GPU for a 2009 Mac Pro

GPU for a 2009 Mac Pro#400945

By David Henderson - Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:26 pm

- Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:26 pm #400945

Hello, I'm new to this forum. I have been running Maxwell for FormZ on an older Mac Pro, 2009. Would like to install a GPU card, but I can't figure out what is compatible with this Mac. I'm running OS 10.13.6. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks
Dave

Re: GPU for a 2009 Mac Pro#400947

By Matteo Villa - Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:19 am

- Sat Jul 31, 2021 9:19 am #400947

Can you provide the hardware spec of your workstation?

Cpu model -
Ram model - frequency

Thanks

Re: GPU for a 2009 Mac Pro#400948

By David Henderson - Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:45 pm

- Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:45 pm #400948

It’s a 2009 Mac Pro upgraded to 2010
Processors: 2 x 3.46 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon
Ram: 24 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Thanks!

Re: GPU for a 2009 Mac Pro#400949

By Matteo Villa - Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:31 pm

- Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:31 pm #400949

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_ ... yport.html

Here you can find an old tech link with some aftermarket compatible list of GPUs you could try.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoV4I-FlYdw

GPU Upgrade for Early 2009 Mac Pro (Radeon RX560, RX580)

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If i find something more specific i will upgrade the reply.

Good luck with your upgrade.

ps: remember Maxwell Render use CUDA cores for GPU RENDERING, so is better stick to Nvidia.

Re: GPU for a 2009 Mac Pro#400950

By David Henderson - Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:10 pm

- Mon Aug 02, 2021 3:10 pm #400950

Thanks for the response! I did stumble on that site, and found an Nvidia Geforce GTX Titan. Hopefully it will work.....Surprising how many different boards there are, and how few are compatible.