Thanks to this solution, my decade-old Mac will not go quietly into the night just yet.
The lack of a glowing Apple at boot up was a little disconcerting, but within 15 seconds, the familiar login screen appeared.Īpple needs to sell new hardware, so it gradually orphans older, functional workstations like the 2010/2012 Pros. Just make sure to plug the dual power cables into their plugs first - then seat the new video card, otherwise you won’t have enough space to maneuver. So, the new card drives both with zero fan noise. My one regret is that the mother board only has two power plugs for the cable - I had hoped to keep using the original 1GB Radeon card to drive the 2nd monitor.
On its own, this beast simply draws way too much power through the PCI slot, so this is a clever solution. I think the key is the custom power cable that OWC bundles with this card.
#Install new graphics card in macbook pro Pc#
Gotta say I was skeptical of plugging a non-supported PC card into the Mac and expect it to flame on with no problems. 10.14 and up requires the “metal” video card, and my stock system was no longer compatible. Hit the wall when OSX 10.14 was released, not to mention no more application updates. Verified Buyer Reviewer: TWDGroup Location: Sacramento, CA Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month Rating: 5/5 My "Hackintosh" lives on OctoI've been eyeing a way to stave off obsolescence of my mid-2010 Mac pro, since it’s a workhorse choked with RAM, multiple hard drives, and an OWC PCI card and SSD.
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