I ordered this graphic card for my Mac Pro (early 2008) because the original graphic card was no longer able to keep up the demands of current software like Apple's Motion or Final Cut Pro. I needed an OpenCL-capable graphics card or Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later. The original ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT couldn't cut the mustard for my current needs. Testing conducted by Apple in November 2019 using preproduction 2.5GHz 28-core Intel Xeon W-based Mac Pro systems with 384GB of RAM and dual AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo graphics with 64GB of HBM2 each; and shipping 2.3GHz 18-core Intel Xeon W-based 27-inch iMac Pro systems with 256GB of RAM and Radeon Pro Vega 64X graphics with 16GB of HBM2, as.
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.
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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).
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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)
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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.
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* To identify a graphics card part number, check the label on the back of the card.