dm4n Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Hi All, Can anyone recommend a Metal GPU for the Dell T3500 that would make it possible to install OS X Mojave? Currently rocking an ATI Radeon HD5670. Perhaps relevant is that T3400 owners have reported an issue where the newer AMD cards don't support the low-resolution Dell BIOS screen during boot, giving a 'Vesa 103' error. Thanks for any assistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eC//FrEaK Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I'm using a GeForce GTX650Ti in my T1650... full metal support is given on Mojave... Any GeFore 600 Series card (Kepler chipset) will work. Some of the GeForce 700 Series cards are also using a Kepler chipset and will work. You can use Google/Wikipedia to look for a suitable card, any Kepler based card will work. Codename GKxxx. Or, look at the official Apple Graphics Support Document ... --> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Hervé Posted January 7, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 7, 2019 Yup, cheap Kepler cards (chipset GKxxx) like nVidia GT710, GT720 or GT730 will do perfectly and work OOB. Make sure you do not go for Fermi-based models of the 600/700 Series. You may look here or here too. And of course, it'll all depend on the budget you're ready to spend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 8, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 8, 2019 I tried a Asus GT640 on a Precision 9710 and it said metal supported so i lucked out on a GK model 640. only issue I had was that I believe the 9710 needs an UEFI flashed rom video card as I had no graphics at all until it was in OS. the factory NVS 310 gave me GUI interface because of UEFI bios but it is not metal supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eC//FrEaK Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Bronxteck said: I tried a Asus GT640 on a Precision 9710 and it said metal supported. only issue I had was that I believe the 9710 needs an UEFI flashed rom video card as I had no graphics at all until it was in OS. the factory NVS 310 gave me GUI interface because of UEFI bios but it is not metal supported. You need to enable "legacy boot roms" in the BIOS. This enables the UEFI-CSM. You'll have graphics output throughout the whole boot process. My GTX650Ti has also no UEFI bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 8, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 8, 2019 legacy option made no difference on the 9710 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eC//FrEaK Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 1/8/2019 at 5:57 PM, Bronxteck said: legacy option made no difference on the 9710 Umm... this is really strange... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm4n Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 Thanks all. I went with AMD RX 560 - working pretty well with Mojave and nice shift from running my monitor in 1080 to 4K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 29, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 29, 2019 I wound up going with a RX 580. works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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