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installing PNY nvidia quadro 4000 Mac
I’m about to install a PNY nvidia quadro 4000 in my 4.1 Early 2009 Intel Mac Pro running 10.6.8
I build all my PCs (but I’m not an expert by any means). I have only ever added RAM and Hard Drives to a Mac. I’m not very MAC Hardware savvy.
Any heads-up about installing this card? Is it pretty straight forward? Just install the card and install the drivers?
I’m going to try and keep running my Radeon 4870 for as my computer Monitor. I plan to use the Quadro for my Grading monitor.
(This might be a good time to ask also if the GUI is for the computer monitor or the Grading monitor – I still have not figured that out)
Thanks!
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I’m starting the install and I already have a question.
Will I need some kind of power cord splitter?
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Hi David,
The Quadro 4000 comes with the power cable to be connected to the Mac Pro motherboard. It’s a very simple installation, just put the Quadro 4k on the 2nd PCI slot. It should not have any monitor connected, as it will serve as a GPU for DaVinci.
best,
Fabio Cormack
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I assume you are asking about a power splitter because your 4870 card is already using both the Aux power connectors? I am not a Mac expert, but it seems no one recommends splitting power like this, as it may overload the Mac power supply. I think your better bet would be to replace the 4870 with something that only needs 1 Aux power connector, like a 5770 card.
The GUI display is the display that you see the Resolve GUI on, so it would be the computer monitor. It would connect to the card that is NOT the Q4000 card. The Q4000 card should have nothing connected to it.
Also, since you are running OSX 10.6.8, make sure you go to the Nvidia driver download site and download and install the latest Q4000 for Mac driver for 10.6.8, and download and install the 4.0.19 CUDA driver.
Dwaine Maggart
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Great, thank you for the answers!
Yes, it’s the dual power needs of the 4870 that is the issue. I’ll have to buy the 5770 I guess grrrr 🙁 oh well.
I also have a Decklink Studio which another Creative Cower said he was using with Resolve. I have a NEC PA421w monitor. It’s a reference monitor but it only has Display Port and DVI-D inputs. For the time being how should I connect? Can I use the the Quadro Display Port out temporarily until I figure out how I am going to connect the Monitor to the Decklink?
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All you will see if you connect a display to the Q4000 card, is the same thing you’ll see if you connect it to the second port of the GUI card. Just another desktop screen. You cannot see full video. You need the Decklink card for that.
Connecting a display to the Q4000 will reduce performance substantially, and is not advised. It’s dedicated to GPU tasks, and if you connect a display to it, it will also have to do display tasks, and that slows down the GPU processing.
What type of input does your display have? The Decklink has HDMI out, in addition to the SDI outs.
Dwaine Maggart
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My grading display has Display Port in and DVI-D in. It was a major oversight on my part not to get an HDMI or SDI in – I just did not know at the time I would need it. The display can do 10 bit. But I think the display port will only do 4:2:2?
Looks like I need an HDMI to Display Port Adapter.
I just went out and bought a GT-120 (which I believe is a downgrade from the 4870 or a 5770). I was going to get the 5770 but realized I then would have no opening for the HDMI part of the Decklink Studio (unless I drilled holes in the case of my MAC).
Right now this is how my PCI slots will look:
eSATA card (will be replaced by RAID CARD in the future)
Decklink Studio
Quatro 4000
(slot opening only – Decklink Studio HDMI outs)
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I suppose I could run the HDMI from the Decklink to my TV (until I get an HDMI to Display Port Adapter next week) just to test everything and to start learning the Resolve software?
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I didn’t get a power cable with the PNY Quadro 4000 for Mac. It didn’t come with a Mac installation guide either. The Windows CD-ROM that came with it has a Windows User Guide that says if the 4000 needs power it would come with a power cable.
Should I just get my money back or should I contact PNY to send me a missing power cable? I don’t even see in my 2008 Mac Pro where I would plug in a power cable…
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You got a windows version.
A slice of color…
DaVinci 8.0.1b3 OSX 10.6.8
MacPro 5.1 2×2,4 24GB
RAID0 8TB eSata 6TB
GTX 285 / GT 120
Extreme 3D+ WAVE -
Really?
The box says “quadro 4000 for Mac”
CD-ROM label says Quadro Driver CD for Mac but there are only Windows Drivers and all if the Manual PDF files only mention Windows or Linux. There are no Mac drivers on it.
A Mini Display Port cable is included. I’m new to Macs after building PCs and Windows machines for twenty years. I thought this type of display connectors were Max specific.
The model number on the card itself is VCQ4000MAC-T which is the PNY product number for the Mac card.
I noticed after my post that the box says that a power cable is included.
It really looks like I have a Quadro 4000 for Mac with a CD-ROM that had the wrong files burned on it and missing the power cable.
It look like the power cable plugs into a standard 6-pin slot on the card. I probably have a power cable laying around here.
Died anyone know what the other end of the cable plugs into? Is it a 4-pin slot on the motherboard? That is the ONLY place I can see where it can plug into when I open the case.
If so, I have a power cable that would work.
I can’t find a Mac Installation guide anywhere and PNY isn’t very responsive.
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