FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone who pulls the glass off these things the way I do. I can't tell you how many times I have laughed my arse off at the people who use suction cups. :D
@cgi2173 yeah, TH-cam said I’d finally caught up with all the comments that I’ve missed in the last few years… they lied they gave me more comments to respond to from 2 1/2 years plus back and I can’t stand to have pending comments 🤣 and now with those glass I don’t even use a suction cup. I just grab it and pray it doesn’t snap in half when I pull it off. 🤣
great video again ! more info for everybody can be found here : forums.macrumors.com/threads/2011-imac-graphics-card-upgrade.1596614/ And help is also given.. I was wondering Greg, when are you going to make a video about installing MXM-A Dell Quadro K2000m in you 21,5" ? I would suggest use that card, since if will fit perfect with the 21,5 models..
Hi, I got iMAC27” Mid 2010 .I replaced GPU & SSD, so now I have Nvidia GTX 765M . Do you think possible to upload a tutoríal with more details about how to install the Mojave or Catalina with this particular GPU? Thanks!!
Maybe I didn't listen right but why you see the Bootscreen and the Apple Logo ? I thought that this would be gone after upgrading to an "incompatible" graphic card... Or what you did to make this work ? Great video anyways
You are right, i was looking for a card to upgrade my imac, but Damn the prices are really high, quite disappointed i really want to have metal . support in order to install catalina os
Yes, it would work, the 880 apparently also, does I know a guy that did it and made it work. I don’t know how he made it work though. Honestly, an RX 480 or similar would be a better investment tho
Thanks for the vid with all the details. I recently inherited one of these and was thinking of doing this. I'm so glad you did this before I did. I'm pretty used to blank-screen boots since my Pro 1,1 doesn't show anything with my old 5770 or the (cool/quiet) GT 710 I have in it now. With all the problems debugging drivers and booting, my first thought is to pull the storage from the iMac so that it will default to booting from an external drive or target-mode mac, debug everything, and then put the drive back in. Do you think that would work?
I’m thinking really the easiest thing would be is if you can boot off of a thunderbolt drive especially a thunderbolt SSD... I might do that in the future
Can you upload a tutorial flashing this card?? I heard about Kepler beta3 from @Nick?? Or maybe more details in how to install Catalina OS X to fix boot screen issues? Thank you!!
I have to find time to actually film it currently all the installs are screwed up on my system and it’s really really hard to redo the installs with no boot screen
Hrutkay Mods , thank you! Anyway I did it!! and is a little be complicated. I installed Catalina, I asked you about it because is important for your followers? Because I think for somebody is going to change their system with a Metal support card need to install in the new drive the patch with the corrections about the details and how to patch this new OS X like unchecking legacy video support and other details? Because what I can do with a new GPU If I cannot install the new “OSx “ ? I explained the same thing to “Macintoshmen”?, and I give you my opinion because I feel your channel is better, so thank you man!!
Thank you so much for this! I've been looking at a Unibody iMac on Luke Miani's suggestion and I like how easy they appear to be to work on. But the "no Metal" thing is giving me second thoughts. I just wanted to see if it could be done. Now you're here telling me "Yeah, but..." I already have a MacBookPro9,2 that I'm struggling to keep up to speed. I want a desktop system to take a lot of the processing load off my MacBook. I want to fix up computers because I like to. I don't want to do it because I have to. I'm now going to start looking for a Slim Unibody iMac. They'll be more expensive and trickier to work on but I really do want to try keeping it up to date as long as I can. I started all this with an old MacBook1,1 I was given. I gave up on that one when I bought this MacBook Pro new, specifically so I could run Mavericks. I still have a PowerBook 520 "Blackbird" that I built from scraps, so I agree old Macs can be fun. But I'm looking for a desktop workhorse to free up my MacBook Pro for portable use while it's still somewhat viable. For tinkering, I still have our old PowerMac G4 dual-450 "Gigabit Ethernet" (PowerMac3,3) in the garage. This was our daily driver for almost ten years and I'd like to get the old bird going again. Thanks for the reminder about Low-End Mac. I completely forgot about them! I can't wait to hear more about your meeting with the bodybuilder and the Apple genius!!
Hello! I see that there’s an rx 480 mxm card that fits this computer. Can it work? The amd 400 series runs natively in MacOs, so I figured that I could try it 😅
Man, I installed the 765m successfully on High Sierra on my iMac mid 2011 21.5, but cant run using Mojave. I upgraded it form High Sierra to Mojave using another iMac (because we don’t have EFI boot using 765m), but when I put the SSD with the Mojave upgrade back to may Mac with 765m video card and turn it on I got just a black screen. I wait minutes but nothing happens. On High Sierra wait 2 minutes and works perfectly like yours. Did you manage installe Mojave with this 765m video card?
Yes I never got around to filming how to do it I’m going to very soon I should probably do it this week in fact... if you follow the video that I am going to be filming it’s basically fool proof
From what I understand only the 27 inch supports external display over thunderbolt and only one port works after the upgrade. It’s been a while since I’ve played with the system I don’t remember if the brightness works or not. And the boot screen is possible if you flash the card there is a lot of viable card flashes out there now. Basically any Kepler card you can find should be more powerful than the factory cards
I got a local guy with a late 2009 iMac with no ram or HD asking $100. Wondering, should jump on it? I basically need it for logic and low intensity video editing. Thanks in advance!
The GPU you took out is mxm 3.0a. The GPU you were installing is mxm 3.0b MXM 3.0b - 82 mm width, 105 mm length, 100 W max, 256 bit memory bus MXM 3.0a - 82 mm width, 70 mm length, 55 W max, 64 bit or 128 bit memory
How can I buy it? ------------------------------------------------- iMac(21.5-inch, Mid 2011) Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory 12 GB 1333MHz DDR3 Startup Disk Macintosh HD Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512MB Serial Number C02GL10TDHJF
hi, Mac Vid Cards, doesn't sell GTX 765M ( the one you use in this video) they are selling other options. I want to upgrade the GPU card of a 21.5 mid 2011 iMac. Mac Vid Cards are currently selling other option that could work for me ? Thanks in advance ! I'm asking you this because, despite the fact that I want to upgrade my GPU, I really need to use Windows and Mac os in the same iMac. Thanks !
So now that it has been a few year since this video was posted is there an video card you would recommend that has mac efi bios flash on it so i could have the boot screen / recovery option if i needed it? I have Monterey running on it now and really need to update the card or everything to work properly. Complete iMac 27-Inch "Core i7" 2.8 (Late 2009) 2.8 GHz Core i7 (17-860) MC507LL/A A1312 (EMC 2374) iMac11,1 ATI Radeon HD 4850: Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4850 Type: GPU Bus: PCIe PCIe Lane Width: x16 VRAM (Total): 512 MB Vendor: AMD (0x1002) Device ID: 0x944a Revision ID: 0x0000 ROM Revision: 113-B9110C-425 VBIOS Version: 113-B91101-009 EFI Driver Version: 01.00.383
HI!! I have a A1312 27" (2009) imac with sound and no video. I supose than the problem is de video but i have a 512Mb card and I want to upgrade, but I have to change de heatsink. What do you think what can I do?
I have a 680M MXM. Wonder if it'll work. Looks like it. I have a mid 2011 iMac I want to upgrade. I have a pair of them. One of them has a bad screen. The other is in perfect working order. I have all of the parts, now I want to upgrade it. I have an i7 2600S, 32 GB DDR3 1333 (4x8GB), 500GB Lexar SSD (w/DRAM cache) and I just got the 680M in. After watching this video I feel 110% confident this will be no issue. I am concerned about thermals and may research small fans and new pads for the MXM. Then I might consider modifying the chassis with more slots to improve air flow...I want to see if the I can get Ventura running on it. Thank you for the visual guide. I was happy to see it working. I wonder if you ever got Monterey running?
just became your 4000 subscriber haha so glad i found this video definitely gonna do it to my mid 2010 21.5 inch imac and do a core i7 from core i3 at the same time
Will the GTX 780m (Keplar Architecture for DELL CLEVO) work just like this 765m (Made for Alienware)? (Assuming I heat sink the memory modules as best as I can due to the hotter temperature.)??? Please advise as I would like to make an informed purchase.
Hrutkay Mods ahh looks like Nvidia is the way to go then. Thanks for taking the time to figure this all out. Look forward to more videos on the subject
thanks a lot for your informative video! I am having a mid 2010 iMac 21.5 inch and I am thinking to upgrade as well! But please tell me how is the performance especially with High Sierra? is it flawless or laggy? And does it getting hot with this card? Also from bootable usb can it boot in case that you want again to install High Sierra? Thanks in advance!!
Thank you for your videos and all research and work you done! I upgraded two machines and now they are still working like new! The first is original mac pro upgraded to dual x5365s. Also I installed second power supply synchronized with main psu. Dual 7950s and 32gb ram. 4k video editing in fcpx from eos rp and panasonic gh5 works flawlessly! The second mac is Imac 21'5 mid 2011. I upgraded cpu to i7 2600s and gpu to gtx 765m. Also installed 32gigs of ram and third harddrive. Fresh install of catalina and it is like a new machine! All the money I spent is under 500 dollars!
As long as it’s not the 21.5 inch late 2009 with 9400m graphics then yes the 660m appears to be a Kepler card and should work as long as it’s a Dell/Alienware card
I used your tutorial as a guideline to upgrade an iMac 2011 27'' with a GTX 980m from an Alienware 17'' Laptop. Outcome is that the card is fully recognized when I'm using the screen share function, also under remote desktop in Windows 10, but I have constantly a black screen. Means the internal screen is not working. Using an external monitor I did not test but I assume it should work, thats not the initial purpose though. Means in case somebody wants to try out a GTX 980m as replacement for their AMD GPU, just don't do it. I personally think that the GTX 780m is the best option for now. Maybe we will get something better in the future. Until then have a good one...and nice channel!
HOW DID YOU REMOTE MAC? PLUG AN EXTERNAL DISPLAY IN??? I just tried to install a gtx 780m and my mac isnt booting, just a black turned off screen! HELP PLEASE
Hi, many thanks for the video, I’m going to instal the same card on my late 2011 27inch IMac. Could you update me with regards to any issues after using the card, did heat sink cause any problems. Many thanks
Seria bueno que publicaras el proceso o los comentarios para configurar la tarjeta, tengo mi imac archivado, compre una amd y no funcionó a los 3 meses volvio a fallar, me gustaria comprar la gtx. Saludos
Hola oye tengo un iMac mid 2011 de 27 y acabo de comprar una GTX 760 de 2 GB, aparte le voy a cambiar el procesador por el i7 2600. Al cambiar la tarjeta qué funciones pierdes? Porque su máquina si booteó normal, y... ya en el sistema, las salidas de video de thunderbolt no hay problemas? xq tengo 2 monitores externos, todo este relajo lo hago para conservar la estación de trabajo y continuar trabajando. Actualmente le puse 2 SSD de 960GB y 32GB de RAM. Sí así estoy muy contento, si jala con la tarjeta de video sería genial.
@@rocconet Saludos Rodrigo, estoy intentando poner MOjave(O catalina) en exactamente el mismo equipo que tu. i7(upgraded from i5), 1TB SSD, 32gb Ram iMac 2010 27". Me quede con pantalla negra despues de poner el GPU exitosmente, con High Sierra corre bien pero con Mojave nada aunque lo installe en el SSD desde otra Macbook. Ideas?
@@yamilrios9982 Mojave no es compatible con ese equipo de manera Nativa, llega hasta High Sierra. Le puedes meter Mojave con hacks que hay por allí. En mi caso tengo está máquina con High Sierra y todo bien.
I installed Catalina on my late 2009 iMac i7 with HD 4850 GPU Catalina with no issues HD 4850 GPU but i wonder if it would work on BigSur or even Monterey or do i have to change the GPU to get compatibility?
this was an awesome tutorial! I love all of your video! any chance is there some way to make a Mac Pro 2006 1,1 run something better than El Capitan 10.11? all the research online says it's impossible but you seem to have the magic touch with this stuff! keep up the good work man!
My imac mid 2011 27" has a dying graphics card. Do you think I could swap it to the GTX 765m like you? The GTX 765M is only $100 where as the original amd h6970m 1gb is about $250
@@ДмитроКонов класс я наверно что-то упустил , у меня секунд 30 до яблока Mid 2010 3.2Ghz проц , может надо что-то прописать? Подскажи где смотреть правильную установку и где скачал Cuda driver , я просто воткнул и Web driver установил
Hi Guys, it turns out that the Macrumours community have been working very hard on the GPU upgrades issue and in the last few months they've been able to come up with custom VBIOS' for several iMac compatible cards: @t. Pinned at the start of this (Very) long thread is a list of compatible cards and the functionality levels of each of them. Most importantly, the list shows the current status of vbios workarounds for each card and how to go about flashing them - some are already good to go and others will have updated workarounds soon. Hope this helps.
I guess it would be possible to get the boot screen back using rEFInd and OpenCore as bootloaders. Pretty much the same that is now possible with Mac Pros and non-Apple GPUs. I have a Mac Pro 3,1 that i replaced the GPU for a PC card, normally i would lose anything boot related but by installing rEFInd and OpenCore in any EFI partition, the GPU is initialized and the rEFInd menu appears. That should work with a GPU modded iMac? I don't see why not.
I’ve heard that some people have done it that way but there’s a possibility you can actually stress the board doing it from what I hear also... it’s also a very good time to redo thermal paste on the CPU
Fantastic video... got me into looking after a new card for my long time girlfriend. I surfed the net about the ability of a GTX 680M 4GB (MXM type B) from a MSI labtop But as I can see that card has not got the correct "die name" number... as i understand it should be either GK107 or GK208 core to work for a mac. If I look correctly at gpuzoo.com the 680M is GK 104 GTX source: www.gpuzoo.com/GPU-NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_680M.html
hey there. I did the same thign as you but it's not orking. now when i lug in the system it makes a high pitched sound near the ram and it does not turn on. I accidentally pulled the connector out the mother board for the lcd casye I follwed a bad poor comunication tutorial and had to try to slide the connectr back on. do oyu have any ideas as to why m stem would make the noise and not turn on?
Hello, first of all great video! I have iMac 21.5" Mid-2011 - Core i5-2400S and i was wondering if the Nvidia GTX 765M would run on it? On top of that did you have to do any software modifications? Thanks in advance for your answer :)
That’s literally the specs of my iMac in this video... and no as long as you’re running Mountain Lion or later... and I would hold off on using Mojave until I release my video about how to get it to work properly
@@HrutkayMods Hey I just bought an installed an Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M 4GB DDR5 MXM 3.0 Type B for Alienware, and my 2011 27" imac is not booting, its just a black screen!!!
Hello, have you tried for 2 combs of 16 gb ddr3 to make 32 gbs? The corsar has it and the crucial one too and in the final 2013 version of the 21.5-inch i5-4570S CPU at 2.90 GHz I realized that the CPU is not soldered I thought of the Core I7-4770s, does it work well? could you take this doubt from me
So you can really only due the video card upgrade on a 27'' imac and not the 21.5 inch since the card is so big anyway right? On the 21.5 if your imac has the correct cpu like an i5 you can upgrade to the i7 2600s cpu with no issues. taking that board out is tricky asf audio cables get in the way for the left memory slot. Fun to do sure but sheesh.
I appreciate this vid is a few years old now. Do you know if a GTX 880m will work in a 21.5 2010 Imac? I can find tons on the 27inch version but nothing on it working in a 21.5 Imac. TIA :)
Just remember that half of the 800 series is Maxwell... but those are the lower end ones ... The 870 and 880 is Kepler... all of the 700 series and the top half of the 600 series is Kepler also
I have question i can update my iMac late 2009 27 pouce core 2 duo with gtx 660M when i try i havé black screen and dont work. Maybe with vbios for the cars just is compatible with core 2 duo iMac?
I’m thinking of doing this with a Quadro K1100M for a project I’m working on, I’ve read online it should work but I’m a bit concerned because of its form factor, it’s a little smaller than the usual cards that go in there. Do you think this would still work?
hi just a quick question i opened my mac 21.5" late 2009 and put it back together and now i have weird green dots on my screen could someone help me please.
That’s the one that’s not compatible with this swap I think... the 9400m GPU model? Green dots could be many things, first make sure the lcd LVDS cable is fully seated then go from there
@@HrutkayMods thats lame was hoping to puta new gpu in here i have a late 2009 as wel with a 9400m somesay that there is an mxm slot and the igpu will disable and some say no so not sure what is the case
@@FireFoxDestroyer No, it's why you'd need the USB 3 dock. it plugs into the thunderbolt port and provides yet another thunderbolt port and some USB A 3.0/1/2 ports.
Dude... i Want to install another video card for my iMac 27 2009 i5 version, thinking abou nvidia quadro 2000m 2gb... It's works directly or need web drivers! Boots screen doesn't work with this card, but single mode still usable?
Avoid black screen when loading failed? I installed Windows with a different video card, but I couldn’t boot only Mac OS, is it possible to run Windows with GTX-780M or GTX-765M?
Hi guys just want to update you on the recent things that I did to my iMac 2011 27''. I sold the GTX980m cause you get no internal display picture with it and input an Alienware GTX780m, bought from Ali Express. Now I have the internal Screen working and Mojave is running but somehow I get now picture when using bootcamp (either in legacy or refi mode). Else the GPU is working fine under Mac OS Mojave and metal is fully supported. Please let me know in case you got Windows working somehow with the internal screen. See ya.
Yes, in fact, that’s what they recommend… You really shouldn’t be putting this GPU into a 21 inch it’s too big for the heat sink but it seems to work fine… you may have to modify the heat sink slightly though
I have a 2010 Imac, which the screen decided to shut off while I was browsing. When I powered it back on, it continuously makes the booting chime sound, but screen doesn't turn on. What do you think is wrong with it?
Hi, I installed a nVidia GTX 770M on my iMac 2011 27inch, and it works like a charm, but, my camera is not working, is there any fix for this, or do I need to go to MOJAVE (The hard way, because of the unsupported situation)?
Greg, I posted this on another related video earlier and I think this may be an answer to your problems getting the card to run without problems... On the subject of GPU upgrades, I have seen threads online that mention that Apple GPU BIOS files are available to download. Using a "Raspberry PI", you can flash a GPU card so that the imac will recognise that card as whatever BIOS you flashed it as. This will give you the boot screen, brightness controls etc. The problem is, I've only seen BIOS for the apple cards up to and including the Radeon 6970 2GB graphics card. If you want a GPU with higher specs than that AND you want the boot screen etc, then you somehow need to get a BIOS file for one of the later Apple cards. I know there was at least one macbook pro from 2018 that had an 8gb card - if someone can get a download of that BIOS then that would open up a whole range of possible GPU upgrades! In your case Greg, you could flash that 2gb card with the bios of the Radeon 6970 card so that imac thinks its got a 6970 instead of a GTX 765M. You'll still have 2GB of GPU ram and you'll have the boot screen etc. The problem will be that you probably won't have Metal support... unless you can find a gpu card taken from a later imac or macbook pro.
Yeah it’s not that simple if you flash the AMD bios into the card it will just kill the card... trust me if it was possible I would do it... someone has to come up with a custom Nvidia flash
good morning I really liked your video I would like to know the time you call is all drizzled there you call again opens cool explains to me what you did and I'm in Brazil and I do not understand the English I'm sending a message translated already thank you very much
Awesome video man! I remember reading your comment in response to Luke Miani and am very happy that you actually followed through! Having said that, quick question... I read this post here www.ifixit.com/Story/18646/Successful_iMac_Upgrade_to_GTX_880M which successfully installed an 880M. Is there anything I need to look out for? To my understanding some 800 series are kepler. Is there a way for me to confirm this before making a purchase? And would the card need to come from an alienware/dell machine or simply be compatible within one of those? Do you anticipate that I'd have to do anything differently from your tutorial? I would go with a cheaper card but i figure if i'm going to attempt this upgrade I'd like to maximize performance. Thank you in advance.
Yeah the 880M I hear is Kepler. Believe it or not the easiest way to figure out which ones are Kepler it is by looking it up on Wikipedia... they have a huge list of the different chips... if the model identifier number starts with GK it’s a Kepler. I don’t quite know how the 800 series Kepler cards work... but I would say they would work fine with or with out web drivers... I know the 780M works for sure just to let you know... also I think the 870M is a Kepler... but like I said check on Wikipedia... also remember these cards have higher TDPs so you’ll need a more aggressive fan curve to keep everything cool especially since you won’t be able to actually see the temperature the GPU is running at... but you can monitor the heat sink temp sensor... it will give you a ballpark range... good luck and I would love to hear the results you have with it
Hey thanx for a really hands on guide. Do you have recommended places to buy etc a gtx 765m alienware. Just looking at eBay but should i look for more numbers than just Well yes gtx 765m alienware :) i can see mentions of 3.0 B - M17 x M18 in those versions and have noooo clue if that is correct. Again Big thanx from Denmark
Hrutkay Mods hey again alright ordered a 765m from eBay. Hello I was told it only runs on High Sierra and newer osx. Since I was on El Capitan 10.11.6 I moved the kext lib to make the mac start using the integrated intel card... Well its not really a disable but good enough to get it to start osx and upgrade to high sierra from app store. After it downloaded/ restarted and getting ready for the install it just keeps staying on the grey startup page with the apple logo... nothing happens - waited more than a hour. And I am connected to a wifi. Now I am consedering if its because that new installer is trying to use the Real amd gpu since I dont asume the installer dmg is looking into the osx on the harddisc that I moved the amd kext extentions. What other options do I have.... find another mac that I can install the high sierra from if I put the imac in target diskmode maybe? Many thanx
Hi, Hrutkay Mods Have you already test it with the Mojave? Where is actually the danger at Mojave installation? That means, if I have bad luck, then I can't start my computer anymore? Or does he not start anymore without bootscreen? Can't I go back to High Sierra afterwards? regards
So if we can’t get the boot screen and can’t choose the start drive, could we use a WTG which already installed the drive for the GPU and so, start from System Preferences and afterwards we just remove the WTG and the Mac will just start normal? I am thinking about upgrade my iMac too but I can’t give up windows because I do a little bit gaming on windows. XD
@@HrutkayMods Hi Thank you very much for your video, I just degraded my iMac 21.5' 2011 with a i7-2600s and a GTX680m, the system works but I found out that the 680m is running poorly, it may due to the high power demand of the gpu which is 100w, 65Watts more than the original 6750m... and that caused the cpu also doesn't have enough power to get higher performance. I'm thinking about to change the card to the 765m which you are using, it may get better performance with 25w less TDP. Or do you think the Quattro K2200M will work on the 21.5' iMac?
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FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone who pulls the glass off these things the way I do. I can't tell you how many times I have laughed my arse off at the people who use suction cups. :D
There's absolutely nothing wrong using suction cups also. Both ways works just fine.
@@DownUnder43 Yeah I know. It's quicker to use my fingernails. 😀
Yay...I got a like from the creator.....3 years later. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏼
@cgi2173 yeah, TH-cam said I’d finally caught up with all the comments that I’ve missed in the last few years… they lied they gave me more comments to respond to from 2 1/2 years plus back and I can’t stand to have pending comments 🤣 and now with those glass I don’t even use a suction cup. I just grab it and pray it doesn’t snap in half when I pull it off. 🤣
great video again !
more info for everybody can be found here :
forums.macrumors.com/threads/2011-imac-graphics-card-upgrade.1596614/
And help is also given..
I was wondering Greg, when are you going to make a video about installing MXM-A Dell Quadro K2000m in you 21,5" ?
I would suggest use that card, since if will fit perfect with the 21,5 models..
Probably no because I barely have the money for the other videos I do lol... the 765 still cools fine and runs fine in it
Thank u very much. I'm gonna try this . Do you know if I can put an even better card?
Hi, I got iMAC27” Mid 2010 .I replaced GPU & SSD, so now I have Nvidia GTX 765M . Do you think possible to upload a tutoríal with more details about how to install the Mojave or Catalina with this particular GPU? Thanks!!
Same here, planning of upgrading my 27" inch iMac Mid 2010.
Maybe I didn't listen right but why you see the Bootscreen and the Apple Logo ? I thought that this would be gone after upgrading to an "incompatible" graphic card... Or what you did to make this work ? Great video anyways
Didn’t make it work in that video, but there was another video multiple years later that was a continuation of this one where I got it to work
Not worth the upgrade anymore. These cards prices has skyhocket lately in price. But this is the best video I found online. Great Job.
You are right, i was looking for a card to upgrade my imac, but Damn the prices are really high, quite disappointed i really want to have metal . support in order to install catalina os
Hello, do you know if a GTX 780M will be compatible with Monterey on a iMac 27" A1312 (2011) ?
Yes, it would work, the 880 apparently also, does I know a guy that did it and made it work. I don’t know how he made it work though. Honestly, an RX 480 or similar would be a better investment tho
Thanks for the vid with all the details. I recently inherited one of these and was thinking of doing this. I'm so glad you did this before I did. I'm pretty used to blank-screen boots since my Pro 1,1 doesn't show anything with my old 5770 or the (cool/quiet) GT 710 I have in it now. With all the problems debugging drivers and booting, my first thought is to pull the storage from the iMac so that it will default to booting from an external drive or target-mode mac, debug everything, and then put the drive back in. Do you think that would work?
I’m thinking really the easiest thing would be is if you can boot off of a thunderbolt drive especially a thunderbolt SSD... I might do that in the future
Can you upload a tutorial flashing this card?? I heard about Kepler beta3 from @Nick?? Or maybe more details in how to install Catalina OS X to fix boot screen issues? Thank you!!
I have to find time to actually film it currently all the installs are screwed up on my system and it’s really really hard to redo the installs with no boot screen
Hrutkay Mods , thank you! Anyway I did it!! and is a little be complicated. I installed Catalina, I asked you about it because is important for your followers? Because I think for somebody is going to change their system with a Metal support card need to install in the new drive the patch with the corrections about the details and how to patch this new OS X like unchecking legacy video support and other details? Because what I can do with a new GPU If I cannot install the new “OSx “ ? I explained the same thing to “Macintoshmen”?, and I give you my opinion because I feel your channel is better, so thank you man!!
Thank you so much for this! I've been looking at a Unibody iMac on Luke Miani's suggestion and I like how easy they appear to be to work on. But the "no Metal" thing is giving me second thoughts. I just wanted to see if it could be done. Now you're here telling me "Yeah, but..."
I already have a MacBookPro9,2 that I'm struggling to keep up to speed.
I want a desktop system to take a lot of the processing load off my MacBook.
I want to fix up computers because I like to. I don't want to do it because I have to.
I'm now going to start looking for a Slim Unibody iMac. They'll be more expensive and trickier to work on but I really do want to try keeping it up to date as long as I can.
I started all this with an old MacBook1,1 I was given. I gave up on that one when I bought this MacBook Pro new, specifically so I could run Mavericks. I still have a PowerBook 520 "Blackbird" that I built from scraps, so I agree old Macs can be fun. But I'm looking for a desktop workhorse to free up my MacBook Pro for portable use while it's still somewhat viable.
For tinkering, I still have our old PowerMac G4 dual-450 "Gigabit Ethernet" (PowerMac3,3) in the garage. This was our daily driver for almost ten years and I'd like to get the old bird going again. Thanks for the reminder about Low-End Mac. I completely forgot about them!
I can't wait to hear more about your meeting with the bodybuilder and the Apple genius!!
Have you upgrade to Catalina??? People want to know!! 🤣
yeah someone please confirm this
I confirm that catalina works 100%! I've upgraded 21'5 2011 imac to i7 2600s and gtx765m.
Maxim Kozhevnikov, дружище это максимальная видюха, которую можно поставить в iMac 27 2010?
@@seergey_sergeevich можно поставить gtx780m и будет огонь!
@@maxeggm, А где купить ее монжо?
Hello! I see that there’s an rx 480 mxm card that fits this computer. Can it work? The amd 400 series runs natively in MacOs, so I figured that I could try it 😅
if you do it share your answer here pls! I didn't knew that a rx480 mxm card existed!
Man, I installed the 765m successfully on High Sierra on my iMac mid 2011 21.5, but cant run using Mojave. I upgraded it form High Sierra to Mojave using another iMac (because we don’t have EFI boot using 765m), but when I put the SSD with the Mojave upgrade back to may Mac with 765m video card and turn it on I got just a black screen. I wait minutes but nothing happens. On High Sierra wait 2 minutes and works perfectly like yours. Did you manage installe Mojave with this 765m video card?
Yes I never got around to filming how to do it I’m going to very soon I should probably do it this week in fact... if you follow the video that I am going to be filming it’s basically fool proof
WORK TWO CONECTIONS THUNDERBOLT?
WORK CONTOL BRIGHTLESS
WORK LOGO BOOTSCREEN?
IS RECOMEND INSTALL IN IMAC 27” MID 2011 THIS CARD? MORE PERFORMANCE?
From what I understand only the 27 inch supports external display over thunderbolt and only one port works after the upgrade. It’s been a while since I’ve played with the system I don’t remember if the brightness works or not. And the boot screen is possible if you flash the card there is a lot of viable card flashes out there now.
Basically any Kepler card you can find should be more powerful than the factory cards
@@HrutkayMods thanks so much . Better not upgrade my card.
Thanks.. GPU upgrade interesting...
You’re welcome, pretty cool Huh?
I got a local guy with a late 2009 iMac with no ram or HD asking $100. Wondering, should jump on it? I basically need it for logic and low intensity video editing. Thanks in advance!
hope you went for it
The GPU you took out is mxm 3.0a. The GPU you were installing is mxm 3.0b
MXM 3.0b - 82 mm width, 105 mm length, 100 W max, 256 bit memory bus
MXM 3.0a - 82 mm width, 70 mm length, 55 W max, 64 bit or 128 bit memory
Hi. I have an imac 2010 and I recently upgraded to the Intel i7 870. Could this video card upgrade be possible?
How did it go? Were you able to upgrade to mojave with it?
Very good video. I am looking forward to the Mojave for unsupported Mac video.
Would this work on a late 2009 3.06ghz dual core?
How can I buy it?
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iMac(21.5-inch, Mid 2011)
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 12 GB 1333MHz DDR3
Startup Disk Macintosh HD
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512MB
Serial Number C02GL10TDHJF
Do you think it could work with GTX 870M to run MacOS Catalina?
Yes, definitely just don’t do it in the 21 inch because it would overheat very badly
Is it possible to flash the GPU for a mac? And if it is, would it fix target display mode, and the boot screen?
Yes... sorta... it’s theoretically possible and that would fix it but no one has successfully done it yet
@@HrutkayMods MVC can do it with 780m
hi, Mac Vid Cards, doesn't sell GTX 765M ( the one you use in this video) they are selling other options. I want to upgrade the GPU card of a 21.5 mid 2011 iMac. Mac Vid Cards are currently selling other option that could work for me ?
Thanks in advance ! I'm asking you this because, despite the fact that I want to upgrade my GPU, I really need to use Windows and Mac os in the same iMac.
Thanks !
I am eventually going to be doing the tutorial on how to flash these I just haven’t had time to yet plus I have to install windows on it
@@HrutkayMods thanks, I'll be waiting for that video!
So now that it has been a few year since this video was posted is there an video card you would recommend that has mac efi bios flash on it so i could have the boot screen / recovery option if i needed it? I have Monterey running on it now and really need to update the card or everything to work properly.
Complete iMac 27-Inch "Core i7" 2.8 (Late 2009)
2.8 GHz Core i7 (17-860)
MC507LL/A
A1312 (EMC 2374)
iMac11,1
ATI Radeon HD 4850:
Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 4850
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: AMD (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x944a
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B9110C-425
VBIOS Version: 113-B91101-009
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.383
Yeah i’m doing an updated video very soon on this exact topic. I’ll be doing it in this exact model too
HI!! I have a A1312 27" (2009) imac with sound and no video. I supose than the problem is de video but i have a 512Mb card and I want to upgrade, but I have to change de heatsink. What do you think what can I do?
its a crap shoot honestly hope you figured it all out
I have a 680M MXM. Wonder if it'll work. Looks like it. I have a mid 2011 iMac I want to upgrade. I have a pair of them. One of them has a bad screen. The other is in perfect working order. I have all of the parts, now I want to upgrade it. I have an i7 2600S, 32 GB DDR3 1333 (4x8GB), 500GB Lexar SSD (w/DRAM cache) and I just got the 680M in. After watching this video I feel 110% confident this will be no issue. I am concerned about thermals and may research small fans and new pads for the MXM. Then I might consider modifying the chassis with more slots to improve air flow...I want to see if the I can get Ventura running on it. Thank you for the visual guide. I was happy to see it working. I wonder if you ever got Monterey running?
it should work but the 680 is too power hungry and big for a 21.5 inch I wouldn;t unless your iMac is a 27 inch
any update on this mod ? Is it still working perfectly ?
Raphael Duleu Yup, what happened Craig?
Great video. Just subscribed to your channel. Very good content. So, did you manage to do the mojave upgrade? How did it go?
Yes I’ll be doing the update video on how you do it in the next week or two 👍
Hrutkay Mods how do you go to mojave
just became your 4000 subscriber haha so glad i found this video definitely gonna do it to my mid 2010 21.5 inch imac and do a core i7 from core i3 at the same time
Did you actually end up getting it to work with your 21.5" model?
@@TomHaskell yep I did, got it running a GTX 770M and an i7 860s
Will the GTX 780m (Keplar Architecture for DELL CLEVO) work just like this 765m (Made for Alienware)? (Assuming I heat sink the memory modules as best as I can due to the hotter temperature.)??? Please advise as I would like to make an informed purchase.
It should yes
Great video, would love to do a similar install myself. Wonder if using an AMD card would make life any easier? Here hoping macvidcards comes through.
AMD stopped making cards in that form factor... and of the ones they made they all basically die
Hrutkay Mods ahh looks like Nvidia is the way to go then. Thanks for taking the time to figure this all out. Look forward to more videos on the subject
I have a mid 2011 21.5 inch iMac with a HD 6750m gpu. Can I make an upgrade to the gtx 780m? If yes, can you tell me some of the bugs and issues?
Yes, it will run hotter (shouldn’t be an issue), it will have no boot screen, no target disk mode, and I think that’s the only issues
@@HrutkayMods thanks a lot for the fast reply mate
@@HrutkayMods Hi. Sorry to bother. Can I also upgrade to the gtx 980m instead? Will there be any additional issues, or just the ones you listed out?
Max out The RAM + SSD + Linux Mint = hello freedoms and longevity.
thanks a lot for your informative video! I am having a mid 2010 iMac 21.5 inch and I am thinking to upgrade as well! But please tell me how is the performance especially with High Sierra? is it flawless or laggy? And does it getting hot with this card? Also from bootable usb can it boot in case that you want again to install High Sierra? Thanks in advance!!
This is the only video, blog record anything where i found that apple had nvidia support
Thank you for your videos and all research and work you done! I upgraded two machines and now they are still working like new! The first is original mac pro upgraded to dual x5365s. Also I installed second power supply synchronized with main psu. Dual 7950s and 32gb ram. 4k video editing in fcpx from eos rp and panasonic gh5 works flawlessly!
The second mac is Imac 21'5 mid 2011. I upgraded cpu to i7 2600s and gpu to gtx 765m. Also installed 32gigs of ram and third harddrive. Fresh install of catalina and it is like a new machine! All the money I spent is under 500 dollars!
Is TDM working after the gpu upgrade?
Look up part 2 of this video… it has to be flashed for Mac before TDM works again
@@HrutkayMods flashed for Mac? why? was it flashed for something else?
@@giorgos7six it was originally a PC card
i have found a GTX 660m. this card is ok for an iMac Late 2009, and can i upgrade my mac to High sierra with liquid metal support ? thanks a lot !
As long as it’s not the 21.5 inch late 2009 with 9400m graphics then yes the 660m appears to be a Kepler card and should work as long as it’s a Dell/Alienware card
@@HrutkayMods okay thanks a lot !
I used your tutorial as a guideline to upgrade an iMac 2011 27'' with a GTX 980m from an Alienware 17'' Laptop. Outcome is that the card is fully recognized when I'm using the screen share function, also under remote desktop in Windows 10, but I have constantly a black screen. Means the internal screen is not working. Using an external monitor I did not test but I assume it should work, thats not the initial purpose though. Means in case somebody wants to try out a GTX 980m as replacement for their AMD GPU, just don't do it. I personally think that the GTX 780m is the best option for now. Maybe we will get something better in the future. Until then have a good one...and nice channel!
Haus Hahn I am thinking to upgrade my 27” 2010 iMac to GTX980m hope someone would find a way to this upgrade path
I am thinking the same with my iMac 2010 27, I saw on a comment that you can do a 880m, but not sure if it will work, that is why I am here.
Brilliant dude all the best and god bless you.
Would you say it is smarter to patch mojave on to it first and then putting in the new GPU?
No... if you patch the GPU the drivers won’t work... don’t patch after replacing the graphics card
I did this mod just before Mojave dropped with an 880m, boy I’ve been so bummed I didn’t get a 780m instead
880 doesn’t work? It’s supposed to Kepler? Was it a Dell/Alienware card?
Remotely accessing was the only way I managed to access the Mac . Even that you need to make sure works.
HOW DID YOU REMOTE MAC? PLUG AN EXTERNAL DISPLAY IN??? I just tried to install a gtx 780m and my mac isnt booting, just a black turned off screen! HELP PLEASE
could you help me, I got the same 2011 Imac, but cant go back to High SIerra
I was in the same boat had to flash the card in Windows to fix it
the 765m is so jokingly overpriced on ebay now, such a shame our society is so rude
Facts. Found a iMac 27 inch 2010 at a thrift store a few months ago and wanted to upgrade it but the card is so over priced
Works with Late 2000 iMac 10,1 core 2 duo?
2010? don't think the card is removable in these ones
Hi, many thanks for the video, I’m going to instal the same card on my late 2011 27inch IMac. Could you update me with regards to any issues after using the card, did heat sink cause any problems. Many thanks
Check out Josh’s blog post it explains what could happen
Don't hold it by the pins FFS.
I have a imac 27 late 2009 10,1 core 2 duo 3.06GHz, the gpu upgrade possible for me ? My gpu have a problem i need upgrade for the most current!
forums.macrumors.com/threads/2011-imac-graphics-card-upgrade.1596614/
EXELENTE ME AYUDO MUCHISImo LE HICE A MI IMAC EL UPGRADE CON LA TARJETA NVIDIA GTX 770 3GB , ESTA INCREIBLE!
De nada, me alegro de que haya ayudado (I hope that translates correctly)
Seria bueno que publicaras el proceso o los comentarios para configurar la tarjeta, tengo mi imac archivado, compre una amd y no funcionó a los 3 meses volvio a fallar, me gustaria comprar la gtx. Saludos
Hola oye tengo un iMac mid 2011 de 27 y acabo de comprar una GTX 760 de 2 GB, aparte le voy a cambiar el procesador por el i7 2600. Al cambiar la tarjeta qué funciones pierdes? Porque su máquina si booteó normal, y... ya en el sistema, las salidas de video de thunderbolt no hay problemas? xq tengo 2 monitores externos, todo este relajo lo hago para conservar la estación de trabajo y continuar trabajando. Actualmente le puse 2 SSD de 960GB y 32GB de RAM. Sí así estoy muy contento, si jala con la tarjeta de video sería genial.
@@rocconet Saludos Rodrigo, estoy intentando poner MOjave(O catalina) en exactamente el mismo equipo que tu. i7(upgraded from i5), 1TB SSD, 32gb Ram iMac 2010 27". Me quede con pantalla negra despues de poner el GPU exitosmente, con High Sierra corre bien pero con Mojave nada aunque lo installe en el SSD desde otra Macbook. Ideas?
@@yamilrios9982 Mojave no es compatible con ese equipo de manera Nativa, llega hasta High Sierra. Le puedes meter Mojave con hacks que hay por allí. En mi caso tengo está máquina con High Sierra y todo bien.
what about upgrading the gpu to the max and using lets say linux...and dumping all the nonsence mac os?
you can do that yes
I installed Catalina on my late 2009 iMac i7 with HD 4850 GPU Catalina with no issues HD 4850 GPU but i wonder if it would work on BigSur or even Monterey or do i have to change the GPU to get compatibility?
Hi, amazing videos! just got a quick question, does this method works on iMac late 2011? Thanks
Not sure? I didn’t know there was a late 2011?
Hrutkay Mods Yeah they did.
everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-i3-3.1-21-inch-aluminum-late-2011-education-specs.html
this was an awesome tutorial! I love all of your video! any chance is there some way to make a Mac Pro 2006 1,1 run something better than El Capitan 10.11? all the research online says it's impossible but you seem to have the magic touch with this stuff! keep up the good work man!
Nah not so far... I mean if you emulate SSE 4.1 maybe but no one has yet
Thanks. The first two minutes of this video already turned me off watching.
well I'm glad you enjoyed not watching it then :)
Everyone please don’t pry the screen it cracks really easy
Thank you for the video. It´s possible to update your Mac to Monterey?
yes
My imac mid 2011 27" has a dying graphics card. Do you think I could swap it to the GTX 765m like you? The GTX 765M is only $100 where as the original amd h6970m 1gb is about $250
Yeah it’ll work great just remember the lack of EFI screen can get annoying
I think you could.But at first you need to install Nvidia Web driver and Cuda driver.I upgraded my iMac 27 2011 with GTX 780m
@@ДмитроКоновпосле гонга тоже черный экран?
Да, черный, секунд так 5-9, а дальше яблочко и все запускается!
@@ДмитроКонов класс я наверно что-то упустил , у меня секунд 30 до яблока Mid 2010 3.2Ghz проц , может надо что-то прописать? Подскажи где смотреть правильную установку и где скачал Cuda driver , я просто воткнул и Web driver установил
Hi Guys, it turns out that the Macrumours community have been working very hard on the GPU upgrades issue and in the last few months they've been able to come up with custom VBIOS' for several iMac compatible cards:
@t.
Pinned at the start of this (Very) long thread is a list of compatible cards and the functionality levels of each of them. Most importantly, the list shows the current status of vbios workarounds for each card and how to go about flashing them - some are already good to go and others will have updated workarounds soon. Hope this helps.
I guess it would be possible to get the boot screen back using rEFInd and OpenCore as bootloaders. Pretty much the same that is now possible with Mac Pros and non-Apple GPUs. I have a Mac Pro 3,1 that i replaced the GPU for a PC card, normally i would lose anything boot related but by installing rEFInd and OpenCore in any EFI partition, the GPU is initialized and the rEFInd menu appears. That should work with a GPU modded iMac? I don't see why not.
You're doing it wrong! you don't need to remove the logic board to remove the GPU
I’ve heard that some people have done it that way but there’s a possibility you can actually stress the board doing it from what I hear also... it’s also a very good time to redo thermal paste on the CPU
This is true in only some iMacs, not all of them.
Would the gtx 765M 2gb work in a ealry 2009?
integrated graphics on that model sadly
Fantastic video... got me into looking after a new card for my long time girlfriend. I surfed the net about the ability of a GTX 680M 4GB (MXM type B) from a MSI labtop But as I can see that card has not got the correct "die name" number... as i understand it should be either GK107 or GK208 core to work for a mac. If I look correctly at gpuzoo.com the 680M is GK 104 GTX
source: www.gpuzoo.com/GPU-NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_680M.html
Has anyone tried this with iMac 27" late 2009 11,1 ? Thx
Yes i have gtx765 in my mac and it works.
Margus Mettis 10.1?
Yeah in fact i did a video on one in August and I’m filming the successful follow up on it tonight
hey there. I did the same thign as you but it's not orking. now when i lug in the system it makes a high pitched sound near the ram and it does not turn on. I accidentally pulled the connector out the mother board for the lcd casye I follwed a bad poor comunication tutorial and had to try to slide the connectr back on. do oyu have any ideas as to why m stem would make the noise and not turn on?
Hello, first of all great video!
I have iMac 21.5" Mid-2011 - Core i5-2400S and i was wondering if the Nvidia GTX 765M would run on it? On top of that did you have to do any software modifications?
Thanks in advance for your answer :)
That’s literally the specs of my iMac in this video... and no as long as you’re running Mountain Lion or later... and I would hold off on using Mojave until I release my video about how to get it to work properly
@@HrutkayMods Hello again, do you think while the iMac is open it will support the Intel I7 2600 chip?
Thanks in advance :)
@@HrutkayMods Hey I just bought an installed an Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M 4GB DDR5 MXM 3.0 Type B for Alienware, and my 2011 27" imac is not booting, its just a black screen!!!
Hello, have you tried for 2 combs of 16 gb ddr3 to make 32 gbs? The corsar has it and the crucial one too and in the final 2013 version of the 21.5-inch i5-4570S CPU at 2.90 GHz I realized that the CPU is not soldered I thought of the Core I7-4770s, does it work well? could you take this doubt from me
yeah it should work fine, max CPU for this I think is the 2600k
So you can really only due the video card upgrade on a 27'' imac and not the 21.5 inch since the card is so big anyway right? On the 21.5 if your imac has the correct cpu like an i5 you can upgrade to the i7 2600s cpu with no issues. taking that board out is tricky asf audio cables get in the way for the left memory slot. Fun to do sure but sheesh.
yeah 21.5s should only have MXMa cards but b cards work they just dont fit the heastink very well so you need lower powered cards to cool properly
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012). What are my options to upgrade my gpu? preferable something that is supported by Catalina?
I appreciate this vid is a few years old now. Do you know if a GTX 880m will work in a 21.5 2010 Imac? I can find tons on the 27inch version but nothing on it working in a 21.5 Imac. TIA :)
It should if it works in a 27 it’ll work in a 21.5
@@HrutkayMods Thank you, I appreciate the reply :)
The problem is that 21' does not have the power supply to support powerful cards
@@kriss1313 OR the cooling capacity but there are workarounds and hacks you can find with a Google search.
Amazing! Thanks! What u think about gtx 970m mxm card? 190$ very good price to extend life of imac up to 2-3 years,maybe more.
Needs web drivers won’t work... last card that’ll work is an 880M because it’s Kepler based
Hrutkay Mods thanks, Maxwell is dropped to. I thought Pascal dropped. Well, gtx8xx its not bad to.
Just remember that half of the 800 series is Maxwell... but those are the lower end ones ... The 870 and 880 is Kepler... all of the 700 series and the top half of the 600 series is Kepler also
I have question i can update my iMac late 2009 27 pouce core 2 duo with gtx 660M when i try i havé black screen and dont work. Maybe with vbios for the cars just is compatible with core 2 duo iMac?
should work yes... may have to flash it first though
I’m thinking of doing this with a Quadro K1100M for a project I’m working on, I’ve read online it should work but I’m a bit concerned because of its form factor, it’s a little smaller than the usual cards that go in there. Do you think this would still work?
nice dude! killer content and channel. subbed. i have a 2011 imac and either selling it or getting an EGPU for hi rez video production.
Thanks bud more videos on this are coming if I don’t break it again lol
hi just a quick question i opened my mac 21.5" late 2009 and put it back together and now i have weird green dots on my screen could someone help me please.
That’s the one that’s not compatible with this swap I think... the 9400m GPU model? Green dots could be many things, first make sure the lcd LVDS cable is fully seated then go from there
@@HrutkayMods thats lame was hoping to puta new gpu in here i have a late 2009 as wel with a 9400m somesay that there is an mxm slot and the igpu will disable and some say no so not sure what is the case
Great video Craig. Where the update video?
Is there any way to make this VR Ready?
I'm fine with installing Windows.
If you use one of the newer AMD cards perhaps, not sure though, you’d also would probably need a thunderbolt USB 3 dock too
@@HrutkayMods I use a Meta Quest 2
Is there any USB 3.0 ports on it?
@@FireFoxDestroyer No, it's why you'd need the USB 3 dock. it plugs into the thunderbolt port and provides yet another thunderbolt port and some USB A 3.0/1/2 ports.
Dude... i Want to install another video card for my iMac 27 2009 i5 version, thinking abou nvidia quadro 2000m 2gb... It's works directly or need web drivers! Boots screen doesn't work with this card, but single mode still usable?
Avoid black screen when loading failed?
I installed Windows with a different video card, but I couldn’t boot only Mac OS, is it possible to run Windows with GTX-780M or GTX-765M?
Hey man! Are you on the OS X Hackers Discord? Also - I’m terrible with this. Have you messed around with any HD 7000-series MXM GPUs for this?
Hi guys just want to update you on the recent things that I did to my iMac 2011 27''. I sold the GTX980m cause you get no internal display picture with it and input an Alienware GTX780m, bought from Ali Express. Now I have the internal Screen working and Mojave is running but somehow I get now picture when using bootcamp (either in legacy or refi mode). Else the GPU is working fine under Mac OS Mojave and metal is fully supported. Please let me know in case you got Windows working somehow with the internal screen. See ya.
Sorry its no...instead of now and efi instead of refi...stupid auto correction.
Hi could use the 2 pipe heat sink with this? Thanks!
Yes, in fact, that’s what they recommend… You really shouldn’t be putting this GPU into a 21 inch it’s too big for the heat sink but it seems to work fine… you may have to modify the heat sink slightly though
Thanks
Hello, I have an iMac A1312 27” Mid 2011. I dont have to flash the card or anything? Even if it’s not mac specific? Is there any drivers needed?
I’d recommend you do flash it but you don’t have to… see the part 2 video
I have a 2010 Imac, which the screen decided to shut off while I was browsing. When I powered it back on, it continuously makes the booting chime sound, but screen doesn't turn on. What do you think is wrong with it?
could be a lot of things, check the RAM? that'd be my first go to
Hi, I installed a nVidia GTX 770M on my iMac 2011 27inch, and it works like a charm, but, my camera is not working, is there any fix for this, or do I need to go to MOJAVE (The hard way, because of the unsupported situation)?
Is there a possibility that it just wasn’t reconnected? Because it should work
No, I just neded to go to the terminal and reset all camera usability, is there a easy way to get to mojave?
Imac late 2009 i5 processor which graphic card I can upgrade
As long as it’s not an education model any MXM 3 GPU will work as long as they support macOS with native drivers
@@HrutkayMods imac 11.1 i5 processor
Greg, I posted this on another related video earlier and I think this may be an answer to your problems getting the card to run without problems...
On the subject of GPU upgrades, I have seen threads online that mention that Apple GPU BIOS files are available to download. Using a "Raspberry PI", you can flash a GPU card so that the imac will recognise that card as whatever BIOS you flashed it as. This will give you the boot screen, brightness controls etc. The problem is, I've only seen BIOS for the apple cards up to and including the Radeon 6970 2GB graphics card. If you want a GPU with higher specs than that AND you want the boot screen etc, then you somehow need to get a BIOS file for one of the later Apple cards. I know there was at least one macbook pro from 2018 that had an 8gb card - if someone can get a download of that BIOS then that would open up a whole range of possible GPU upgrades!
In your case Greg, you could flash that 2gb card with the bios of the Radeon 6970 card so that imac thinks its got a 6970 instead of a GTX 765M. You'll still have 2GB of GPU ram and you'll have the boot screen etc. The problem will be that you probably won't have Metal support... unless you can find a gpu card taken from a later imac or macbook pro.
Yeah it’s not that simple if you flash the AMD bios into the card it will just kill the card... trust me if it was possible I would do it... someone has to come up with a custom Nvidia flash
will it work with one running windows 10?
yes
good morning I really liked your video I would like to know the time you call is all drizzled there you call again opens cool explains to me what you did and I'm in Brazil and I do not understand the English I'm sending a message translated already thank you very much
What about brightness control? Does this still work?
Not currently... have a few people working on it... there’s an app that might work to do it though... haven’t tried it
Hi, does this work for early 2009 iMac with GeForce 9400m?
Nope
Hrutkay Mods I see, is there any way to upgrade the graphics in the computer?
Hrutkay Mods i want to upgrade 2009 late 27 it Does work?
Awesome video man! I remember reading your comment in response to Luke Miani and am very happy that you actually followed through! Having said that, quick question... I read this post here www.ifixit.com/Story/18646/Successful_iMac_Upgrade_to_GTX_880M which successfully installed an 880M. Is there anything I need to look out for? To my understanding some 800 series are kepler. Is there a way for me to confirm this before making a purchase? And would the card need to come from an alienware/dell machine or simply be compatible within one of those? Do you anticipate that I'd have to do anything differently from your tutorial? I would go with a cheaper card but i figure if i'm going to attempt this upgrade I'd like to maximize performance. Thank you in advance.
Yeah the 880M I hear is Kepler. Believe it or not the easiest way to figure out which ones are Kepler it is by looking it up on Wikipedia... they have a huge list of the different chips... if the model identifier number starts with GK it’s a Kepler. I don’t quite know how the 800 series Kepler cards work... but I would say they would work fine with or with out web drivers... I know the 780M works for sure just to let you know... also I think the 870M is a Kepler... but like I said check on Wikipedia... also remember these cards have higher TDPs so you’ll need a more aggressive fan curve to keep everything cool especially since you won’t be able to actually see the temperature the GPU is running at... but you can monitor the heat sink temp sensor... it will give you a ballpark range... good luck and I would love to hear the results you have with it
Works with Imac Late 2009 with GeForce 9400M 256MB?
Hey thanx for a really hands on guide. Do you have recommended places to buy etc a gtx 765m alienware. Just looking at eBay but should i look for more numbers than just Well yes gtx 765m alienware :) i can see mentions of 3.0 B - M17 x M18 in those versions and have noooo clue if that is correct. Again Big thanx from Denmark
Yeah any Alienware should work... M17 M18 are Alienware models... eBay is your best bet
Hrutkay Mods hey again alright ordered a 765m from eBay. Hello
I was told it only runs on High Sierra and newer osx.
Since I was on El Capitan 10.11.6 I moved the kext lib to make the mac start using the integrated intel card... Well its not really a disable but good enough to get it to start osx and upgrade to high sierra from app store.
After it downloaded/ restarted and getting ready for the install it just keeps staying on the grey startup page with the apple logo... nothing happens - waited more than a hour. And I am connected to a wifi.
Now I am consedering if its because that new installer is trying to use the Real amd gpu since I dont asume the installer dmg is looking into the osx on the harddisc that I moved the amd kext extentions.
What other options do I have.... find another mac that I can install the high sierra from if I put the imac in target diskmode maybe?
Many thanx
Hi, Hrutkay Mods
Have you already test it with the Mojave?
Where is actually the danger at Mojave installation?
That means, if I have bad luck, then I can't start my computer anymore?
Or does he not start anymore without bootscreen?
Can't I go back to High Sierra afterwards?
regards
See the second video on this system, it worked for a while, and then it stopped working then I fixed it
Hi, I got the GTX 780m to work on macOS. But when I try to boot into my windows it goes into boot loop.
just asking if an iMac 20" 2008 has a separate GPU to if so what kind, please.
So if we can’t get the boot screen and can’t choose the start drive, could we use a WTG which already installed the drive for the GPU and so, start from System Preferences and afterwards we just remove the WTG and the Mac will just start normal? I am thinking about upgrade my iMac too but I can’t give up windows because I do a little bit gaming on windows. XD
Well if The OS X partition is the main one, you can just do the NVRAM reset to boot back in
@@HrutkayMods Hi Thank you very much for your video, I just degraded my iMac 21.5' 2011 with a i7-2600s and a GTX680m, the system works but I found out that the 680m is running poorly, it may due to the high power demand of the gpu which is 100w, 65Watts more than the original 6750m... and that caused the cpu also doesn't have enough power to get higher performance. I'm thinking about to change the card to the 765m which you are using, it may get better performance with 25w less TDP. Or do you think the Quattro K2200M will work on the 21.5' iMac?