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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB 384-bit GDDR5is a high-end Metal graphics card modified for all Mac Pro models 1,1 - 5,1 (2006-2012)to show a Boot Screen, Boot Menu Selector, Apple Logo, Progress Bar, Verbose Single User Mode, access to Recovery Mode, FireWire Target Mode and OS X Installers with or without Metal requirements. The aesthetics of this card trulymatches the metal nature of the Mac Pro. This is the perfect card to maximize performance.
This cards power limits have been tweaked and modified within safe range for Mac Pro power limit requirements in mind to prevent crashing under full load for a smooth and crash free experience.
This video card is Plug ’n Play. (gpu power cables aremandatory)
Support starts with Mac OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion using official Nvidia drivers all the way up to Mac OS X Monterey 12.x. Most current CUDA web driver highly recommended for acceleration.
Tested working on Mac Pro 1,1 - 2,1 supported up to OS X 10.11.6
Tested working on Mac Pro 3,1 supported up to OS X 10.15.x or higher with OpenCore
Tested working on Mac Pro 4,1 - 5,1 supported up to OS X 12.x with OpenCoreLegacy PatcherTested working on Windows 7 - 11 Boot Camp
Cable adapters, port functionality, performance, resolutions, refresh rates, may act differently between different operating systems. Behavior in one version may be different than in another.
Card has been fully stress tested and monitored on all output ports and works perfectly in both either OS X versions or Windows 11 Boot Camp.
Supports 2+ multiple displays. Adapters that are \'Active\" or \'Passive\' will yield different results.
Please request the power cables at checkout if you need them to be included.
Maximum Resolutions:
Output ports come as:
1 xDual-link DVI-I, 1 x Dual-link DVI-D, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI
Graphics Features
Metal Support
DirectX 12 (11.0)
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 3.0
Vulkan 1.1
CUDA 3.5
Shader Model 5.1
Clock Speeds
GPU Clock
863 MHz
Boost
902 MHz
Memory Clock
1502 MHz
6000 Mbps effective
Render Config
Shading Units
2304
TMUs
192
ROPs
48
SMX Count
12
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
43.30 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
173.2 GTexel/s
Bandwidth
288.4 GB/s
*Main image is only a representation of GeForce in the Mac Pro and actual card may look different upon arrival.
*GPU power cables available upon request at checkout.
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