Forgot your password? Or sign in with one of these services. I like to play games and i want a geforce in my imac, is that possible? Although the graphics cards used on iMac are "somehow" considered "low", their performance is astonishing.
Its not only the card, its the whole system that supports it. And games are handled differently than pcs in iMacs. Those cards are excellent for gaming.
Not in the range of the , but still more than enough. If so, it might be possible to move a newly announced ATi into the slot. Now I shall have to go check the service manual, etc.
Yes, I thought so. In the inch iMac at least, the ATi graphics card is a removable card with heat sink assembly see pages thru of the service manual. Why not just buy a mac pro? You wouldn't have to toss a screen AND a computer when it becomes outdated. Plus, you can upgrade the graphics card.
I just upgraded my I have this same issue. Same model and took out the and replaced with Turn it on and makes the chime but screen is black. Double checked and the lcd screen is defiantly plugged in correctly. Have you had any luck?? I havent upgraded mine yet. However, from the videos Ive watched and my research, it seems that when you upgrade the gpu you will no longer have a boot screen, meaning the apple logo and loading bar will not show while the system is starting up anymore.
I would try turning it on and giving it a few mins and the desktop should pop up after the system gets fully booted up. Also some people say that it may take a little longer to boot up with an upgraded graphics card, I believe.
The only way you will still have a boot screen is if you take a gpu out of a newer mac and place it in a older one. Otherwise, any aftermarket ones will not show the boot process. Thomas Meijer thomasmeijer I'm curious about this to, since the GPU is a swappable card it should theoretically work, getting a will be the only problem or iFixit will make it possible ; Love to see someone trying this! For the CPU upgrade, see this thread , here we talk about upgrading from a dual-core to a quad-core.
Dave Nielsen. Thomas Meijer or Dave Wu, did either of you have luck with this? I'd love to put in a Radeon or even better go straight to the It'd save my life :. Dave Wu. I bought my on Gainsaver and it did not work for me at all. I can't verify whether it was a faulty GPU or that it just wasn't compatible. There was no boot chime or anything, I even tried a new power supply. I ended up ordering another Radeon and it ended up working fine for a few days, then it kind of crapped out on me.
I can still boot and I think it actually loads up fine, because when I hit the volume, I could hear the clicks! Product Reviews. Contact Us. Log in Register. Search titles only. Search Advanced search….
New posts. Starting with macOS Mojave If you have an external display connected to your eGPU, you can choose it as the primary display for all apps.
Since apps default to the GPU associated with the primary display, this option works with a variety of apps:. If you disconnect the eGPU, your Mac defaults back to the internal graphics processors that drives the built-in display.
When the eGPU is re-attached, it automatically sets the external display as the primary display. Mac hardware and GPU software drivers have always been deeply integrated into the system. This design fuels the visually rich and graphical macOS experience as well as many deeper platform compute and graphics features.
These include accelerating the user interface, providing support for advanced display features, rendering 3D graphics for pro software and games, processing photos and videos, driving powerful GPU compute features, and accelerating machine learning tasks.
This deep integration also enables optimal battery life while providing for greater system performance and stability. In order to deliver the best possible customer experience, GPU drivers need to be engineered, integrated, tested, and delivered with each version of macOS. The GPU drivers delivered with macOS are also designed to enable a high quality, high performance experience when using an eGPU, as described in the list of recommended eGPU chassis and graphics card configurations below.
Because of this deep system integration, only graphics cards that use the same GPU architecture as those built into Mac products are supported in macOS. It's important to use an eGPU with a recommended graphics card and Thunderbolt 3 chassis.
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