The fastest from Polaris line. Faster than a standard Radeon RX580. It's the best card for macOS Mojave for users who dislike noise and power consumption of Vega cards.
Card got 2,5-slot wide cooler so nearby PCIe x16 slot won't be available for other cards.
Requires at least macOS Mojave 10.14.4 or later. Works great also with macOS Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura and Sonoma.
System requirements:
- Apple Mac Pro 3,1 (2008), Apple Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) or Mac Pro 5,1 (2010-2012)
- installed macOS 10.14.4 (Mojave) or newer, macOS 10.13.4 (High Sierra) also supported but with lower performance
- native support by macOS Mojave/Catalina/Big Sur/Monterey/Ventura/Sonoma, no drivers needed
Key features:
- compatible with macOS and Windows (via BootCamp)
- supports Apple boot screen (gray screen with Apple logo on startup) on all ports (also on 4K displays)
- uses internal Mac Pro power supply
- supports PCI Express 2.0 link under macOS and Windows
- supports three displays simultaneously: 1x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI 1.4 (2.0 under Windows), 1x DVI-D dual-link, HDMI 2.0 possible via an active DisplayPort to DVI adapter
- supports 4K/5K@60Hz via DisplayPort or 4K@30 Hz via HDMI and DVI ports
- supports OpenGL, OpenCL and Metal in applications and games
- allows Windows 8/8.1/10/11 installation in UEFI mode
- supports sound via HDMI and DisplayPorts under macOS
Technical specification:
- graphics processor clock: 1545 MHz
- memory speed: 2000 MHz
- amount and type of memory: 8 GB GDDR5
- bus width: 256-bit
- bus: PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (5.0 GT/s)
