This article applies only to video cards that originally shipped with a specified Mac Pro or were offered as an upgrade kit by Apple. Similar cards that were not provided by Apple may have compatibility issues and you should work with the vendor of that card to confirm compatibility.
Mac Pro (2019)
Learn more about cards you can install in Mac Pro (2019) and how to install PCIe cards in your Mac Pro (2019).
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
- Jan 15, 2013 ATI Radeon HD 5870 with 1GB GDDR5; Two ATI Radeon HD 5770; Drive bays 1-4: 1TB or 2TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive (7200 rpm); 512GB solid-state drive 6; Mac Pro RAID Card 7; Two 18x SuperDrive optical drives; Apple Keyboard; Apple Wireless Keyboard; Magic Trackpad; Dual-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel card; Quad-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel card.
- ATI Genuine Apple Radeon HD 5770 1GB Video Card Mac Pro Desktop 1. AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB HDMI PCI Express Video Graphics Card for Apple Mac Pro, outperforms ATI Sapphire Radeon HD 2600, 4870, 5770, 7950, 9000, 9800 Gigabyte.
- Aug 26, 2010 Apples ATI Radeon HD 5870 Works in 2008 Mac Pro According to Barefeats, Apples ATI Radeon HD 5870 Graphics Upgrade Kit ($449) for the Mac Pro does indeed work in the 2008 Mac Pro.
- Dual AMD FirePro D300
- Dual AMD FirePro D500
- Dual AMD FirePro D700
Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
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- ATI Radeon HD 5770
- ATI Radeon HD 5870
Learn about graphics cards supported in macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012).
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Radeon Hd 5770 Update
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
- ATI Radeon HD 4870
- ATI Radeon HD 5870, offered as an upgrade kit
The Radeon HD 5870 card requires Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later and the use of both auxiliary power connections.
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (part number 630-9191 or 630-9897)*
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
- ATI Radeon HD 4870, offered as an upgrade kit
The Radeon HD 4870 card requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later.
Mac Pro (Original)
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
- ATI Radeon X1900 XT
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 (part number 630-7532 or 630-7895)*
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (part number 630-9492), offered as an upgrade kit.*
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT card requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later with the Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 or the computer may not start up properly.
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Mac Pro Laptop
* To identify a graphics card part number, check the label on the back of the card.