You should be able to buy ANY of the top 20 graphics cards here, and plug them straight into any Mac or PC....they should just work. http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html"I flashed the card, and then restalled...." Too much. You should be able to to buy it, install it, reboot - with ANY of them - and they should work right out of the box.
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I've got an old (late 2006) Mac Pro Quad (2 x 2 x 2.66 gHz) Xeon 3GB RAM with a Nvidia 7300 GT (256 MB video ram) that is running out of steam (mostly when it comes to Flight Simulator FSX on the XP side). Still running OSX 10.4.11 but I could switch to 10.6.xxx if I have to So the question remains: Is there any good, simple, easy way to upgrade the graphics (512 MB at least) or do I have to buy a new Mac Pro?
View 2 Replies View RelatedJust want to hear some User Experiences with it so far Kinda more interested in the new graphics card performance...like what around what year of games can it play on the highest settings with great framerate? (speaking about the 13inch specifically)
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm looking for a new video card for a MacPro 1.1 (Intel 2007) that will handle Steam source engine games decently and also work with bootcamp. I'm OK with BIOS flashing a PC card but I don't want to have to deal with patching files as well to get it to work since its going into a friends Mac and I won't always be around to show him how to patch stuff if he ever reinstalls OS X.
View 12 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know how to fix this issue? I boot up steam and i go into preferences and test the mic it works perfectly then when i boot a game like team fortress the mic works for like 30 mins and stops, people have been saying that its a buzzing noise
View 2 Replies View Relatedwill migration assistant move over Steam and all the steam games or will it only move the steam client app then you have to redownload the games?
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Info:MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
I am tempted to jump on getting a new Mac Pro now instead of waiting. Primarily because i dont want to be priced out of getting the higher end model with more cores. If they do come out with a 6 and 12 core config. i would want to buy the 12 core but a lot of rumors around here and on other sites say that the new models will likely come with a price increase. potentially leaving me having to buy the 6 core model. 8 core current Vs 6 core future This makes me think i'll just get the 8 core current. BUT Are there any features that apple may add that would blow the current models away. USB 3.0, BluRay, etc. I can live without many of these things.. but perhaps i am missing something.
View 24 Replies View RelatedMy MBP 5,1 has been a rock solid machine save for a flaky optical drive, but it had been getting extremely hot, especially while gaming. I mean >90 C hot. So today I opened it up to be greeted by a colossal amount of dust and fuzz. Took it outside and thoroughly blew it out; then removed some enormous dust bunnies from each fan housing with a toothpick. Now it's much cooler; I can game all day and never peak above 80 C even on the 9600m GT graphics. So, if you've had your MBP a while and it's running hot, blowing the dust out might do the trick!
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a G5 dual 2gig and in idle mode it seems to a be slightly overheating as my fans start to blow harder and I get my mouse sticking I am running the latest version of Tiger with 3.5gigs of ram I did post in the IDvD, Logic Pro, and the Final cut pro forums the impact of an upgrade of 8gig of ram on my system whether my apps would run better and the system as a whole.
But I have not been able to get any feed back on this that was clear and I was asked to try here on this forum so here I am. I deeply love my G5 and what it can do I am just wondering if it is working at its most optimum I do regularly do my house keeping i.e. repairing permission and occasionally using Tech tool Pro to look over the system but nothing out of the ordinary jumps out. I have a screen shot of my activity monitor and cpu monitor but I do not know how to attach it.
Information:
G5 Dual 2 GiG
Mac OS X (10.4.9)
3.5gig of Ram 1530 Gigs of HD storrage/RME Hammerfall Multiface /Canopus 100
I installed 300 fonts on my MBP and now all my web fonts are so messed up I can barely make out what some websites say. Is there a way to fix this or just dump the fonts and re-install them?
View 2 Replies View Relatedguys would a flashed 4870 from this tutorial
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Ever since the 3870 came out last year, I've been waiting to see if anyone was able to dump the ROM from the Mac version and flash a PC version with it. But it seems no one was able to do it.
How come suddenly everyone and their brother is now able to flash the PC 4870? Anyone know what the differences between the two are, that would prevent the 3870 from being flashed successfully?
I CAN get access to them, but they are in Edit Bays at a friend's Production Office...and the Editors keep weird hours.....and they are wired in with lots of extra video/audio/disk drive stuff that I have to disconnect/move....and if one died or I caused bad Hard Drive corruption I would be SHOT ON SIGHT......etc.
So, if there is a video card enthusiast in Hollywood,CA area who has an EFI-64 Machine and would like to be part of this experiment, PM me.
FYI...there is a good chance this will work...on the other hand, there is also a good chance that Apple/Nvidia/EVGA placed an additional STOP to flashing and upon boot we will see a lovely black screen.
Whats in it for you? Immortal, undying glory ! A beer ! And when I figure out full process, I will make one for you with GTX285 you bring me. gratis
I have removed the 128K chip it came with and installed a 256K chip. I then flashed Mac EFI ROM onto it. On my first Gen it runs exactly as before. Boots into OSX with help of Netkas Injector Package, but not until desktop. (also requires additional Nvidia card)
It appears to be ignoring the Mac EFI due to it being 64 instead of the 32 it "requires".
I have a Mac Pro 1.1 and I've been successfully running a flashed XFX ATi 4870 card for a month or so.
Yesterday evening I left my computer in sleep mode, when I came back it appeared to be awake with only one of the two screens working and everything frozen. Both screens were connected to an Apple ATi 2600 XT and nothing was connected to the 4870.
I held down the power button and restarted, the fans on the graphics cards ramp up and then down as usual and the computer makes the startup dong noise. I can hear the hard drives and optical drives working as usual then the drives appear to shutdown and I'm left with the computer apparently doing nothing.
- Fans are running
- Screens are in standby (LED's on)
- Both screens are connected to the ATi 2600
- 2 x 20in Apple Cinema Displays
- Nothing is connected to the ATi 4870
- No LEDs are lit up inside the case
Once I remove the ATi 4870 the computer starts up normally, putting the 4870 back in give the same startup problem.
Is there anything I can do to get the 4870 working again?
I am looking at putting one of these cards in my first gen Mac Pro and was wondering if anyone has had any problems with compatibility issues etc.
I am looking at getting one from bruinmacs and was looking for feedback from others that may have bought one and whether there have been any problems.
Finally got around to reinstall Ubuntu 9.10 x64 natively on my MBP, since I accidentally deleted the partition that was already on there. Anyway, got it all perfectly working, then I played around with the 3D cube. I was freaking blown away how neat it was! Does anyone know of something like it for Mac OS X? I searched, but couldn't find anything.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI just reinstalled my operating system with the discs i was given when i bought my faithful macbook.now the printer which I've always used, and which was plug and play when I first used it won"t work.It recognizes the make and model (Canon iP2500) but the list of drivers in the printer set-up utility doesn't have mine on there. The list entirely consists of 'Gimp' drivers, and my printer isn't listed.I have looked for support on apple and also at canon, but no joy.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm using my Mid 2012 Mac Pro 13'
The question is how many time can I re-install mine ??? Because now it's running too slow, so I want to re-install it!!
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
I have bought a flashed 4870 for my 1st Gen Mac Pro and it works fine. But yesterday i wanted to plug a second 23" ACD in and woundered that its not working. Can i flash my card with another ROM so that i can use two monitors? In a german forum there are some people who has the same card and for them it works with 2 monitors ...
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have just ordered a xfx 4870 that will be placed into my mac pro 2006 (1.1). I dont have the infamous power cables from ati so i was wondering if it would be possible to use the power from the optical drive. i have two 6-pin pcie power cables that each connects to a 4-pin molex. i addition to these i have a 4-pin molex Y splitter.
With this setup i should be able to feed the card with power but is this dangerous or will the system be unstable? what will happen
I recently flashed my Sapphire 4870 1gb card and haven't been able to get dual monitor support working in Mac OS. Has anyone been able to get this working on a Sapphire 4870?
It works fine in Windows, not sure why it wont work in MacOS as I imagine the 10.5.7 drivers should be doing all the work.
Wondering if anyone has successfully flashed a HIS 4870 IceQ 4+ Turbo 1GB card for their Mac Pro? If so does the original apple 4870.rom work or do I need a custom rom
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have bought a flashed 4870 for my 1st Gen Mac Pro and it works fine. But yesterday i wanted to plug a second 23" ACD in and woundered that its not working.
Can i flash my card with another ROM so that i can use two monitors? In a german forum there are some people who has the same card and for them it works with 2 monitors.
09 Quad Mac Pro, with flashed 1g XFX 4870 ...
all the OpenCL sample apps from Apple, except for the "hello world" example, are failing.
Can anyone else confirm the same errors on their setup? Just so that I know for sure it is due to the 4870.
I will try putting in my GT120 and see what happens.
Code:
Last login: Sat Aug 29 16:35:11 on ttys002
/Users/mani/Downloads/OpenCL_RayTraced_Quaternion_Julia-Set_Example/build/Debug/qjulia ; exit;
Galactus:~ mani$ /Users/mani/Downloads/OpenCL_RayTraced_Quaternion_Julia-Set_Example/build/Debug/qjulia ; exit;
Creating Texture 512 x 512...
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Using active OpenGL context...
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Connecting to AMD Radeon HD 4870...
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Loading kernel source from file 'qjulia_kernel.cl'...
Error opening file qjulia_kernel.cl
Error: Failed to load kernel source!
Failed to setup compute kernel! Error 1
logout
[Process completed]
Code:
/Users/mani/Downloads/transpose/transpose ; exit;
Galactus:~ mani$ /Users/mani/Downloads/transpose/transpose ; exit;
Error: Failed to load compute program from file!
logout
[Process completed]
And here's output from hello.c, which happens to work:
Code:
Galactus:~ mani$ /Users/mani/Downloads/OpenCL_Hello_World_Example/build/Debug/hello ; exit;
Computed '1024/1024' correct values!
logout
[Process completed]
I've got a 1GB XFX 4870 that I flashed using the info from the exhaustive 4870 flashing thread. It's being used in my Mac Pro with a GT120 and I use 3 monitors.
When using Aperture 3 the 2 displays that are attached to the 4870 exhibit graphical glitches when performing adjustments...
The glitches range from a garbled mess of of the original image, to being able to see the previously viewed image very briefly. After I've performed one adjustment on the image the adjustments work as they should. The display with the GT120 performs fine with fairly smooth performance.
This was not an issue with Aperture 2.
Are there any other users of flashed 4870's and Aperture 3 seeing this issue?
I thought that the card could the card be failing but it still gives stellar performance everywhere else including gaming in Windows 7.
by following the very active community you have set up for the scene of flashing PC cards to work under OS X I myself bought a 4870 XFX ZWFL & ZWFC 1GB and flashed it.This occurred about one month ago, and since then the card has been working flawlessly, so a big thanks for that.
A very nasty problem occurred after the 10.6.3 update tho, as since then I started having horrible fps's in any application that required 3d acceleration (say, World of Warcraft); down from a rock steady 50-60fps (that easily topped the 120 mark) i can barely get a 30fps after the update.
I checked the other topics, and all of them pointed me into downloading the last version of Zeus and update the drivers, wich I did for every time an update (or fix for a fix) as been released, and tried every time to install both before and after the reboot from the 10.6.3 combo update.
I'm using only one monitor, so I did not encounter any problem concerning dvi ports not working or anything.
I'm running a Mac Pro 1,1 with a flashed ATI HD4870 - everything has been fine since getting the card back in March - played HL2 and Torchlight with nice framerates and no problems.
I bought Starcraft 2 today, partly to give the new card a proper workout.
Everything looked great to start with ? smooth graphics, nice lighting effects etc. then I started to get flashing lines and angular artifacts appearing all over the screen.
Now, thing is, this is what happened to my old X1900 XT when playing WoW. At first just slight graphic glitches and flashes but, over time, getting worse more quickly until the game became unplayable within minutes of starting it up. Getting the HD4870 fixed this and I was able to play WoW no problems after that.
I'm just wondering if this means my card is (already) on its way out - deteriorating like the X1900 did - or if it's something else in the computer that might be showing signs of stress?
I haven't seen anything here about the HD4870 failing on Starcraft
MBP 2006 2.0 with SL 10.6 started acting goofy over the weekend, so I C booted SL install disc and reinstalled. Machine now runs fine and all my stuff is still here, but I am no longer an Administrator and can't get it to boot from C drive or let me into Restart/SL, as I'm not an administrator. So I can't use the disc drive or change anything.
I'm the original/only owner and have never entered an Administrator password anywhere, just my login as a user. Is there a way to get it to allow the disc in so I can clear up the passwords?
I have a late 2008 aluminum unibody MacBook. I recently bought a 500 gb harddrive to replace the stock 160 gb and reinstalled OS X.
I'm at the step that asks you to choose to setup as new or from a backup. I want to backup from my Time Capsule's latest backup using time machine. However, after entering my acct and password to access my time capsule, it's been stuck at the "Checking Time Machine backup..." popup with the spinning beachball. It's been like this for the past hour and half.
