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Graphics Card Installation Guides:

1. Installation in a Mac Pro 1,1 (2006), 2,1 (2007), or 3,1 (2008)

2. Installation in a Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) or 5,1 (2010-2012)

3. Installation in a Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) or 5,1 (2010-2012) using additional SATA power connector (for cards with 6+8-pin power connector)

4. Installation in a Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) or 5,1 (2010-2012) using additional SATA power connector (for cards with 8+8-pin power connector)

5. Installing NVIDIA Web Driver / CUDA driver under macOS

6. Installing HDMI audio / DisplayPort audio macOS drivers

7. Setting proper speeds for Mac Pro PCI and PS fans (Mac Pro 4,1 or 5,1 only)

8. Installing MacVidCards patch for AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT/RX 5600 XT/RX 5700/RX 5700 XT/W5500/W5700 cards under macOS Catalina 10.15.5 or later

9. Installing GeForce Kepler patcher for NVIDIA GeForce GTX600/GTX700, GTX TITAN/GTX TITAN BLACK and Quadro K series cards under macOS Monterey 12.0.1 or later

10. Installing post-install patches in OpenCore Legacy Patcher

 

eGPU Installation Guides:

1. Graphics card installation inside eGPU chassis for Mac Pro 6,1 (2013)

2. Prepairing Mac Pro 6,1 (2013) to use with eGPU

3. Connecting eGPU to Mac Pro 6,1 (2013)

 

macOS Installation Guides:

1. Installing macOS Mojave 10.14 and performing Mac Pro 5,1 Boot ROM update

2. Installing macOS Catalina 10.15 on unsupported Mac Pro

3. Installing macOS Big Sur 11 on unsupported Mac Pro

4. Installing macOS Monterey 12 on unsupported Mac Pro

5. Installing macOS Ventura 13 on unsupported Mac Pro

6. Installing macOS Sonoma 14 on unsupported Mac Pro

7. Installing macOS Sequoia 15 on unsupported Mac Pro

 

Windows installation guides:

1. Creating Windows 10 installer USB flash drive

2. Installing Windows 10 on Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) and 5,1 (2010-2012)

3. Creating Windows 11 installer USB flash drive

4. Installing Windows 11 on Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) and 5,1 (2010-2012)

5. Installing NVIDIA drivers under Windows

6. Installing AMD drivers under Windows

 

FAQ:

1. How to identify my Mac Pro model and Boot ROM?

2. How to check macOS version and build?

3. Which graphics card is best for my Mac Pro model/macOS version?

4. What are the benefits of buying a MacVidCards flashed card?

5. Why my graphics card shows incorrect 2,5 GT/s or 8,0 GT/s link speed?

6. Do I need macOS drivers for my graphics card?

7. Why do fans on my graphics card are stopping when it's idle?

8. Why there is a black background with text on boot before Apple logo?

9. Do I need an additional power supply?

10. Is it possible to install two or more cards?

11. My graphics card is Metal capable, but macOS Mojave installer still complains about lack of Metal support

12. Why there are artifacts on boot or shutdown?

13. Why boot picker doesn't work?

14. How to set a custom resolution if the desired one is not on the list?

15. How to upgrade Mac Pro 4,1 from macOS High Sierra incorrect build 17G65 or 17G66?

16. How to force enable NVIDIA Web Driver under macOS if its not working after installation?