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    Nvidia GTX 770 Graphic's Card Flashed to Mac?

    I used this ROM found on TechPowerUp to flash my reference design "Founders Edition" GTX 770. https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/206871/206871 It works perfectly on my Mac Pro 3,1. (So far I have only tested the DVI outputs.) I have no idea where the ROM originates from, but it does not...
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    Need Help Creating Ultimate Dual Boot Hackintosh PC 2019 Below $1,000

    The most powerful video card you can use in any version of macOS is the Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti or its fully enabled version, the Titan Xp. No Nvidia web drivers for Mojave or the GTX 20X0 series have been released. If you want to use modern Nvidia cards, you will have to stay on macOS 10.13 High...
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    Kernel Panic IOUSBFamily / GenericUSBXHCI

    I am having similar kernel panics in IOUSBFamily.kext on my real Mac Pro 3,1 I ordered this USB 3 card from AliExpress for US $16.99 and installed a on my Mac Pro. The card has a ASM1142 chip and should be supported in macOS. El Capitan recognizes the card and uses the AppleUSBXHCI.kext driver...
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    Socket for new 2019 Apple Mac Pro

    BUILD YOUR OWN MAC PRO 7,1 Mac Pro 1,1 donor with PSU and fans: $100 Supermicro MBD-X11SPM-F-O micro ATX motherboard: $350 Intel Xeon Scalable Bronze 3104: $240 Processor: Intel lists the price of the 8-core Intel® Xeon® W-3223 processor used in the new Mac Pro as $749, but you might find...
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    Recommended GPU for OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard?

    If you are starting off with a PC and a Snow Leopard retail DVD then you need a graphics card that works out of the box. Naturally you can upgrade the card once you have updated your macOS to 10.6.8 or a later macOS version. I believe the retail DVD came in version 10.6.3. I do not think the DVD...
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    Snow leopard retail DVD

    When the Snow Leopard retail DVD came out in 2009 it was sold in two versions. Single license version for $29 / 29 euros Family pack with five licenses for $49 / 49 euros I bought the family pack 49 euros, but there does not seem to be any difference in the box between single license and the...
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    Type C USB 3.1 PCIe Add-in Card - Evaluation

    Is this the card? Your Amazon link no longer works, but I found the card on the dodocool site. DC22 - USB 3.1 Type-C & Type-A 2-Port Express Card The page says it has a ASMedia ASM1142 chip. Ableconn sells a similar card Their page says It works on Mac OS X 10.9 to 10.10 and 10.12 to 10.13...
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    Does 1 cpu Pro come with 2 cpu parts?

    There is a market for used CPU trays. A dual processor tray may be had for some $250 without processors. The fastest processors, the 6-core Xeon 5690s are about $100 each.
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    Sapphire RX 580 Pulse 8GB GPU In my Mac Pro

    For a Radeon RX580 to work on a 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 you need MacOs 10.13 High Sierra Dosdude's High Sierra patcher The Metal drivers for RX580 and other AMD video cards require the SSE4.2 instruction set which is missing from the Harpertown Xeons on Mac Pro 3,1. You can stay on High Sierra or get...
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    Mac Pro early 2008 hardware upgrades?

    The Mac Pro 3,1 can run 10.13 High Sierra or 10.14 Mojave with Dosdude's Mojave Patcher, but you will have to upgrade your GPU. Metal drivers for AMD video cards require the SSE4.2 instruction set that is missing from all Core 2 processors. The built-in Nvidia drivers work, but you are limited...
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    Nvidia GTX 770 Graphic's Card Flashed to Mac?

    There is an interesting thread from 2015 on the Netkas forum on developing a Mac rom for the GTX 770. Rominator, Fl0r!an and rankel are sharing experiences. GTX 770 Mac No progress seems to be made. Rominator sums up the issues: There is not, nor ever will be a "one size fits all" Mac 770...
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    Post macOS/OS X Geekbench Benchmarks

    Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 Intel Desktop Board DQ77MK GeForce GTX 770 reference card Single-Core Score: 3586 Multi-Core Score: 12887 https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/11457833
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    Super-cheap NVMe fusion drive using Dell 7010 Q77 motherboard

    The promoted products: Dell OptiPlex 7010 motherboards with Q77 chipset for $10 to $20 on eBay PCIe x4 to M.2 adapters for $1 to $2 on AliExpress I just upgraded my Power Mac G5 into a Hackintosh using an Intel® Desktop Board DQ77MK with a Xeon E3 1230 v2 processor. The build was so successful...
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    Submit Your Bluetooth USB Dongle Information Here

    I ordered these cheapo Bluetooth dongles from AliExpress two years ago for US $0.73 apiece (including postage). These two seem to be the same product, at least they use the same images. High Sierra does not recognize the dongle but lshw on Linux gives this information. description: Bluetooth...
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    MSI-7850, i7-4770k, GTX 770Ti - Is my setup compatible?

    The same problem is discussed and solved in this thread. The cause seems to be a missing OsxAptioFix2Drv-64.efi in the Clover installation.
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