Best MacPro Graphics card upgrade

I want to upgrade the graphics card of my MacPro1,1 for better performane when editing video. Can somone recommend the best card?

ATI/AMD 5770 works very well in my 2006 MP 2.66. Got it from Apple.
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I think you will find there are more users of the ATI Radeon 9800 that DON'T have a 300w PSU, than those that do. It would leave out the majority of the G4 line if it were absolutely necessary. As I see it, it isn't absolutely necessary, and, it is also the ONLY higher end upgrade graphics card commercially produced for 2x, 4x AGP systems, most of which, DON'T have a 300w PSU.
My Sawtooth has a 237w PSU, and the 9800, and my processor upgrade, and 2 internal drives, all work just fine!
As for the piggyback connection, that is how you connect the power to the 9800. A splitter molex cable is used to split power from the superdrive connection, between the superdrive and the 9800.
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Start by posting in the appropriate forum. This is the MaBook Pro forum, not the Mac Pro forum.
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One of the parameters for the choice, besides price and performance, is how silent is the card.
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AGP Graphics, the Sawtooth and Gigabit Ethernet, are both 2x AGP machines.
The best card for either is a Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition.
The Radeon 9200 is a low performance card.
The Geforce 7800 GS is not compatible with 2x AGP machines, but may be used in the Digital Audio, Quicksilver and MDD machines.
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RE: Mac Pro silver tower (2006-2012) Replacement Graphics cards
1) Apple brand cards,
2) "sold in the Apple store" cards, and
3) "Mac Edition" cards ...
... show all the screens, including Boot up screens, Safe Mode, Installer, Recovery, debug screens, and Alt/Option boot screens. At this writing, these choices include:
1) Apple brand cards:
• Apple-firmware 5770, about US$250** works near full speed in every model Mac Pro, Drivers in 10.6.5 [BUT! This card has just been discontinued and is no longer available in the Apple Store, or at many Apple Resellers]
• Apple-firmware 5870, about US$450
2) "sold in the Apple store" cards
• NVIDIA Quadro 4000, about US$1200
• NVIDIA Quadro 5000, about US$2500
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• EVGA GTX 680 Mac Edition, about US$600
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Save your money maybe. The 8800GT is nice, and to spend $350 on ATI 4870.... may not be worth the upgrade.

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The main problem you are going to face is your PC only has a 160W Power Supply Unit. Without upgrading your PSU, you will struggle to find any card that will improve your graphics capability.
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Personally, I wouldn't invest the money to upgrade that PC.
You would be better off getting an off lease newer dc5800 MT or dc7800/dc7900 model that has a PCIe x16 video slot.
The killer for your model is you can only install a PCI graphics card.
Very inefficient and pretty expensive for what you get in return.
After you install the required microcode update, the best processor I know for sure you can install would be the P4 650.
Below is the link to the quickspecs. The supported processors are listed on page 7.
I do not know of anyone who that has installed the 651 or 661 processors and got them to work--even though the specs state they are supported.
You can try the 651 or 661 and if you do, please let me know if they worked for you.
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12145_ca/12145_ca.pdf

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I've searched at length for this problem, and as a user rather than a tech have suspicions, rather than certainty.
Have been suffering with my Mac Pro going intermittently to shutdown rather than sleep for a while, I've been living with that. But a new problem has appeared just in the last day or so, I don't necessarily think they are connected, but what do I know?
The new problem is it seems for want of a better term my Pro stalls on start up, it took an hour before it started this morning, its really quite peculiar.
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As to the start up problem, if it were a vehicle I'd be thinking it was damp electrics, and be spraying WD40 to dry it out, I'm not of course, but I'm thinking power supply, or a temperature issue, but as its working when running 4 hours and working nicely now (so long as I don't leave to 'sleep') I can't see it being an overheating issue.
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Its business critical machine, as a videographer although I bought this MacBook Pro, from which I'm typing, for just this scenario which I'll use at a pinch.
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You may want to just get one utility for now.
At this point, do you need a new graphic card? then you need to upgrade to Leopard. If your software and system won't be a problem regardless of compatibility great, but make sure. Otherwise, Snow Leopard will likely require lots more upgrades and updates.
But maybe doing an upgrade to Leopard and then test the waters with Leopard and Snow L. makes better sense.
Only the "Early, Early" 2006-7 1st Gen Mac Pros can run 10.4.11 (or at least install and officially supported).
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This is my computer http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/hp-pavilion-elite-e9220y/4505-3118_7-33777303.html, scroll down for the specs. Im a big pc gamer and the graphics card I currently have is good but im looking to push further and get a better one. Mainly looking to get a more powerful graphic card that is compatible with the processor I currently have. If anyone can list me better graphic cards that are compatible please list all of them intill I would need to upgrade my proccesor, Thank you.

Your PC is spec'd with a 300 watt power supply. Unplug your PC and open it up. Read the label on the power supply. What is the total wattage and the 12+ volt amperage? Also, is the slot next to the video card (PCI-E x16 slot) open? The e9920y specifications and motherboard.
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Review the ATI and NVIDIA performance specifications. Look at the memory bandwidth specifications and the DirectX level support.
How to replace a power supply.
How to replace a video card.
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HP Pavilion A6603W Graphics card upgrading help.

Current Graphics card:
GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i (integrated into motherboard as a chip)
Power supply#: ATX-250-12Z-REV-D7R (250 Watts I believe?)
Computer Model: ( HP Pavilion A6603W)
Problem: Trying to figure out which is the best graphics card to upgrade with to keep up to date with the current games, such as : Battlefield, bad company 2, Just cause 2, Amnesia: Dark descent.
Now as for the power supply, I am sure Ill need to upgrade that as well. But I found a pretty reasonable one online at fry's electronics:
http://www.frys.com/product/5503410
But as for the graphics card, I am completely lost here at what I kind I can buy and not buy. most of my games require to have at least DirectX10 or higher, which my graphics card only supports DirectX 9. I have also seen that some graphics cards require power slots? I am completely new to this and I would like to have support from users.
Oh and by the way, the minimum I can spend is 250$
any suggestions?
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Salko, to play the games that you mention, you will need a good mid-level video card. I like XFX, BFG, EVGA, Sapphire and PNY in that order. The main thing to check is the length of the card. The newer cards that are 10" or longer may not fit in the space provided. With a PSU that is at least 500W, you have allot of choices.
The Antec PSU should be fine. However, I like OCZ and Corsair PSU's for superior clean, stable power. They are both enthusiast/gamer PSU manufacturers. Check Newegg for a PSU that has allot of reviews (read them) and is rated at least 4 eggs. This is a good indicator of the quality of the product from those who are using it.
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HP Pavilion graphics card upgrade (8500GT - GTS 450)

Hello all super HP users!
I own a Pavilion a6424.gr which has a GeForce 8500GT (PCIE, 512MB ddr2) by default. I am thinking of upgrading the graphics card with a GeForce GTS 450 (ASUS). Do you think it is going to work ok? Can the mobo's PCIe accommodate for this card (says it needs PCIe 2.0)?
Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions, ideas, answers or yours!
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HI,
dpant wrote:
Hello all super HP users!
I own a Pavilion a6424.gr which has a GeForce 8500GT (PCIE, 512MB ddr2) by default. I am thinking of upgrading the graphics card with a GeForce GTS 450 (ASUS). Do you think it is going to work ok? Can the mobo's PCIe accommodate for this card (says it needs PCIe 2.0)? That is not a problem. PCIe 2.1 is downwardly compatible
Thank you very much in advance for any suggestions, ideas, answers or yours!
The only problem you will have is the original PSU (only 300W and no six-pin PCIe power connectors). This upgrade will require a PSU upgrade to 400 Watt ot better,
Best regards,
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