MacVidCards has Mac EFI Titan and GTX780 finished – makes them into native OSX cards

[Laco Gaal]

David,

so the Titan is a no go internally?

thanks

[Joseph Owens]

I have one running natively in a MacPro 5,1 under OS 10.8.4, but it does require MORE POWER… especially if you are also running something else as the primary GPU for User Interface that requires supplemental energy. There won’t be enough outputs on the motherboard to run both, and you will be stealing hard drive supplies. So there is a Seasonic power supply sitting on top of my MacPro with leads running through an open PCIe slot… [insert clip of Dr. Frankenstein screaming “It’s ALIVE!!!!!” here ]

and needed to figure out “the paper clip” trick to get the external power supply to light up.

jPo

“I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me” Oscar Wilde.

[Andrew Smith]

What might I ask are you charging for this modification service? Can’t we just flash the cards ourselves on a PC tower, I have come across articles that explain how to do it easily but have also heard its not that hard to do.

Maybe just save yourselves the trouble, ebay hassle for support and expense, just buy the stock pc version and deal with no boot screen.

I’ve used a standard stock GTX 5803gb, 6804gb and now Titan (w/ external PSU), all with no bootscreen on different macpro’s, 3,4 & 5,1 and dont miss it! With OSX 10.9 there is supposed to be a bunch of new cards supported so it may even be completely irrelevant to have this done no?

[David Pirinelli]

Some people like bootscreens, let’s you leave out a GUI card if short on slots.

Also, on a 3,1 Mac Pro, any and all non-EFI cards run at 1/2 bus speed in OSX and Windows. You can see this easily in CUDA-Z. (or use lspci)

On a 4,1 and 5,1 the 10.8.3 and later drivers fix the bus speed in OSX but have no effect in WIndows, still 1/2 bus speed. So if you ever cross boot into Windows you will work at PCIE 1.0 speed.

If these things don’t affect or concern you, sounds like regular cards will work out well for you.

As far as flashing one yourself, the 780 and Titan are not DIY like a 680 is.

[Neil Sadwelkar]

Isn’t the GT640 a dual slot card? What’s the replacement for the GT120 which is also single slot? So that one can fit the Titan in Slot 1, GUI card in Slot 2 and have two slots available for a Blackmagic and some other, maybe SAS.

Also, how well do these (Titan/GTX780) cards work in a PCI expander?

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FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant
Mumbai India

[Margus Voll]

So 780 also runs as a pc version but only win is limited?

I’m Asking as i’m far from LA and double delivery would be a bit much maybe.

I have Daves 470 running really nice now.

How does the titan and 780 compare ?

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Margus

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DaVinci 9, OSX 10.7.4
MacPro 5.1 2×2,93 24GB
GTX 470 / Quadro 4000
Multibridge 2 Pro

[Clark Bierbaum]

Any bench marks, using standard candle?

I have a non-flashed 680 Classified and wonder how much faster a flashed/un-flashed EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN SuperClocked Signature 6GB is compared to the rest.

Interested in the new RED Cine that uses GPU, talked to the developer at NAB and they said they were writing for GPU.

Not a RED Fan Boy (Love Alexa!) but the Dragon footage I have seen looks really nice and I want to be ready if folks start shooting it.

I have used several MacVid Cards in the past and they all worked great, unflashed 680 works as well but no boot / shutdown is a little disconcerting.

MacVidCard, flashing prices for a Titan I purchase?

Clark Bierbaum
Color Grading / Post Consultant
GarnetColor.com
Charlotte, NC

[Jonathon Lee]

Hey David,

I bought my last 2 Nvidia GPU’s from you. They’ve been flawless. So you are saying a 780 will work on a 5,1 MacPro with internal power? I have a 5,1 and a 4,1… so both are OK? Can I use the 2 6-pin power ports or do I also need to use power from one of the drive slots?

thanks,

Jonathon

[Clark Bierbaum]

Please don’t blow your Mac Power Supply / Mother Board by drawing too much power!

I have https://tinyurl.com/ljza6hd and it works great!

Get this for any non-mac gpu’s and save yourself a headache!

No affiliation or remuneration, just happy to insure my 5.1 mac pro’s long term health!

Clark Bierbaum
Color Grading / Post Consultant
GarnetColor.com
Charlotte, NC

[David Pirinelli]

We have single slot 640s, awesome little card.

Have 3 more coming in on Monday.