working, fully functional and detects the correct card when I go to About This Mac... I thought video rendering+exporting on Final Cut Pro X and Photoshop would be much faster, but it didn't make a huge difference. I think I noticed a big difference though when I'm live streaming on my TH-cam channel with multiple windows, graphics and video chat windows going on. I'm not a gamer, so this was more for video editing, youtube and graphics. Still, overall I am very happy. Thank you for your videos... they were the best on youtube!
If I were you, I'd hold out until Apple's October event where they're rumoured to be releasing an updated version of the Mac Mini. Right now, the base Mac Mini is priced at $499, so if they hopefully keep their pricing, it'd be a much better deal.
Hey mate, over here they cost around A$160 second hand, which is way overpriced but if you can grab one on the cheap then that would be a great 2nd card to get.
Help! Just got the RX 580 but I'm having trouble setting it seated in Slot 1on my Mac Pro 2010 5.1. Slot 1 is out of alignment with the card. Has anyone else had the same problem and could the card work just as well in the other x16 Slot 2?
I have 2 Apple Cinema Displays which both need DVI port. On this card there is only one DVI and for the other one I will need a converter cable. Display Port To DVI is what I need I guess. Which brand do you suggest that supports 1920 x 1200 resolution at least?
hi i upgraded my 2010 Mac Pro running on os sierra and now the computer restarts at any given time while I'm on the computer. have you had this problem and if so, how did you fix it?
Question everyone: In the video, it features a Nitro+ model of the card but in the description it links to an amazon page with a pulse type card. There's several hundred dollars difference in price between these models and I don't want to buy the wrong thing. Can anyone please clarify this? Thanks!
Great video! I followed all of your steps and everything appears to be working as expected on my Mid 2010 Dual CPU machine. I'm not familiar with these video cards but noted the following behavior and am interested to see if you're encountering the same. When I start the machine, I see the Sapphire blue light on the card lit up and the fans spinning. However, after the Apple login screen appears, the video card's fans stop spinning. I logged in and ran GeekBench GPU tests a few times and the fans didn't kick in at all. I read that the fans are supposed to kick in when the card reaches a temperature of 60 celsius. Is this correct? Do you experience the same behavior? Thanks again for the good quality informative video!!
Hey mate, I recently sold mine on, but I remember that the best way to get the fans to kick up is to run a 3D game. Have you tried something like Unigine? benchmark.unigine.com/heaven
Great video. When you have the old gpu and the new gpu (580) installed, do you get a boot screen? Or is there something else that needs to be changed? Thanks
Hey mate, I installed Windows 10 directly with Bootcamp by editing the Contents/Info.plist inside the Boot Camp Assistant app. I'll have a complete guide out soon for you.
I have a 2009, 4,1 dual quad Mac Pro that I flashed to a 5,1. Currently running a Radeon R9 290X in mine. I would like to upgrade though to 2 RX580's, using an additional PSU of course.
Vtudio back when the nVidia GeForce GTX 285 was champ, I ran two of them in my Mac Pro 1,1. At the time it was a beast! I expect FCPX to love dual 580’s.
Would be cool to see if it does actually help, the only figures I've ever seen was with the RX480 with 1 GPU rendering in 22 seconds and 2 GPUs rendering in 19 seconds, so a 15% gain. Have you considered a Vega 56 card by the way, or have you got a good deal on the RX580s?
Vtudio I haven’t really checked into anything yet, not gonna upgrade for a bit. Thought about just getting a 2nd R9 290X though, and upgrading Ram, CPU’s, and getting some SSD’s.
Ah a 2nd R9 would be great as you could still keep your boot screen to easily switch to Windows, I guess it's just get whichever one you can get the best deal on mate.
I can’t start in R-mode in Catalina 10.15.3 with Mac Pro 5.1 2012. I have Nvidia Geforce GTX770 4 GB but also 970, none of them can start up in R-mode. Well, the machine is obsolete. Maybe there you have the answer.
Funny. My Sapphire Nitro+ RX580 wont fit in my Mac Pro because of the big backplate on the GPU. Sold it for a MSI RX580 without a backplate ... and now I see your Video with that GPU :-/
Hey mate, I recently sold mine on, but I remember that the best way to get the fans to kick up is to run a 3D game. Have you tried something like Unigine? benchmark.unigine.com/heaven
What is the point in buying an AMD card for your Mac Pro. If you ever want to do premier Pro rendering you can't use the GPU to render because only Nvidia cards feature CUDA
You can enable GPU Rendering on an AMD card via OpenCL. OpenCL is the CUDA counterpart for AMD. Premiere Pro should have this setting available (other apps like Blender, After Effects should also have this option). The point in buying an AMD card for a Mac Pro (or a Hackintosh) at this time is because a lot of AMD cards are natively supported in Mac OS.
May I use both the 6 pin connectors from the motherboard straight to the Sapphire Nitro card (without using the dual 6 pin to 8 pin splitter)? One in the 6 pin input and the other one in the 8 pin input of the card.
Hey mate, I got it running fine using a single 6-pin to 8-pin, but on paper the 6-pin port from the motherboard only supplies 75W, so you may run into issues if you don't use a dual 6-pin to 8-pin to fully saturate the power requirements of the 8-pin. If you check out GalactiNaut's comment below there's a link to a thread which discusses and debates the power draw in more detail.
Vtudio Thanks for the answer my friend! But.. My question is: If I plug the one 6 pin output from the motherboard to the card 6 pin input and the other 6 pin from the motherboard to the 8 pin on the card, not only the one, but both outputs from motherboard, but the one would be 6 pin output to 8 pin input on the card. Will this work? (Sorry of my English but is not my native language) Thanks! :)
Hey mate it'll definitely work as I've got mine to work with just one 6-pin to 8-pin, however I don't know how stable it will be long term. The technical issue is typically the 6-pin only provides 75W power while an 8-pin input expects up to 150W, so if the card for some reason (typically overclocking) tries to draw 150W from the 8-pin which is actually a 6-pin supply there may be risk of damaging the motherboard. Personally I haven't run into any issues and usually when too much power is drawn the system will turn off before damage occurs, but that's the risk worth considering.
Vtudio Hey! Agreed! The only problem is.. I cannot find the dual 6 pin to 8 pin splitter available.. I click on the link on the description and it redirects me to Amazon.. The specific seller does not ship to EU (Greece). Is there any other online shop that I may order the splitter from?
Hi mate, Just want to double check that the Nitro + card will block the nextby Pcie slot right? So after the card install, only 2 pcie slot left to use?
Hey mate, it doesn't completely block the port next to it, but the space is very limited. I managed to slot in a PCIe SSD card in that space and it ran fine, but if you can leave a space between the graphics card in general it's a good idea as GPUs can run hot. Here's a photo of what the space left looks like[1], when I had placed the SSD card currently in slot 4 into slot 2 there was around half a cm space between the GPU and the SSD. [1] i.imgur.com/pGWQQXk.jpg
Vtudio Plan to put 1 x usb 3 card, 2 x M.2 PCIE card & this Nitro +. So you reckon it still fit? 'cause the Nitro version have better heatsink, the Pulse version will make slot 2 available
firstly thank you very much for usefull video, I have a question about boot-screen problem; which graphic cards support boot-screen upgrade for osxbigsur from osx 10.14? if possible do you advice graphic cards to me ?
I was wondering if i could get a mini 6 pin to a 8 pin, would it have any trouble or does it work the same?
You Think I Can Try This On a 2008 MacPro 64Gb?
The Mac Pro 6 pin power connectors are capable of outputting 150 watts each for a total combined power of 300w for the gpu
Where do you source cables from
Thank you for being so kind. It takes time and effort to share what you have learned. It's much appreciated.
You're too kind mate
Do you have to buy a Mac edition version?
Hey mate, I just bought the Sapphire branded version not a Mac edition.
I'm sorry, you did not have a chance to check the luxMark bech
hello, can I run two 30" Apple Cinema Displays on that graphics card?
Hey mate, haven't tried it myself so I can only give you my best opinion and according to the specs it only has one dual link DVI port which is compatible with the 30" cinema display. For the other display you'd need to use a Display Port-to-Dual Link DVI adapter like this one[1] - make sure you get a dual link dvi adapter as a single link dvi adapter won't get you the full resolution.
[1] dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-adapter-display-port-to-dual-link-dvi/apd/330-6841/pc-accessories
Vtudio thank you so much, I will try that, and then I'll let you know
Thanks for such a good description of video card issues on Mac Pro, especially the older ones (3,1 4,1 5,1). The explanation of the power cabling helped me to ask the right question elsewhere to solve my board problem. This is especially true when you referenced other web site sources. Again, thanks!
Nice one, what problems were you having and how did you solve it?
After buying a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048 Mb video card for my Mac Pro 3,1 ... I was very confused reading all the tech literature/forums online because video cards are a strange new world for me. You presented a lot of information as a story rather than a disjointed series of facts. I went from "suspicious that I bought the wrong card" to "feeling confident" - As you know, most forum questions & answers are fragmented with bits and pieces that only make sense to gurus.
With confidence, I installed the new card (purchased from MacVidCards.com), used both 75 watt connectors & 2 monitors == success for my Wacom CintiqHDT 22 inch touch screen display with NO driver issues on El Capitan 10.11.6 [[Wacom drivers 6.3.30-2]] PLUS the NVIDIA Driver Manager set to ""Use the NVIDIA driver that comes with OSX""
--- my apps are After Effects, Premiere, & 3D modeling programs
Suggestion to reach more people - Click on the menu to the right of the SAVE item and choose Open Transcript ; then copy the text of the web page ; paste into a text editor, minor editing ; and now you have a great blog article that follows your video content exactly. Search engines love this. Oh, and be sure to add links to this and other TH-cam videos (not just your channel)
Thanks for all the tips mate
I also have a 2010 12 core and the Vega 56 works just fine plug and play and I have a rx 480 on my other Mac Pro. I LOVE MY MAC PROS
Thanks for the tip on Vega 56! Do you notice much difference in performance in productivity apps like Final Cut Pro or Photoshop between the RX 480 and Vega 56?
just remember that I have 10.13.4 installed yes final cut is smoother with Vega 56 and hardy no lag rendering is fast with Vega as soon as you upgrade to 10.13.4 everything works fine it. no more problem my computer says now RADEON RX VEGA 8176 MB the sapphire works the best since its the same card that comes in the iMac 2018. I got the Vega from micro center for 299.00 some one got it the day before and returned it because he couldn't use it so they was going to put it up on the used department but it was brand new. you do have to plug both 8 pin power on it
William Espinal Hi, for Vega 56, I need a dual 6 pin female to a dual 8 pin male cable to connect to the gpu? Mac Pro 5.1
Mini 6-pin to 8-pin Pci-e Video Card Power Cable for Apple Mac Pro/g5 from amazon this is what I got but you can split it to 6 pin
And how do you power the 2x 8 pins on a Mac Pro?
Hello. Is a special videocard model for Mac Pro?, Or is the same as Windows?.
In the description you mention using a SATA to 6 pin converter to have boot screen. How do you connect? Does the double 6 to 8 pin stop connecting and instead connect the SATA to 6 pin? Thank you
EXCELLENT Video. Not many Utubers does describe something so patiently, professional and above all encouring! Thx for that, it helped me a lot when I really needed it!
Is it possible to put a new power supply in the Mac Pro 2010? Or is that over kill ?
Hey mate, I've seen people use an external power supply, and feed the cable through the back to plug into a graphics card, but as you said it's a bit overkill.
You generally won't need to since it's a 1000W PSU.
😏 What are you trying to power? A couple of Titans perhaps? bliiii 🚤🚤😍🚩
MrSammy my keurig coffee maker :p
pid cin 😁 heehee ok ☕☕☕☕
Also , this video style is top notch . Even the tips and tricks regarding inserting the video card . The camera angles and A-Z explanation . Everything top notch
Thanks mate.
I have a 2010 12-Core Mac Pro running a Titan X Pascal
#BEASTMODE
Have you testing it on Cinebench r15 and what is your FPS?
Can you update to Mojave? Can you make a guide on that?
Hey mate, I recently sold this fella for a MacBook Pro. But, if you check out Techno Eclipse on TH-cam, he recently bought one and said he'll be upgrading it so it's worth asking him: th-cam.com/channels/YyGYkSEAzpPbYRL9hx_Hig.html
Why did you switch the slot when you put the old card back? Any reason to have EFI card in bottom x16 slot?
It's just the most comfortable way I managed to fit them in together, the Sapphier RX580 is a thick card and the 5770 has a long backplate.
Are you able to setup it up with a apple bootscreen
Hey John, you don't get the bootscreen with the RX580.
HI, one thing I encountered in my setup is that you can install the RX 580 alone in Bootcamp. You just need to keep the rx-580 in the PCI slot that you want to the windows 10 drivers to install to. This is important because if you swap the positions of the card from one PCI slot to another on the mac, the RX-580 will not work. So PCI slot order matters if you want to just want to do bootcamp with one card in there. Overall, good video. Glad you went into the card details at the end. I enjoyed watching this.
Thanks for the tip mate, I personally didn't run into this issue, but I'll definitely include this info and credit you in my Bootcamp video as Windows is mental sometimes, and I'm sure it'll help other people out there when trouble shooting.
Sounds good man, thanks!
Oof I got one of these cards in my 2010 Mac Pro and it block the 2nd pcie slot.
You gpu card has an 8 pin and a 6pin connector. But you only connected the power to the 8 pin. Does the 6 pin not need a connection? Also can the gpu be inserted into the pci slot above? or does it have to be the bottom pci slot?
I bought a Graphics card to install in my 2012 Mac Pro. How many cables do I need to install it and what are the cables called? Thanks
Brilliant M8! Can I use a Mac Edition pull from eBay or shop to get my BootCamp? What's the latest Mac Pro or iMac Pro pull I can use since date of this video?
Thanks bro finally someone explains and demonstrate the upgrade process in English simple. Keep it up bro!
Thanks mate.
Hey, where did you find the dual 6-pin to 8-pin adapter? I followed your link but it doesn't show the same cable as you have in the video. I'm having hard time tracking one down that will ship to where i am (can't use Amazon).
Hey mate, thanks for letting me know, I updated the links now to also include eBay[1], but you can also find them on Aliexpress too. The good thing about using Amazon/eBay/Aliexpress is that they all have great customer support so if one of their 3rd party sellers sends you a faulty one, you're guaranteed a refund.
[1] eBay: vtudio.com/a/?e=2+x+6+Pin+Female+to+8+Pin+Male
Asking 4k out of the the rx 580 is over the top 1080p is the sweet stop if you use it for gaming
Hi Vtudio,
can I kindly ask you to try the bench LuxMark 3.1 with your mac pro and rx580 nitro 8gb and check if during the bench the fans of Expansion Slots and Power Supply increase in speed ... especially that of Power Supply that becomes noisy?
I'm asking you why I installed a nitro + rx580 8gb special edition gpu and with the bench it does.
Thank you.
Hi great Video, did you flash the video card or you just plug and play it?
Plug and play
@@headsoftech it is a windows card right and it is not a Mac Version video card :) thanks for the info brother! Because i need to upgrade mine also.
Yep, it's the Windows version which means you won't get the boot screen, but macOS works.
Vtudio, Thanks for all of that info. I really appreciate that.
Glad to help mate.
Where’d you get that plastic thing for the old gpu?
Hey mate, it came with my system.
Oh😕 was it oem? Or an add on?
That's right yeah, it was sold with the computer.
I run the nvidia 980 txi and the same standard card for the boot screen on my Mac Pro 12 core 3.46
Did have to flash the card
Also what mac OS are you on
Your instructions were perfect! Unfortunately, I tried the Radion RX580 card in my MacPro 5,1 (mid-2010) and it doesnt quite fit! I can install and seat the card, but cannot use the bar with the screws to actually fasten it down so that the card does not move. The card I got has a raised metal fastner connector -- sort of "L" shaped -- as opposed to the previous card, which has a flat metal part-- on the end which is too tall to screw the thumbscrews down into the metal plate on the right side. Important NOTE: If you have a Mac LED Cinema monitor, you must have an HDMI port, and cannot use the audio HDMI port (?). The RX580 Sapphire card I purchased did not have an HDMI port on the card for the Mac monitor. (The old card does.) I ending up removing the RX580 card and will be looking for another Metal card that will actually fit properly into the MacPro mid-2010 case and will allow me to fasten it down. Suggestions are welcome.
So dual mini 6pin tó 8pin PCIe power cable, better solution than classic1 mini 6pin to 8pin + 1 mini 6pin to 6pin?
2:37 If you are using an xlr mic, make sure to pan the audio to mid in post, or while recording. Anyways, great video, appreciated the information! Mac Pro 5,1 for life!
Thanks for the tip mate
Vtudio No problem bro! I did not enjoy the research I went through to find out if there was a way to use an XLR mic in dual channel with an interface with 1 cable, and you can't. I wanna save any trouble I can after that researching nightmare!
I tried my RX 470 from my PC and it’s ok doing general stuff but sometimes the system locks up completely and any game will run even worse than the stock GT 120. 🤔
I think the Mac Pro comes with a 980W PSU which can handle the RX 470, as my PC has a 650W and handles the RX 470 fine but it could be i'm not sure what to do
I had similar instability with an RX 480 in a 2012 Mac Pro. I think it comes down to Apple's driver support for those GPUs or some other software issue, not power. I'm now done with Mac Pros altogether. I'm on Linux on a Ryzen system now, and it does what I need it to do. Steam is on Linux, as well as the vast majority of the games I've bought through it. I use WIndows 10 through VirtualBox for work, and Windows XP for some older games.
Hey pal I need exact one. Which site can I get one for my Mac 5,1?
I have the same card in my mac pro. I'm having an issue though. It doesn't read the card. Does not show on boot camp. High Sierra it reads perfect. I ran gta v and the frames went nuts. Any clue on a fix?
Hey mate, it worked fine for me, however I'm on Windows 10 - just used the drivers auto-downloaded via their software update system? Did you install Bootcamp with an older version of Windows?
Vtudio yep fixed it. Our cards won't work on 8. So I had to upgrade to 10. Graphics are beautiful.
Hi Buddy. Ive just ordered a Palit GTX 1060 Super Jet Stream 6GB. Power is 120w. The card only has one 6 pin port on it. Will running that card from just one of the macs pci cables work do you think? Thanks
Hey mate, I haven't tested out one of those cards myself, but the theory is that each mini-6pin delivers 75W of power + the PCIe slot power which can give you up to another 75W, so it should be enough. Let me know how it goes.
I love my Radeon 7950 (with Bootscreen), it allows me to continue using Apple LED Cinema Display. I'm looking for a Radeon R 280 with mini DP to replace my 7950, some games won't let me play those games.
There a adapter you can use it called 6in Displayport to mini displayport video cable adapter M/F by StarTech, You can use all Nvidia 10-Series GPU's with your Apple display and AMD GPU's as well
I bought a $5 adapter of Amazon so I can use my Cinema Display with other graphics cards.
i'm using the same display ,but i can't use bootcamp to windows because i don't have bootscreen ,do you know how to fix it?
Can I buy a card from a computer store to bring it to Mac Pro? Or need for Mac ??
Hey mate, the card I used was just a standard one, there may be incompatible versions, but I've heard good things from just standard non-Mac branded Sapphire and MSI cards.
Just curious, whats the benefit of running the old GPU card? I want to upgrade to this card but I won't be playing games on it. I'm using mine for After effects and premiere and other Adobe products. Basically a media design computer.
Main benefit is Bootcamp support, the old cards allow you to access the boot manager which allows you to select which OS to boot into. If you only use macOS then you won't be missing out.
@@headsoftech Oh okay. So if I ever decide to run boot camp and need the boot screen then I would need that second card. That's good to know THANKS! Good informative video also! THANK YOU!
But with Mojave then, how is it working? Problems? I have Nvidia and there are issues when no new driver is available.
Is there a way to install two gpu in Mac Pro 2010
Worth rx580 or Vega 56 ? Plus would it be the same with the cables ? and how is it with power no burn out ?
I haven't tried the Vega 56, I've read some people have no issues with it and others use an external PSU to power it.
@@headsoftech cool cheers thanks for the reply keep up the great videos :) fun to watch Thanks
Was wondering would you happen to know if I could have a 3 monitor setup with its GPU? I have the Sapphire HD 7950 buy I can only get two displays to work. TIA!
Hey mate, there is enough ports but I haven't personally tried it with 3 displays myself, so I don't know for sure.
I am running this card in my 2010 Mac Pro 5,1 with three 24" monitors. I am getting 60 FPS and play CS:GO with no issues.
On a daily basis of general usage, what improvements would this upgrade provide for me? Why do folks upgrade and for what specific purposes? Thanks
Hello - Question: What drivers did you download to your Mac Pro 5,1 as I'm keen to do the same but I never saw any Mac drivers on their site?
Hey mate, the drivers come with macOS High Sierra.
@@headsoftech Okay - Thanks for that....
I am using macbook pro 2009 can I use this Gpu on it
Will the recommended card support OS version after High Sierra?
Hi I bought a Mac Pro 4.1 double kernel, and updated it to 5.1 and up to Mojave with a graphics card Radeon 580 8G and 128 of ram. I would like to ask how to do, to min bitcoin in yours Mac Pro?, what do you recommend?
So did you sacrafice Slot 2? It seems like it will be blocked.
It can fit small pcie cards like a ssd or usb-c adapter, but not another graphics sized one.
That graphic card model is given to need 235w, do you know if it is only with the 8 pins connector + PCIE bus (75w mini 6 pins 1 + 75w mini 6 pins 2 + 75w PCIE connector = 225w), or when setting it up for overclocking, with both 8 pins + 6 pins connector + PCIE bus ? (would an SATA POWER to 6 pins adapter be enough for overclocking ?) - thank you for your answer
Hey mate, I haven't tried to overclock my card, only used it with the 8pin plugged in and had no problems with it. If you're looking at something faster that fits into the Mac Pro, it's probably worth waiting for the 5700XT coming out soon. Those guys use 7nm chips which can go almost as fast as Vega 64 at a reduced power draw.
@@headsoftech Thank you for your answer :) sorry, the overclocking part of my question was optional, i was not clear enough, my fault sorry ... i'm not sure i anderstand correctly those power things ... as i said in my first question, that graphic card is given to need 235w, and the total power you can give it, is 75w mini 6 pins 1 + 75w mini 6 pins 2 + 75w PCIE connector = 225w ... i think, those 235w are needed when the graphic card is fully charged, but there are always 10w missing ... where does the Mac Pro find them ? or, can the graphic card fully run with "only" 225w ? i've seen a video from a guy, saying that, if the graphic card needs to much power (for example if you put a 250w or more graphic card in your Mac Pro), that could damage your motherboard ... do you think it's possible ? - thank you for your answer
What are the Booster Plug Voltages >>> PLEEEZ !! ??
WHAT OS are you running?
Hallo. Da die Leistungsaufnahme dieser Grafikkarte 235 Watt beträgt, reicht es aus, ein 8-poliges Stromkabel anzuschließen? Weil ich im Video gesehen habe, dass Sie nur ein 8-poliges Kabel angeschlossen haben und keine Kabel an die angeschlossen haben 6-Pin-Gehäuse. Vielen Dank für Ihre Anleitung, da ich auch ein Mac Pro 5.1-Gerät habe
I have a problem, I installed the RX580 card in a 5.1 (with Catalina 10.15.7) and I have a green tint, how can that be - what can I do? How can I download and update the driver?
Is there is any way I can install a 8 pin Graphic card using only one of the 6 pin ports on the motherboard? or is there any good modern Graphic card that only requires to use one 6-pin port??
I am using one of the ports for my Pro Tools HDX Card
Do you know how can I flashed GTX 980 ti card? Where is the rom? Thanks
Hi, updated Mojave this morning and now I’m getting black screen any ideas how to get it back up and running? Is your machine still running? I have the same setup
Hi, I've a problem with my Aorus 1080ti on MacPro 5.1 (I've connected All the calbles correctly with 2mini 6 pin on the logicBoard and 2 sata port ) then I can't see anything..always only black screen.. how I can set all for make It works? Thank you
hello brother, did you solve the problem? because I have the same
Will this work for a 3,1?
"If you'd like to use your Mac compatible graphics card alongside your RX 580 for boot loader support, you can always use power from a SATA port from the hard drive bays convert that into a 6 pin with a SATA to 6 pin adapter" - question: so for a scenario with boot function I need - native male6pin to male 6pin + SATA to male 6pin + dual female 6pin to male 8pin - correct?
What about Metal function of RX580 Sapphire Pulse 8GB, do you know? THX in advance for answer. Professional video!
I have a Mac pro 4,1 running el Capitan 10.11.6 , what I have to do , to enable installation of Mac os high Sierra and AMD Rx 580
Hey mate, you'll have to update the firmware to think its a MacPro5,1. There's a guide here: www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Upgrade+the+Firmware+of+a+2009+Mac+Pro+41/98985
hove you apgrade bios videocard?
Where do you get the breakout leads for the RX to mac ? Ta
I’ve run into an issue for whatever reason windows won’t choose my gpu instead it’s choosing the gt120
Hello please may you tell me if it does need 2 or 2.5 bay to be install on pcie ? Many thanks .. cheers
Hey mate, it doesn't completely block the port next to it, but the space is very limited. I managed to slot in a PCIe SSD card in that space and it ran fine, but if you can leave a space between the graphics card in general it's a good idea as GPUs can run hot. Here's a photo of what the space left looks like[1], when I had placed the SSD card currently in slot 4 into slot 2 there was around half a cm space between the GPU and the SSD.
[1] i.imgur.com/pGWQQXk.jpg
Vtudio hi mate just last thing please ... is Mac Pro able to feed nitro +? I mean is true that it can go up to 200 w ? In such a case is only 8 pin supply ok ? Please let me know ASAP... cheers
Yep, the 8 pin gives 150W (when connected properly via 2 mini 6 pins) and the PCI slot gives another 75W, so 225W is the max.
what about 2008 MacPro III?
What display is the best .. Does the cinema display still work?
I like my Ultrawide monitor - very good for coding/video editing/productivity. Haven't tried the Cinema Display, but I remember people managing to use it with the right converter.
The sapphire logo isn't lighting up, i got the rx580 pulse edition, have it set it up wrong? The card appears to be working fine but no lit up logo.
Hey mate, I've had a few people ask me about that, did you buy yours new or used? Mine light up from the start, but I do know that you can customize the lights and fan speeds and there's a switch near the top which switches between different operating modes - people play with that so they have one for quiet and one for overclock. So what you can do is either, flick that switch to the other mode or if you have Windows installed, run Sapphire Trixx[1] which will let you play with all the settings to make sure it's all good.
[1] www.sapphiretech.com/catapage_tech.asp?cataid=291&lang=eng
@@headsoftech I got mine brand new. I'm on a Mac 5,1. Not sure why it isn't lighting up like yours.
I just noticed I'm using different wires than yours. I'm guessing it is the wires. Hopefully they are not under powered for my card. :|
Nice one, don't worry the difference between the two are very very marginal.
Where can I buy the connectors for the upgrade to radeon rx580 on my mac pro mid 2012 tower?
You can use the same connectors I've used as the 2012 tower is the exact same model as the 2010 tower, they just released it with newer CPUs that year. I bought my connectors from eBay - I've included links in the description, just double check the items listed as stock levels vary around the world. If you run into any problems, I can always double check you picked the right one if you leave a link below.
Vtudio those links are not compatible time wasted.What we need is a Dual 6 pin male to 8 pin female!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Vtudio Would you please be so kind as to share your current mac pro configuration and it's total value (including parts that you had)? I've been following your latest videos several times, and what you're doing is very encouraging for other to go out there and try out custom made configurations for OS/Apple users. Thank you!
Sure thing mate. I'm based in Australia, so the prices below are listed in AUD, but I've included a conversion in the total. Personally, if I was making a buying decision today, I'd wait to see what Apple announce at WWDC in less than 2 weeks, as they might have details on the new Mac Pro or at least have upgrades to the base 27inch iMacs to include an 8th gen Intel CPU.
Total AUD $2,458 (USD $1,846)
LG 34 Ultrawide Monitor 1440p (New): A$849
vtudio.com/a/?a=lg+34+ultrawide
Mac Pro 5,1 (Used): A$619
vtudio.com/a/?e=mac+pro+2010
32 GB PC3-10600E RAM (Used): A$134
vtudio.com/a/?a=PC3-10600E+RAM
Intel X5690 CPU (Used): A$159
vtudio.com/a/?e=xeon+x5690
Crucial MX300 512GB SSD (New): A$175
vtudio.com/a/?a=mx300
Sapphire RX 580 Nitro+ 8GB GPU (New): A$428
vtudio.com/a/?a=rx+580
Mini 6-pin to 6-pin (New): $A9
vtudio.com/a/?a=mini+6-pin+to+6-pin
Dual 6-pin to 8-pin (New): $A5
vtudio.com/a/?a=dual+6-pin+to+8-pin
Sonnet Allegro USB-C (New): A$78
vtudio.com/a/?a=sonnet+allegro
Unbranded USB Keyboard (New): A$10
Wireless Mouse (New): A$20
Arctic Silver Paste (New): A$14
vtudio.com/a/?a=Arctic+Silver+5
ArctiClean 60ml 1 & 2 (New): A$9
vtudio.com/a/?a=ArctiClean+1+&+2
Allen Hex Key (New): A$4
vtudio.com/a/?e=extra+long+m3+3mm+130mm+hex+key
- Sold Original 10GB RAM Sticks: -A$45
Massive thank you for your detailed reply, and for the time and energy to do it! Very very helpful!
I have a queston: if I have a redeon hd 5870 and rx 560 would I be able to use both of them and have OS X + BootCamp?
Do you have a sound (HDMI & DP port) with rx580 nitro + 8gb?
I'm trying to install an XFX Radeon RX 580 on my 2010 Mac Pro and am having issues. When installing it on the bottom slot, where you're supposed to, the card is lifted about 1 centimeter too high off the floor and won't fit. I don't have many free PCI slots so it needs to go in that bottom (PCI 4) slot :( don't know what to do
Update: I've given up and the place where I bought it allowed me to return the XFX 580 for a refund. I bought the Sapphire Nitro+ 580... hope that works and fits on the bottom slot (PCI slot 4)
Hey mate, let me know how it works out for you, from when I did my upgrade I remember that the first two slots were faster than the second two slots, so it'd be interesting to hear how it runs.
@@headsoftech appreciate the response. Thankfully the place I bought it from is allowing me to return the XFX and they shipped the Sapphire Nitro+ today. I'll keep you updated. I"m not a gamer, but a full-time video editor/graphic designer and youtuber lol! hope it helps with OBS, Photoshop and Final Cut Pro X
@@headsoftech ok so I got the sapphire nitro +580, same exact one as you got in this video... it actually has the same issue and the chip portion that slides in is significantly higher than the original video card my mid2010 mac pro came with, making it more difficult to fit into that bottom pci shelf... thankfully, this one fit after a little bit of wiggling and it works! the XFX amd 580 would not fit on the bottom shelf... upon closer inspection of your video, you are having the same issue as well and your card is slightly crooked or diagonal just like mine... it's not a big deal tho and i'm just happy this thing is working, fully functional and detects the correct card when I go to About This Mac... I thought video rendering+exporting on Final Cut Pro X and Photoshop would be much faster, but it didn't make a huge difference. I think I noticed a big difference though when I'm live streaming on my TH-cam channel with multiple windows, graphics and video chat windows going on. I'm not a gamer, so this was more for video editing, youtube and graphics. Still, overall I am very happy. Thank you for your videos... they were the best on youtube!
@@FantasyCouch Glad to hear it helped in the end afterall mate.
Does it work with bootcamp?
I tried with gtx 1070 but bootcamp didnt see it.
Excellent video would a 1650 ti work on it
Would you do a hackntosh or fina a 5,1 to upgrade?
Hey mate, what's your budget?
Vtudio 500-700. Found a 2009 for 300.
If I were you, I'd hold out until Apple's October event where they're rumoured to be releasing an updated version of the Mac Mini. Right now, the base Mac Mini is priced at $499, so if they hopefully keep their pricing, it'd be a much better deal.
Late to the party, but why don't you just get a cheap GT120 which doesn't use any of the mini 6pin ports?
Hey mate, over here they cost around A$160 second hand, which is way overpriced but if you can grab one on the cheap then that would be a great 2nd card to get.
I have one 😁
Hi could you help me when I put a new gpu like a gt 710 the display won't turn on but I put back the old gpu and it works any help
Hello,
What do you use for mining?
Hey mate, I mine mainly with MinerGate, did a tutorial on using it and NiceHash here: th-cam.com/video/vKmAYgXGHEI/w-d-xo.html
Help! Just got the RX 580 but I'm having trouble setting it seated in Slot 1on my Mac Pro 2010 5.1. Slot 1 is out of alignment with the card. Has anyone else had the same problem and could the card work just as well in the other x16 Slot 2?
Hey mate, I didn't have any problems with either slots, the first two slots are the fastest, let me know if slot 2 didn't work for you.
@@headsoftech Thanks fro your reply. I'm still waiting on delivery of the 2nd power supply cable before I install. Will let you know how I get on.
I have 2 Apple Cinema Displays which both need DVI port. On this card there is only one DVI and for the other one I will need a converter cable. Display Port To DVI is what I need I guess. Which brand do you suggest that supports 1920 x 1200 resolution at least?
So you can’t see apple boot screen so means it’s not fully compatible so if you wanted to boot into windows you can’t do that
10:50
One question about the 2x6pin to 8pin. Is it 2x6pin (male) to 8pin (female)?
Hey mate I used 2x6 pin females to an 8 pin male.
@@headsoftech Awesome. Thank you!
Looking forward to seeing the boot camp video.
hi i upgraded my 2010 Mac Pro running on os sierra and now the computer restarts at any given time while I'm on the computer. have you had this problem and if so, how did you fix it?
Question everyone: In the video, it features a Nitro+ model of the card but in the description it links to an amazon page with a pulse type card. There's several hundred dollars difference in price between these models and I don't want to buy the wrong thing. Can anyone please clarify this? Thanks!
Great video! I followed all of your steps and everything appears to be working as expected on my Mid 2010 Dual CPU machine. I'm not familiar with these video cards but noted the following behavior and am interested to see if you're encountering the same. When I start the machine, I see the Sapphire blue light on the card lit up and the fans spinning. However, after the Apple login screen appears, the video card's fans stop spinning. I logged in and ran GeekBench GPU tests a few times and the fans didn't kick in at all. I read that the fans are supposed to kick in when the card reaches a temperature of 60 celsius. Is this correct? Do you experience the same behavior? Thanks again for the good quality informative video!!
Hey mate, I recently sold mine on, but I remember that the best way to get the fans to kick up is to run a 3D game. Have you tried something like Unigine? benchmark.unigine.com/heaven
@@headsoftech Thank you sir! Heaven triggered the fans.
@@headsoftech What are you using now ?
Great video. When you have the old gpu and the new gpu (580) installed, do you get a boot screen? Or is there something else that needs to be changed? Thanks
Hey mate, you only get the boot screen from the connection to the old graphics card, not the new one.
My Mac Pro 3.1 runs a 1050 TI on Windows 10 really great
Did you manage to install Windows 10? Or did you have to install Windows 7 and upgrade?
Hey mate, I installed Windows 10 directly with Bootcamp by editing the Contents/Info.plist inside the Boot Camp Assistant app. I'll have a complete guide out soon for you.
I install windows 10 on my mac pro just fine but I had windows 8 before
Cheers for the reply. Good luck!
Tom Slattery verqe2ghi
I have a 2009, 4,1 dual quad Mac Pro that I flashed to a 5,1. Currently running a Radeon R9 290X in mine. I would like to upgrade though to 2 RX580's, using an additional PSU of course.
You're a boss! I've never tried a dual GPU setup, let me know how it goes.
Vtudio back when the nVidia GeForce GTX 285 was champ, I ran two of them in my Mac Pro 1,1. At the time it was a beast! I expect FCPX to love dual 580’s.
Would be cool to see if it does actually help, the only figures I've ever seen was with the RX480 with 1 GPU rendering in 22 seconds and 2 GPUs rendering in 19 seconds, so a 15% gain. Have you considered a Vega 56 card by the way, or have you got a good deal on the RX580s?
Vtudio I haven’t really checked into anything yet, not gonna upgrade for a bit. Thought about just getting a 2nd R9 290X though, and upgrading Ram, CPU’s, and getting some SSD’s.
Ah a 2nd R9 would be great as you could still keep your boot screen to easily switch to Windows, I guess it's just get whichever one you can get the best deal on mate.
I can’t start in R-mode in Catalina 10.15.3 with Mac Pro 5.1 2012. I have Nvidia Geforce GTX770 4 GB but also 970, none of them can start up in R-mode. Well, the machine is obsolete. Maybe there you have the answer.
Funny. My Sapphire Nitro+ RX580 wont fit in my Mac Pro because of the big backplate on the GPU. Sold it for a MSI RX580 without a backplate ... and now I see your Video with that GPU :-/
Ah mate, you're so right! I hadn't seen anyone online fitting the Nitro+ too, so I came really close to that point too when first installing the card.
im using the Same GPU, but the fans are not woking with Mojave , any idea? Mac Pro 5.1(4.1 updated)
Hey mate, I recently sold mine on, but I remember that the best way to get the fans to kick up is to run a 3D game. Have you tried something like Unigine? benchmark.unigine.com/heaven
What is the point in buying an AMD card for your Mac Pro. If you ever want to do premier Pro rendering you can't use the GPU to render because only Nvidia cards feature CUDA
Thanks for the tip mate
Vtudio no problem
You can enable GPU Rendering on an AMD card via OpenCL. OpenCL is the CUDA counterpart for AMD. Premiere Pro should have this setting available (other apps like Blender, After Effects should also have this option).
The point in buying an AMD card for a Mac Pro (or a Hackintosh) at this time is because a lot of AMD cards are natively supported in Mac OS.
May I use both the 6 pin connectors from the motherboard straight to the Sapphire Nitro card (without using the dual 6 pin to 8 pin splitter)? One in the 6 pin input and the other one in the 8 pin input of the card.
Hey mate, I got it running fine using a single 6-pin to 8-pin, but on paper the 6-pin port from the motherboard only supplies 75W, so you may run into issues if you don't use a dual 6-pin to 8-pin to fully saturate the power requirements of the 8-pin. If you check out GalactiNaut's comment below there's a link to a thread which discusses and debates the power draw in more detail.
Vtudio Thanks for the answer my friend! But.. My question is:
If I plug the one 6 pin output from the motherboard to the card 6 pin input and the other 6 pin from the motherboard to the 8 pin on the card, not only the one, but both outputs from motherboard, but the one would be 6 pin output to 8 pin input on the card. Will this work? (Sorry of my English but is not my native language) Thanks! :)
Hey mate it'll definitely work as I've got mine to work with just one 6-pin to 8-pin, however I don't know how stable it will be long term. The technical issue is typically the 6-pin only provides 75W power while an 8-pin input expects up to 150W, so if the card for some reason (typically overclocking) tries to draw 150W from the 8-pin which is actually a 6-pin supply there may be risk of damaging the motherboard. Personally I haven't run into any issues and usually when too much power is drawn the system will turn off before damage occurs, but that's the risk worth considering.
Vtudio Hey! Agreed! The only problem is.. I cannot find the dual 6 pin to 8 pin splitter available.. I click on the link on the description and it redirects me to Amazon.. The specific seller does not ship to EU (Greece). Is there any other online shop that I may order the splitter from?
...Any reply on the above??
Hi mate,
Just want to double check that the Nitro + card will block the nextby Pcie slot right? So after the card install, only 2 pcie slot left to use?
Hey mate, it doesn't completely block the port next to it, but the space is very limited. I managed to slot in a PCIe SSD card in that space and it ran fine, but if you can leave a space between the graphics card in general it's a good idea as GPUs can run hot. Here's a photo of what the space left looks like[1], when I had placed the SSD card currently in slot 4 into slot 2 there was around half a cm space between the GPU and the SSD.
[1] i.imgur.com/pGWQQXk.jpg
Vtudio Plan to put 1 x usb 3 card, 2 x M.2 PCIE card & this Nitro +. So you reckon it still fit? 'cause the Nitro version have better heatsink, the Pulse version will make slot 2 available
why the bottom pcie slot
firstly thank you very much for usefull video, I have a question about boot-screen problem; which graphic cards support boot-screen upgrade for osxbigsur from osx 10.14? if possible do you advice graphic cards to me ?