This means that if your Mac is older than 2012 it won’t officially be able to run Catalina or Mojave. That being said, being the latest/greatest, they should stay "fresh" for quite a while longer than the 3-year-old GTX 680 will. Apple said that would run happily on a late 2009 or later MacBook or iMac, or a 2010 or later MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini or Mac Pro. The drawback is price, as they typically run in the neighborhood of $500-$600. This will do 4k 2D with ease, will perform quite well in 3D, and are a top of the line modern video card, so they should last a while.
Graphics card for macbook pro 2009 pro#
If you own the 3,1, 4,1, or 5,1 Mac Pro you can utilize any of GPUs we sell except for the GT 1 GT mentioned above. We do not provide these methods, but information about them is readily available online.
You also need to be careful about power draw, as you don't want to go over about 250watts maximum draw from your video card in the Mac Pro.
Graphics card for macbook pro 2009 drivers#
You need to download the nVidia web drivers for OS X, and you won't see a boot screen (the screen will remain black until the drivers are loaded- sometime around the point where your login appears).