Best video card for cheese grater Mac and HDX?
Hey all,
I had some hot rod graphics card in my cheese grater Mac Pro that required the extra power source in the Mac Pro. Now that I'm bumping up to an HDX card, I'll need that power source for the HDX, so I'll "downgrade" my graphics card. I'd still love a graphics card that has at least 1 HDMI output on it. A second HDMI would be nice, but if it's a DVI, that could work, too. Anyone have a great suggestion for good video performance from a single space, no-extra-power-needed type of card? Thanks in advance for any info... J |
Re: Best video card for cheese grater Mac and HDX?
there are "y"-power-cables for mac-pro avaiable....
i use one along with ati5870 ( 2 Power cables) and HDX ( 1 cable) so no need to downgrade graphics - card. btw which graphics card you use and how many monitors you want? |
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Oh, interesting! I'm out of town at the moment, and I don't off the top of my head recall which exact card I'm using. As I recall, it has at least 1 HDMI (although I think it has 2), a DVI and 2 Mini Display ports.
I have a total of 4 monitors working; one for ProTools, two for client monitors in the Control Room and one in the Recording Room for ADR, etc. Thanks for letting me know about the power "Y" cable. I'll search one out... |
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Just curious as to what your experience has been with the 5870 driving monitors on the DP connections. I assume it will work with the 1920 x 1200 DP monitors, but have not tested the DP connections with the 2560 x 1440 monitors. |
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You can also try this:
http://www.macvidcards.com/store/p78..._and_4_GB.html |
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Radion HD7950 Mac Edition here working fine.
DVI, HDMI, MiniDP X2 |
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I tested them to 2560. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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The Y cable for splitting power from my Mac Pro's board to cover both plugs on my video card is this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Everything works perfectly; full 4K to the main monitor, no problems feeding the 2nd monitor, and power to the HDX card. As the others have said, hopefully this solves your problem. Just wanted to provide the links to the stuff I used successfully. |
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Hey thanks for all the useful info, everyone! I've ordered some of the convertors and Y cables mentioned above.
Awesome! Thanks, J |
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