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Old 12-31-2021, 07:25 AM
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Default Simple Drop n Go 5770 Card Replacement?

Hi folks and Happy New Year! 2022 has to be better, no?

Anyway- I'm still on 5,1 Mac Pro with High Sierra. Wondering if there is a good drop and go metal card that I can get to move to Mohave.

Some vids on the net show people rewiring their power etc. to upgrade to a metal card and I'm not really that much of a tweaker.

I don't use this PC for anything other than ProTools so don't need any other type of graphics upgrade.

Thanks and be well.

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Old 12-31-2021, 08:24 AM
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Default Re: Simple Drop n Go 5770 Card Replacement?

Look for an RX 560 4GB. Probably the most cost efficient card and will perform so much better than the old 5770. You don’t realize how much strain PT puts on it.

I don’t remember which cards have compatible power connectors, if anything you might just need an adapter cable. No rewiring or mods necessary.
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Old 12-31-2021, 08:38 AM
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Default Re: Simple Drop n Go 5770 Card Replacement?

I bought an Nvidia GeForce GT640 4GB from MacVidCards a couple years back and it's been completely solid driving 2 monitors. No fussing about, just dropped it in and it worked.
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Old 12-31-2021, 08:53 AM
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Default Re: Simple Drop n Go 5770 Card Replacement?

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Look for an RX 560 4GB. Probably the most cost efficient card and will perform so much better than the old 5770. You don’t realize how much strain PT puts on it.

I don’t remember which cards have compatible power connectors, if anything you might just need an adapter cable. No rewiring or mods necessary.
Thanks. Would this be the correct one:

https://www.amazon.com/SAPLOS-Radeon...pe=all_reviews
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Old 12-31-2021, 08:54 AM
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I bought an Nvidia GeForce GT640 4GB from MacVidCards a couple years back and it's been completely solid driving 2 monitors. No fussing about, just dropped it in and it worked.
Thanks Rich. Can't find it by search new. Can you share where you bought it?

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Old 12-31-2021, 08:57 AM
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Thanks Rich. Can't find it by search new. Can you share where you bought it?

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http://www.macvidcards.com/store/c1/..._Products.html
It was a quite a while ago so that particular card may no longer be available, but should be lots of other similar choices.
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Old 12-31-2021, 09:07 AM
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http://www.macvidcards.com/store/c1/..._Products.html
It was a quite a while ago so that particular card may no longer be available, but should be lots of other similar choices.
Thank you sir!

Be well.

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Old 01-01-2022, 09:20 AM
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Default Re: Simple Drop n Go 5770 Card Replacement?

The related apple article will help you in selecting a card

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208898

I get that you are looking for an easy replacement however making the move to Metal takes understanding the dependancies well.

I got an MSI RX 560 for my Mac Pro 5,1 and it works perfectly no issues. The advantage of this card is that you don't need additional power it runs on bus power fine.
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Old 01-01-2022, 09:21 AM
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Beware that if you want to move past High Sierra i believe you need a AMD graphics card as nvidia drivers are not supported by apple anymore since mojave.
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Old 01-01-2022, 01:31 PM
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I concur with Koo Koo and have posted this previously, that the MSI Aero RX560 works great with no additional power cable required. Be aware, that the RX580 does require additional power (both a 6pin and 8pin, I think?)

There are also some MSI Aero 560 that are only 2GB of memory. I bought one of these and had to send it back, 4GB is so much better on the old 5,1.

I have been running the 560 for the past year or so, no issues with 2 monitors. Thought about putting a projector on the DisplayPort for a 3rd, but I was too lazy :)

Be aware, however, that there are multiple RX560 Radeon replacements that don't work, such as the Chinese XFX card, and cards which are problematic, such as the Gigabyte cards.

Here's one on eBay currently for sale, just add this to ebay dot com: itm/194681168426

And here's another, from a seller with only one feedback, that will most likely go for less because of the low feedback. itm/313810949078

Also, while many are running Catalina, I stayed at 10.14 because of 32bit support, SoundRadix 32Lives plugin, FWIW.

This thread is 'the mothership' for us on old Mac Pros and has many other links within that can answer questions about OpenCore etc:
http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2018/...ade-guide.html

The MSI 560 will appear if you watch the used gear channels for a few weeks, good luck!
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