Installing a Graphics Card in a Mac Pro Tower (mid 2010)

I have a Mac Pro tower (Mid 2010) with ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB card. I swapped out the card and installed a Radeon RX 580 4GB Metal GPU Video Graphics Card. My research said it was compatible with my tower. After installing and starting up the computer I see the boot screen and the Apple Progress Bar. For about 35 seconds the progress bar moves until it is halfway across and then the screen goes black. I waited 10 minutes and nothing happened. Tried several times. I reinstalled my original card and everything is fine. Any suggestions on how I can get the card to work. I watched a youtube video in which the installer used both the 8 pin and the 6 pin cable together. I tried this as well but got the same result. The Card was listed as being for Mac Pro. I checked the System requirements on the box and it says supported operating systems include Linux, WIndows 10, Windows 7. Would there be a completely separate card and packaging for a Mac compatible version or should this card work for PC and Mac?



Mac Pro, macOS 10.12

Posted on Aug 23, 2025 5:24 PM

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Posted on Aug 24, 2025 4:03 PM

Some third-party sites suggest the first MacOS Drivers for that card appeared in MacOS X 10.12.6, and not earlier.


Iif not running at least that version, you may need to upgrade to a later MacOS. Be sure you do that upgrade in this Mac, so that a later version of Mac firmware gets installed. There were several firmware updates in rapid succession right around this time.

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Aug 24, 2025 4:03 PM in response to Jeff Geisel

Some third-party sites suggest the first MacOS Drivers for that card appeared in MacOS X 10.12.6, and not earlier.


Iif not running at least that version, you may need to upgrade to a later MacOS. Be sure you do that upgrade in this Mac, so that a later version of Mac firmware gets installed. There were several firmware updates in rapid succession right around this time.

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Installing a Graphics Card in a Mac Pro Tower (mid 2010)

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