Simple Drop n Go 5770 Card Replacement?

[Carl Lie]

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.

Carl

[smurfyou]

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.

[Carl Lie]

Originally Posted by smurfyou

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

[Rich Breen]

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.

[Carl Lie]

Originally Posted by Rich Breen

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?

C

[Rich Breen]

Originally Posted by Carl Lie

Thanks Rich. Can't find it by search new. Can you share where you bought it?

C

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.

[Carl Lie]

Originally Posted by Rich Breen

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.

Carl

[koo_koo_bonkers]

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.

[JuelzB]

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.