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Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1?

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glawrie wrote:
> On 2015-02-24 01:25:16 +0000, ErikRS said:
>> AMD/ATI Radeon 5770HD/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.
>> ATI Radeon 4870HD/1gb Mac Edition
>> NVidia GForce GTX-285/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
>> NVidia GForce GTX-680 02G-P4/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
>> NVidia GForce GTS-250/1gb Mac Edition
>> Nvidia GForce Quadro 4000/2gb 3D Mac Edition
>>
>> Note. Be sure the card is a Macintosh edition if you haven't a flash
>> utility or can get it flashed elsewhere.
>
> Thanks all for the suggestions.  I've actually had mac / apple versions
> of the  4870, 5870 and 7950 over the years (I'm on my 3rd Mac Pro,
> having started with a G5).  The 7950 was fabulous for the few weeks that
> it worked - but when it died no replacements could be found (the
> Sapphire warranty was 'return to dealer for replacement') so I got a
> refund and ended up with the flashed 6870 that's just died.
>
> But Mac versions of ATI cards are very very expensive.  Someone in the
> UK is selling a new Apple Radeon 5770 (1GB) on Amazon for £340...
>
> I've not had any Nvidia cards (except the totally useless one that came
> in the Mac 1,1), but except for the GTX-680, the ones listed are broadly
> similar to early generation Radeon ones in performance.  The GTX 680
> looks good - but is astonishingly expensive (circa £470 in UK).

The std. GForce 7300GT isn't taht bad, but it depends on what your needs 
are. I don't work with heavy graphics or any gaming, but with tons of 
text and audio editing. Here the 7300GT will certainly do. - But you're 
right, some of the graphics cards are quite expensive - even older used 
ones...

I still have the 7300GT/256mb in my small MP1.1/2,66ghz and a 5770HD/1gb 
in the larger 3,0ghz MP1.1, and of course there are quite much 
difference in performance.:-)

> Currently I think the ATI R9 280x is a good option, if this thread is
> correct -http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1727497 -
> pre-flashed versions on market here for about £250, but apparently it
> works as-is anyhow (without boot screen).

I don't know anything about the R9-series out from experience - only 
from what's written on the net. Yes, they seem to be quite usabble for 
most work on MacPro.

You may have a look here. There are both new and used ones here on 
www.eBay.co.uk - including some of those I mentioned - and some even to 
reasonable prices...

<http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR3.TRC1.A0.H0.Xgraphics+card+macpro.TRS0&_nkw=graphics+card+macpro&_sacat=0>

cheers, Erik Richard

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  Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-24 02:25 +0100
    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-24 02:14 +0000
      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-24 12:15 +0100
        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-24 16:46 +0000
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        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-24 16:49 +0000
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    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-25 13:48 +0100
      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-25 14:17 +0000
    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-25 07:53 -0500
      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-25 14:20 +0000
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        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-26 14:52 +0000
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