Apple doesn't support nVidia's GeForce graphics cards on macOS, but the Core X will work with a wide range of AMD cards when used with a Mac, from the low-cost RX 470 up to the professional-level. Basic Graphics: Display adapter capable of 24-bit color Advanced Graphics: DirectX 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5: Disk Space: 30 GB free disk space: Media: Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key: Pointing Device: MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion compliant device: Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher: Connectivity. However, for subsequently released Mac Pro models there also are compatible aftermarket video cards available, including the NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X with 12 GB of GGDR5 VRAM, the most powerful video card available for these Mac Pro models. These all are intended to work with the Mac Pro either with default OS X support or with provided drivers.
What macOS version are you running?
Do you want to upgrade to Mojave? If so you need a Metal-compatible card.
Do you want a boot screen? Only cards with an Apple EFI will get you a boot screen. A boot screen is used for selection different boot devices during startup and for booting to Recovery for resolving problems.
Here is a list of cards that support fcpx
Graphics Cards For Machine Learning
Here is Apple article that support Mojave
The cards you want depends upon the macOS you want to use and how much you want to spend. fcpx likes ATi.AMD cards since they support Open CL which fcpc uses.
Graphics Cards For Macbook Pro
I have a 2009/4/1 MP flashed to a 5.1 and am running Mojave with a PC (no boot screen) with a AMD Radeon RX 580.
Macbook Pro External Graphics Card
Jan 28, 2019 1:05 AM