The NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 2GB 128-bit DDR3 VGA model is a basic entry-level Metal graphics card modified for Mac Pro models 4,1 - 5,1 (2009-2012) 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


Requires NO gpu power cable !


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.


Native support starts on Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 with official Nvidia drivers up to Big Sur 11.x. OCLP provides support on Sonoma 14.x, Ventura 13.x and Monterey 12.x


Tested working on Mac Pro 4,1 - 5,1 up to Sonoma 14.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 11 Boot Camp.


Supports 2+ multiple displays. Adapters that are 'Active' or 'Passive' will yield different results.



Maximum Resolutions:

  • DVI: 2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz
  • HDMI 1.4a: 4096 x 2160 @24Hz, 3840×2160 @ 30Hz
  • VGA: 2048x1536
  • *Note: 4K 3840 x 2160 resolutions require OS 10.9 or better for best compatibility/performance

Output ports come as: 


1 x DVI, 1 x HDMI, 1 x VGA


Graphics Features


Metal Support

DirectX 12 (11.0)

OpenGL 4.6

OpenCL 3.0

Vulkan 1.2.175

CUDA 3.0

Shader Model 6.5 (5.1)

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock

993 MHz

Memory Clock

891 MHz 

1782 Mbps effective

Render Config

Shading Units

384

TMUs

32

ROPs

16

SMX Count

2

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate

7.944 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

31.78 GTexel/s

Bandwidth

28.51 GB/s


*Main image is only a representation of GeForce in the Mac Pro and actual card will look different upon arrival.


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