
- #Two video cards in mac pro one for windows 10 for mac#
- #Two video cards in mac pro one for windows 10 update#
- #Two video cards in mac pro one for windows 10 windows#
(I have 2 Dell 2408WFP's and a Wacom Cintiq 21UX). I am waiting on 2 of these cables so I can hook up all 3 of my monitors to the 5870. Your options would be to use two of the the Apple Dual-Link MiniDisplayPort to DVI adapters which are $99 each, or if your monitors have a DisplayPort input just use a MiniDisplayPort to DisplayPort cable. The reason is that the video card can only generate 2 timing signals for the DVI signal to sync with. Even if you use 2 Apple MiniDisplayPort to DVI adapters it will NOT work.
#Two video cards in mac pro one for windows 10 update#
*The big caveat in running 3 monitors on the Radeon 5870 is that all 3 cannot be DVI monitors. In December, Apple's own Final Cut Pro 10.1 update delivered custom support for using both of the new Mac Pro's dual GPUs to speed compute tasks, with the company specifically noting 'optimized.
#Two video cards in mac pro one for windows 10 for mac#
The Radeon 5870 for Mac has 1 DVI and 2 miniDisplayPort outputs: Of course the solution is to remove the GT120. This is the same setup I am currently using, and I have not been able to find any way to force the system to use the Radeon 5870 for OpenGL processing, which is highly disappointing. Running both cards does work, but applications that use OpenGL will not see the ATI card even though it is faster. The next step up I would suggest is getting the Radeon 5870 since it can run 3 monitors* and just ditch the GT120 entirely. If a second GT120 would be enough performance for you then that is probably the "best" option for you, fairly cheap as well. Don't forget that your Mac Pro 2,1 system is 32-bit EFI (as well as the original 2006 Mac Pro - but all other newer Mac Pro systems from 2008 and on are 64-bit EFI systems) and that will limit your choices of graphics cards. My total budget for this task is about $500, and I do plan to add an SSD startup disk sometime in the future (that's my next question). If I don't get another GT120, will there be system conflicts running different cards from two different manufacturers? If there is a benefit to moving to a better card-it would need to be noticeable in general business applications or allow the computer to run cooler and quieter-would it make sense to get two new cards and dump the GT120?
#Two video cards in mac pro one for windows 10 windows#
Share files and folders, copy and paste images and text and drag and drop files and content between Mac and Windows applications. Should I go the cheap route and just purchase another GT 120, or should I purchase a higher end card such as the ATI Radeon 5770? I'm okay with the current speed, and I don't do any heavy lifting graphics wise, but I don't want to experience a slowdown either. Seamless Use Windows side-by-side with macOS (no restarting required) on your MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, iMac Pro, Mac mini or Mac Pro.

My question is what is the best way to accomplish this task. Also following (Sorry dude I have no answers and am a rank amateur hack still) - not capturing games but capturing video from 4 cameras and using 4 Elgato H60's keen to see how this works, currently using sparkocam as the scene switcher but causing pause between scenes, would love to get the capture cards to work independently for smoother transitions from angle to angle.

Plus, I have a spare 24" monitor available, and I have the desk space, so why not? I have a colleague who has a computer-probably a Dell- running 3 monitors. I have a 2009 quad-core Mac Pro with a NVideo GT 120 running a 30" and a 24" monitor.

This is probably an easy question for you MacGurus.
