People frequently email us requesting to know what the best possible graphics card (GPU) option is for their Mac Pro. There is no catch all answer to this. Sep 24, 2018 - Mac Pro (Early 2008) ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (part number 630-9191 or 630-9897) NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600. ATI Radeon HD 4870, offered as an upgrade kit. The Radeon HD 4870 card requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later. I have an Early 2008 Mac Pro as well and about 1.5 years ago I installed the Mac version of an nVidia 285GTX video card in my Mac Pro. The installation was straightforward and easy. This card is still available from a top-rated seller on eBay (just checked to be sure of this) and it is a fantastic video card. I use Aperture a lot as well as Photoshop. Best cd ripping app for mac. This video card shines there but where it realy shines is video editing with Final Cut Pro X or Adobe's Premiere Pro CS5 or CS5.5 which are able to use the CUDA of this card to accelerate rendering and playback. I highly recommend this video card which has been totoally trouble free for me and worth every penny of its cost. Clarify: you bought an Apple 5870. As for Windows, you should be fine, with one caveat: before installing or using a new different brand, though Windows 7 is less of an issue, you should uninstall and remove the other when switting from GTX Nvidia to ATI. Once you do that Windows should be fine. Having an ATI and Nvidia together though is usually 88% trouble and little chance of working. There was an GTX 285 and there is still Nvidia Quadro 4000, 2GB card, $790 PNY Apple on Amazon but $1195 on Apple Store. Apple Footer • This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the.
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