In this video, I go over the process of flashing an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card for use in a Mac Pro. This process will work for most 5870 graphics card. I'm considering Flash updating PC ATI Video AGP cards to MAC versions for use on a G4 533 DA. I currently have an old Rage 128 card from a G3 B&W in the PCI slot but want to upgrade to something better. I have a couple of PC ATI Radeon cards one's a 9000 and the othe isn't clearly marked except for Radeon and the year 2000.
This article applies only to video cards that originally shipped with a specified Mac Pro or were offered as an upgrade kit by Apple. Similar cards that were not provided by Apple may have compatibility issues and you should work with the vendor of that card to confirm compatibility.
Mac Pro (2019)
Learn more about cards you can install in Mac Pro (2019) and how to install PCIe cards in your Mac Pro (2019).
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
- Dual AMD FirePro D300
- Dual AMD FirePro D500
- Dual AMD FirePro D700
Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
- ATI Radeon HD 5770
- ATI Radeon HD 5870
Learn about graphics cards supported in macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012).
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Ati Flash For Macbook Pro
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
- ATI Radeon HD 4870
- ATI Radeon HD 5870, offered as an upgrade kit
The Radeon HD 5870 card requires Mac OS X 10.6.4 or later and the use of both auxiliary power connections.
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (part number 630-9191 or 630-9897)*
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
- ATI Radeon HD 4870, offered as an upgrade kit
The Radeon HD 4870 card requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later.
Mac Pro (Original)
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Ati Flash For Mac Catalina
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
- ATI Radeon X1900 XT
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 (part number 630-7532 or 630-7895)*
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (part number 630-9492), offered as an upgrade kit.*
The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT card requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or later with the Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 or the computer may not start up properly.
* To identify a graphics card part number, check the label on the back of the card.
ATIFlash or AMDVBFlash – software for flashing BIOS on AMD GPUs. Require Windows 7 or newer. You can save BIOS, do changes with Polaris Bios Editor or SRBPolaris, then flash modifyed BIOS back.
Download:
2.93 – Adds support for flashing Navi Radeon RX 5700 Series BIOS
How to use ATIFlash:
In the list, select the desired video card, then load the firmware file via the Load Image button and wait – the program does everything by itself. After completing the procedure, the device will need to be rebooted, after which it will be ready for use.
Flash Ati 5770 For Mac
Through the command line. The recommended firmware method for which you need to use commands is that you can limit yourself to three.
atiflash.exe -i displays a list of equipment, atiflash.exe -p with the name and card number selects a specific one, atiflash.exe -pa with the name of the file flashes all the cards.
atiflash.exe -i displays a list of equipment, atiflash.exe -p with the name and card number selects a specific one, atiflash.exe -pa with the name of the file flashes all the cards.