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What Graphics card should I get for my Mac?

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I have a Mac Pro 3,1 with a really bad ati graphics card so I'm trying to save(still don't have any funds) to replace it. I need a nvidia card (OS X lion and above lets you replace your graphics card with any nvidia card) with a 200-290 dollar price range and have 4gb of GDDR ram . I'm trying to get the best performance out of this card . I will use it for light rendering and gaming (games like borderlands the pre-sequel and the talos principle)

Any help would be appreciated

Thank you

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Erm, I think it might be best to just get a real pc instead :/

 

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I think they made a Mac version of the 680, if you can find one.

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I used a 660 to upgrade my stepdad's mac pro. I'd get a 960 4gb or  970, depending on what you can afford. Keep in mind, that you'll loose the boot screen when going with a non mac graphics card. You'll also need an additional power cable (like this http://www.amazon.com/PCI-e-Power-Cable-nVidia-Video/dp/B002UR1654/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435106731&sr=8-1&keywords=mac+pro+pcie).I'd get a card without a backplate since I've heard that there might be some clearance issues. When it comes to the installation, this video should have you covered.

Molex to SATA, lose all your data

 

 

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Something equally priced should do, like a Firepro or Quadro.

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Aren't there restrictions to a MAC other than the usual standard psu wattage and connectors?

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They freed a lot of it up in OS X Lion

You'll need at least Yosemite for the Maxwell cards to work. Keep the original card somewhere in case you need to get into recovery mode some day

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If I could get AMD what would u recommend

I dont know that you can but if you can, I'd probably go with a used 290x, I've seen one recently on kijiji for 200$ otherwise go for Nvidia.

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