- Mac Graphics Card Upgrade
- Graphics Cards For Mac Pro 2010
- Graphic Card For Macbook Pro
- Graphic Card For Mac Pro Early 2008
- Graphic Cards For Mac Pro
This article applies only to video cards that originally shipped with a specified Mac Pro or were offered as an upgrade kit by Apple. Similar cards that were not provided by Apple may have compatibility issues and you should work with the vendor of that card to confirm compatibility.
Mac Pro 2009 2010 GeForce GT120 512MB Graphic Card A1310 639-0376 630-9643 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 1386MHz OC+, 8GB GDDR5, VR Ready, Dual BIOS, 3xDP HDMI DVI, AMD Graphics Card (RX-580P8DFD6). Mac Pro 2009 2010 GeForce GT120 512MB Graphic Card A1310 639-0376 630-9643 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 Inateck 4 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.0 Express Card Compatible Mac Pro (Early 2008 to 2012 Late Version) KT4004.
Mac Pro (2019)
Learn more about cards you can install in Mac Pro (2019) and how to install PCIe cards in your Mac Pro (2019).
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
- Dual AMD FirePro D300
- Dual AMD FirePro D500
- Dual AMD FirePro D700
Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770
- ATI Radeon HD 5870
Learn about graphics cards supported in macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012).
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
- ATI Radeon HD 4870
- ATI Radeon HD 5870, offered as an upgrade kit
The Radeon HD 5870 card requires Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later and the use of both auxiliary power connections.
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.
Mac Pro (Original)
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
- ATI Radeon X1900 XT
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 (part number 630-7532 or 630-7895)*
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (part number 630-9492), offered as an upgrade kit.*
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT card requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later with the Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 or the computer may not start up properly.
* To identify a graphics card part number, check the label on the back of the card.
Mac Graphics Card Upgrade
What macOS version are you running?
Do you want to upgrade to Mojave? If so you need a Metal-compatible card.
Do you want a boot screen? Only cards with an Apple EFI will get you a boot screen. A boot screen is used for selection different boot devices during startup and for booting to Recovery for resolving problems.
Here is a list of cards that support fcpx
Graphics Cards For Mac Pro 2010
Here is Apple article that support Mojave
Graphic Card For Macbook Pro
The cards you want depends upon the macOS you want to use and how much you want to spend. fcpx likes ATi.AMD cards since they support Open CL which fcpc uses.
Graphic Card For Mac Pro Early 2008
Graphic Cards For Mac Pro
I have a 2009/4/1 MP flashed to a 5.1 and am running Mojave with a PC (no boot screen) with a AMD Radeon RX 580.