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MacVidCards will begin offering EFI flashed GTX960 cards for Mac Pro 3,1/4,1/5,1.
These cards use less power then other cards, but OpenGl scores are lower then GTX680. A primary advantage is that many have 3 @ DP ports, allowing use of a 5K display. They will also allow an EFI boot screen on 4K SST displays, something no "official" card has ever done. More details coming.
58 Comments
Witold Suryn
10/16/2015 12:47:04 pm
will the new GTX960 work when installed in Mac Pro 3,1 AND El Capitan?
MVC
10/22/2015 03:24:45 pm
yep, as long as you install the Web Drivers from Nvidia
B. Song
2/7/2016 06:29:23 am
No web driver for El capitan is supported yet. Thus I failed to install GTX960. 5/21/2016 02:48:33 am
This card works well for me (the Gigabyte manufactured version) but without the EFI, there is no boot screen preceding the Logon screen which is the first thing I see. I am running two Philips 40" monitors at 4K resolution 60Hz using the DisplayPort 1.2 option. The card runs quiet and cool. Negative side is that when i updated from El Capitan 10.11.4 to 10.11.5 the card stopped working until I reinserted the old card, installed the NVIDIA WebDriver-346.03.10b01.pkg and then replaced the GTX960 and rebooted the machine. i have contacted NVIDIA about this, suggesting that they should allow the installation of drivers for future OS updates and just have those drivers lie dormant until the newer OS kicks in.
MVC
5/22/2016 03:21:39 pm
That is precisely why we do what we do. When upgrading to a new OS the GPU acceleration will be disabled, but you will be able to install a driver update without swapping to another card. 8/1/2016 12:41:29 pm
For some reason, there is no Reply button immediately below your last reply, so I had to click one higher up the thread.
MVC
8/1/2016 03:17:00 pm
If you're using an HDMI monitor/TV that may be the problem. Even if for some reason the card won't boot off the EFI drivers after an OS update you can force it to using this method and avoid switching cards: 8/1/2016 03:22:59 pm
Ah, ok that looks a lot better workaround than the other nonsense I had to do! Thanks. 8/17/2016 12:54:23 am
Sent you my card a couple of weeks ago. How's it coming?
MVC
8/17/2016 06:27:38 pm
Completed today, going out tomorrow. 8/25/2016 07:56:19 am
Got the card today, thanks! Working well, and to spec. One hiccup you should be aware of when returning an item to its country of origin is Customs Duty. I was charged £40 to reimport the product I already purchased in this country, and now have to apply to Customs to have it refunded. 9/1/2016 01:40:56 pm
One other question - if I upgrade from 2008 3,1 to 2012 5,1 Mac, will this card still work?
MVC
9/1/2016 03:29:06 pm
Yes, it will work in a 5,1 as well.
J
11/3/2015 12:31:15 pm
Do you have an ETA for doing the flash service on the 960?
MVC
11/3/2015 03:03:22 pm
We're trying to get ahead on our current orders, it could be another week or so.
Shawn Strong
12/10/2015 04:27:30 pm
Would the GTX960 be better than the Nvidia GTX 980 Ti 6 GB for a 2010 MacPro, to upgrade?
MVC
12/10/2015 05:01:17 pm
No, the 980 Ti is superior.
Reader
12/31/2015 10:27:48 am
I am also interested. Got a 4,1 in need of more juice.
B. Song
2/7/2016 10:01:21 pm
Oh, Fortunately, today I got to Web driver for GTX960 for El Capitan 10.11.3 at the 'DRIVERS' section of this website. It works great. I can enjoy 4K at my new 43 inch monitor. Thanks.
Scare
2/19/2016 05:37:30 pm
I checked on a french website.. so many models... how do i know wich one can work???
MVC
2/19/2016 07:00:27 pm
Any 2 GB model with 1 DVI, 1 HDMI, and 3 DP should be fine. I recommend standard versions rather than overclocked or gaming editions.
Scare
2/20/2016 05:30:33 am
Thanks
C
2/24/2016 01:51:05 am
Hi, I've bought an ASUS GTX 960 and installed the latest Web Drivers for OSX 10.11.3 for my Mac, but when I insert the card and switch the Mac on, nothing shows up, my monitor doesn't pick up anything, it's a black (I don't even think the Mac loads up because when I touch the power button again, without holding down the power button, the Mac just switchs off). I put my old AMD 5770 in and it works as normal.
Witold Suryn
2/25/2016 12:15:36 pm
On the similar note. I am days from buying either Nvidia GTX 770 4GB or Nvidia GTX 680 4GB for my Mac Pro 3.1 (early 2008) in order to be able to finally install and use El Capitan. As $400 is not the sum I want to risk if these cards do not work could anyone confirm that these cards actually work on (jut summarizing) Mac Pro 3.1, early 2008, El Capitan 10.11.3
MVC
2/25/2016 02:40:07 pm
Yes, they work. We have sold hundreds of either model. El Capitan has not introduced any new issues.
Witold Suryn
3/31/2016 12:40:39 am
Neither Nvidia GTX 770 nor Nvidia GTX 680 are available in 4GB configuration at the moment. When will they be as I need to buy at least one of then quickly?
Witold Suryn
4/26/2016 03:51:55 pm
Just bought Nvidia GTX 770. Do I need both CUDA and Quadro drivers installed, if yes, why?
MVC
4/26/2016 04:32:37 pm
As stated on the product page:
Gloria Messeer
7/16/2017 09:42:10 am
I have an early 2008 Mac Pro 3.1, CPU-3.2,18g ram
MVC
3/3/2016 02:17:33 pm
I cannot understand your question. Please feel free to send us an email.
MVC
3/3/2016 03:11:56 pm
Did you purchase the card from us? Please continue this conversation via EMAIL.
Boris
3/3/2016 03:30:29 pm
Mail?????
MVC
3/3/2016 04:09:44 pm
http://www.macvidcards.com/contact.html
Larry
4/4/2016 07:32:38 pm
Would your GTX 960 possibly work in a Mac Pro 2,1 with a modified version of Yosemite 10.10.5 ? That OS allows everything else to work in the 2007 Mac Pro albeit PCI 1.0 Am currently using a FX-5600 and son does not like the FPS in Minecraft.
MVC
4/4/2016 08:07:08 pm
It would most likely run, but the biggest benefits of flashing (boot screen, PCIe 2.0 speeds) would be lost. No real point in using one of ours over an unflashed stock PC card in your case. 5/21/2016 06:16:32 am
I already bought the Gigabyte mode of this car before I saw you handle these, so can I get this flashed by MacVidCards to load the EFI?
witold suryn
4/26/2016 04:50:21 pm
You did not answer my question. I read the product page and that is exactly why I asked my question. Page states:
MVC
4/26/2016 06:05:41 pm
It provides minor performance and bug tweaks that will primarily go unnoticed. There isn't really a need for it unless the card doesn't seem to be working as it should with a given application.
Witold Suryn
4/26/2016 06:33:30 pm
Thank you. That is exactly what I wanted to know. 4/27/2016 11:16:20 pm
I recently got GTX 960 and installed it on my Mac 2,1. It turns on fine and everything but the only issue is that the fan doesn't spin. It spins in the beginning when I turn on my Mac but then it stops by the time I login. Would flashing help with this? Is there specific driver that could help?
MVC
4/28/2016 03:12:28 pm
That is normal fan behavior for that card when it isn't under load. 5/5/2016 10:54:05 am
I have the GTX960 and it works fine at 4k 60Hz driving two Philips 40" 4k displays. However as expected no EFI64 boot screen. It goes straight to login. Can this be flashed?
Witold Suryn
5/5/2016 02:37:35 pm
I just got GTX 770, put it into the computer, launched El Capitan 10.11.4, installed proper driver, rebooted and, the card is not working. The system shows the card but indicates the driver is not there. I installed then the driver directly from Nvidia. The same. So next I went through the single user and all "sudo nvram.." operation, got the card working, reinstalled the driver, went to Terminal to put next "sudo" command, rebooted, and back to square one, card not working. My Mac is 3.1. So what do I do now?
Witold Suryn
5/5/2016 03:19:31 pm
I have repeated the same exercise with Mavericks 10.9.5. The result is the same. System report on both Mavericks and El Capitan say the same:
MVC
5/5/2016 10:26:19 pm
But the card is booting (I assume that's how you're reading the system report)? As I said before the driver is optional so if you're having trouble installing it just use the default OS X driver.
Witold Suryn
5/6/2016 07:35:46 am
No, it's not booting. I have a second, simple card and the computer freezes your card by the end of the boot and switches to the other one. Your card shows boot screen frozen and that is it. The card boots only after going through a single user mode after terminal "sudo..." command.
Witold Suryn
5/6/2016 08:15:39 am
As I said in previous reply, the card is not booting. To keep control over the installation process I put the original Mac Pro 3.1 card back together with GTX 770 and of course connected monitors to both of them. Boot starts with GTX, than probably when OS X loads drivers, GTX freezes with boot screen on and stays frozen, while the the other card comes to life showing the normal content. GTX stays frozen all the time, no matter what I do on the computer. If you go to Settings/Monitors, the one connected to GTX is not seen, even after "Detect Monitors" activation. I repeated the same without the extra card (to check if there is no blocking interaction between the two) and got the same result, a frozen boot screen and no access to the computer. To make it clear, I had the same on both Mavericks and El Capitan and before and after installing recommended drivers.
Witold Suryn
5/6/2016 02:50:47 pm
I have identified the source problem. It is a misleading information on the product page that says: "Does NOT require an additional power supply". In fact, this card requires additional power supply from Mac's motherboard. Once the cables are connected, the card works OK. To spare the customers wasted hours Macvidcards should correct this information.
MVC
5/9/2016 03:05:46 pm
The card does not require an additional/external power supply, but yes, it does need to be connected to the logic board. This is why we include power cables.
Witold Suryn
5/9/2016 03:31:34 pm
I understand, however usually "no additional power supply" means the equipment is powered from the connector (like most of the simpler cards being powered directly from PCi). Such a clarification directly on the product page instead of sending us somewhere else would not harm, I believe. If it is not too much to ask for, of course.
MVC
7/21/2016 02:36:15 pm
AMD drivers are built into OS X, they do not release downloadable drivers. If driver support for an AMD card is not already built into OS X then that card will not work.
Sherman
10/31/2016 04:06:51 am
Hi, not answered via mail. So I'm trying this way.
Gregg
12/4/2016 01:53:23 pm
What would be the cost to flash my GeForce GTX960 FTW?
Lewis
2/18/2017 07:18:14 am
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