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Early 2008 Mac Pro fried GPU
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<blockquote data-quote="harryb2448" data-source="post: 1586434" data-attributes="member: 42497"><p>G'day and welcome to the forums.</p><p></p><p>Any of the nVidia 8800GT's for Macs will work, and ATI Radeon 4870 HD, and later such as the 5770, for Macs also. My preference in Mac Pro days was a flashed 4870 with 1GB of memory. Under $300.00? Shop around.</p><p></p><p>You upgrade by purchasing later software. Apple Online sells OS X.6 Snow Leopard for $20 including postage. From there go to OS X.6.8, and if your Mac Pro is model 3.1, or later. you can download the latest Mavericks for no charge. Your problem is later gfx cards like the 4870 will not work on any operating system earlier than OS X.6 Snow Leopard, or later. Shame you had not updated earlier as Apple have stopped security updates for Snow Leopard, let alone Leopard! You may have to purchase Snow Leopard, then the gfx card, install that, and erase the hard drive using the SL disc.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Apple-Mac-Pro-ATI-Radeon-HD4870-1GB-DVI-PCIe-PCI-Express-Video-Graphics-Card-/280756764191" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Apple-Mac-Pro-ATI-Radeon-HD4870-1GB-DVI-PCIe-PCI-Express-Video-Graphics-Card-/280756764191</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="harryb2448, post: 1586434, member: 42497"] G'day and welcome to the forums. Any of the nVidia 8800GT's for Macs will work, and ATI Radeon 4870 HD, and later such as the 5770, for Macs also. My preference in Mac Pro days was a flashed 4870 with 1GB of memory. Under $300.00? Shop around. You upgrade by purchasing later software. Apple Online sells OS X.6 Snow Leopard for $20 including postage. From there go to OS X.6.8, and if your Mac Pro is model 3.1, or later. you can download the latest Mavericks for no charge. Your problem is later gfx cards like the 4870 will not work on any operating system earlier than OS X.6 Snow Leopard, or later. Shame you had not updated earlier as Apple have stopped security updates for Snow Leopard, let alone Leopard! You may have to purchase Snow Leopard, then the gfx card, install that, and erase the hard drive using the SL disc. [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Apple-Mac-Pro-ATI-Radeon-HD4870-1GB-DVI-PCIe-PCI-Express-Video-Graphics-Card-/280756764191[/url] [/QUOTE]
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