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RE: Original MacPro Silver Tower graphics cards

The original Mac Pro from 2006, and its cousin from 2007 seem to have shipped with one or the other of these in its double-wide 16x PCIe 1.0 slot:

• NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (single-link DVI and dual-link DVI)

• ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (two dual-link DVI)

• NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB (stereo 3D, two dual-link DVI)

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The 2008 model is 64-bit kernel capable. It had a double-wide 16-lane PCIe 2.0 slot, and used these cards originally:

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 with 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory, two dual-link DVI ports, and one stereo 3D port

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What are the default graphics cards provided with each Mac Pro? What Mac Pro compatible video cards are available for purchase later? What is the best video card for the Mac Pro? Which video cards have which ports?

All silver tower Mac Pro models have removable video cards with dedicated graphics and can support additional video cards, too.

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Identification Help

If you're not certain which Mac Pro you have, all Mac Pro lines can be identified 'closely enough' by the Model Identifier in software to determine the default video card as well as confirm compatibility with aftermarket video cards.

To locate the model identifier, select 'About This Mac' under the Apple Menu on your computer and click the 'More Info..' button. If the Mac Pro is running OS X 'Lion' (10.7) or later, click the 'System Report' button after clicking 'More Info..' as well.

Externally, the Mac Pro lines can be uniquely identified by EMC Number. The EMC number is listed on the rear of the system in small type.

Useful identifiers for the Mac Pro lines include:

Mac Pro Subfamily	Model Number	Model ID	EMC Number
Original (2006)
Original (2007)
Early 2008
Early 2009
Mid-2010
Mid-2012

More details about specific identifiers are provided in EveryMac.com's extensive Mac Identification section.

EveryMac.com's Ultimate Mac Lookup feature -- as well as the EveryMac app -- also can identify these systems by their Serial Numbers.

Default Mac Pro Video Cards

Information on the default graphics cards -- as well as original options available via custom configuration -- are provided on the EveryMac.com specs pages for each Mac Pro model.

Photo Credit: NVIDIA, Left - GeForce 7300 GT & ATI, Right - Radeon HD 2600 XT

However, default Mac Pro video cards for each series, as well as the ports provided by each video card, also are provided below for your convenience:

Mac Pro Subfamily	Default Video Card	VRAM	Ports
Original	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT	256 MB GDDR2	1 SL DVI 1 DL DVI
Early 2008	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT	256 MB GDDR3	2 DL DVI
Early 2009	NVIDIA GeForce GT 120	512 MB GDDR3	1 Mini DP 1 DL DVI
Mid-2010	ATI Radeon HD 5770	1 GB GDDR5	2 Mini DP 1 DL DVI
Best podcast app for samsung. Mid-2012	ATI Radeon HD 5770	1 GB GDDR5	2 Mini DP 1 DL DVI

Custom Configuration Mac Pro Video Card Options

At the time of purchase, each Mac Pro could be configured with at least one higher performance video card as an optional upgrade.

Photo Credit: ATI, Left - Radeon X1900 XT & NVIDIA, Right - GeForce 8800 GT

The video cards available via custom configuration for each Mac Pro line include:

Mac Pro Subfamily	Video Card Options	VRAM	Ports
Original	ATI Radeon X1900 XT	512 MB GDDR3	2 DL DVI The world best voice for reading quran.
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500	512 MB GDDR3	2 DL DVI Stereo 3D
Early 2008	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT	512 MB GDDR3	2 DL DVI
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600	1.5 GB GDDR3	2 DL DVI Stereo 3D
Early 2009	ATI Radeon HD 4870	512 MB GDDR5	1 Mini DP 1 DL DVI
Mid-2010	ATI Radeon HD 5870	1 GB GDDR5	2 Mini DP 1 DL DVI
Mid-2012	ATI Radeon HD 5870	1 GB GDDR5	2 Mini DP 1 DL DVI

Aftermarket Mac Pro Video Card Options

Of course, it always is possible to purchase one of the higher performance video cards that was offered with a particular Mac Pro after the initial system purchase. For the original Mac Pro models, this is your only readily available option without hacking the system by also installing a newer, officially unsupported, version of OS X.

Photo Credit: EVGA, Left - GeForce GTX 680 & AMD/Sapphire, Right - Radeon HD 7950

However, for subsequently released Mac Pro models there also are compatible aftermarket video cards available, including the NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X with 12 GB of GGDR5 VRAM, the most powerful video card available for these Mac Pro models.

These all are intended to work with the Mac Pro either with default OS X support or with provided drivers:

Video Card	VRAM	Ports	OS X
1.5 GB GDDR5	2 DL DVI	10.5.7+
2 GB GDDR5	1 DL DVI 1 DP	10.6.5+
AMD Sapphire Radeon HD 7950*	3 GB GDDR5	1 HDMI 2 Mini DP 1 DL DVI	10.7.5+
2 GB GDDR5	1 HDMI 1 DP 1 DVI-I 1 DVI-D	10.8.3+
4 GB GDDR5	2 DVI 2 DP	10.8.3+
6 GB GDDR5	1 DL DVI 1 HDMI 1 DP	10.9.5+
6 GB GDDR5	1 DL DVI 1 HDMI 1 DP

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