The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 1.5GB 384-bit GDDR3 is an enthusiast-class professional graphics card modified for all Mac Pro models 3,1 - 5,1 (2008-2012) to show -
• Apple Logo Boot Screen
• Boot Menu Selector
• Progress Bar
• Verbose Single User Mode
• Recovery Mode
• FireWire Target Mode
• Firmware Updates
• OS X Installer Setup
• OpenCore Setup
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 cable mandatory)
Native support starts on Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 with official Nvidia drivers up to High Sierra 10.13.x
Tested working on Mac Pro 3,1 up to High Sierra 10.13.x
Tested working on Mac Pro 4,1 - 5,1 up to High Sierra 10.13.x
Tested 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 Boot Camp.
*Supports 1 DVI display. DVI to HDMI adapter works too. DisplayPort connections do not work.
Maximum Resolutions:
1 x Dual-link DVI-I
Graphics Features
Metal Support
DirectX 11.1 (10.0)
OpenGL 3.3
OpenCL 1.1
CUDA 1.3
Shader Model 4.0
Clock Speeds
GPU Clock
602 MHz
Shader Clock
1204 MHz
Memory Clock
800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Render Config
Shading Units
192
TMUs
64
ROPs
24
SM Count
24
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
14.45 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
38.53 GTexel/s
Bandwidth
76.80 GB/s
*Main image is only a representation of GeForce in the Mac Pro and actual card may look different upon arrival.
*GPU power cable available upon request at checkout.
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