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upgrade graphics for late 2013 mac pro

late 2013 Mac Pro ....is it possible to upgrade my graphics card from the AMD FirePro D300 2048 MB to the 700

The only method available at this writing is to convert your current Mac Pro to CASH (by selling it) and buy one with the features you desire.

While it is possible to remove and replace the graphics sections of the Late 2013 Mac Pro,

not sure what you'd replace them with at this time... except an officially sanctioned duplicate.

iFixit guide to replace Graphics card in Late 2013 Mac Pro:

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Pro+Late+2013+Graphics+Card+Replacement/21208

Take apart and repair? guide from iFixit:

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Mac_Pro_Late_2013

OWC shows only RAM and Storage upgrade options at this point:

https://eshop.macsales.com/search/late+2013+mac+pro+graphic+upgrades

•According to Everymac.com, the upgrade to the 700 graphics was an option from Apple for $1000/$600... March 2014:

https://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/mac-pro-cylinder-faq/how-to-upgrad e-mac-pro-cylinder-gpu-video-card.html

"In addition to the standard dual AMD FirePro D300 and D500 graphics cards, Apple offers dual AMD FirePro

D700 graphics cards each with 6 GB of GDDR5 memory as a US$1000 upgrade for the entry-level Mac Pro

"Quad Core" 3.7 and a US$600 upgrade for the  Mac Pro "Six Core" 3.5." - see quote in context above.

Since the unit can be taken apart for repair and replacement, there may be someone out there

capable of performing an upgrade; probably to an out-of-warranty Mac Pro Late 2013. So if you

can locate such a person, they may be able to make you a prototype or locate a custom build...

Or try & locate the upgrade 'replacement' part such as Apple put into their official upgrade offering.

Good luck & happy computing!

and yet we continue to wait.  totally disenfranchised.

Pardon?

what does voting have to do with the issue at hand?

If you believe you have a Hardware issue with your Mac, an Apple store will provide a free evaluation when you make an appointment and appear with your equipment. If you have not taken advantage of this service, you are missing out.

Are you lost?  WE WANT TO UPGRADE OUR GPUs,p not buy new computers.

The late 2013 Mac Pro uses an Apple Proprietary form factor for its graphics cards. But I do not believe Apple has threatened anyone about using this same form factor to produce their own cards with different graphics chips.

To date, no other manufacturer has opted to produce cards in this form factor. So your options are limited to the cards produced by Apple, unless you choose to use an external ThunderBolt card cage with a third-party PCIe slot graphics card.

If User-replaceable graphics cards are important to you, there are many PCs you could buy instead of a Mac.

Agreed, was foolish of me to think Apple would provide an upgrade path for a pro model computer.

There is an apparent change regarding some support articles with these

2013 series Mac Pro models; select pages are being archived by Apple.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/16/09/06/some-mac-pro-support-pages-archived-by -apple-will-longer-be-updated

"Apple has moved some of its support pages specifically detailing the redesigned 2013 Mac Pro to the

archives, and will no longer be updating them, signaling a possible refresh or retirement of the computer."

"The pages detailing the port configuration, orientation of the computer, and recommended

software and firmware updates have all been shuttered."

Perhaps third-party hardware makers may offer upgrade channel, or

may require custom firmware. I really don't see enough market for that.

MacPro cylinder-shaped models are engineered quite apart from others.

Other than digital storage and some memory upgrades, not much was

created for aftermarket upgrade; a few items such as OWC had listed.

Maybe these will go by way of the professional-grade Apple servers;

time may reveal direction of hardware & software device pathways.

In any event...

Good luck!

the D700 is a very fast card... and if no manufacturer is planing on building or offering upgrades, they may not see any value in that. You can not blame Apple for this.

If you need the D700, I would also recommend, buy one that has it installed.

You can replace your internal SSD and CPU to the new one, and put the ones from the new bought MacPro in the old one and sell it again.

See no problem in that.

Just start your machine afterwards with your SSD and all is fine :-)

Similarly, your car dealer does not provide engine replacements should you want different gas mileage or different Horsepower ratings. Or body swaps if you want a different seating layout.

It is impractical to swap them around. So selling the existing unit (car or computer) and buying one that better meets your needs is your only practical recourse at this writing.

The D700 is NOT a very fast card at all.

It is equivalent to a FirePro W9000 GPU which was released in 2012 and is less than half as powerful as modern $500 GPU in real world tasks.

If you want a GPU upgrade the most effective option for Mac Pro 2013 is external GPU.

Thankfully this is quite possible if you choose a state of the art AMD (e.g. Radeon) as drivers have been made available thanks to the recent bump in MacBook Pro's. You can't use a current generation GeForce (unless you're using Windows), but you can use a 980 Ti, which would get you 2x the speed of a D700 in non-bandwidth limited tasks (connection is via Thunderbolt 2 which is limiting if your bottleneck is loading assets on/off the GPU).

You'll need an external PCIe caddy which connects via Thunderbolt 2.

Yes.  I have seen the mac pro (2013) series D700’s for sale separately and they can be installed in an existing mac pro this takes abit of time and dissasembly and some thermal compound, but absolutely cam and has been done.

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