Installing A Graphics Card In Your Mac Pro 4,1 or 5,1 (2009 or Newer). Begin by disconnecting your Mac Pro's power cable and any display monitors currently connected to the back of your Mac Pro. Remove the side panel of the computer. With the gray fan on the left and your current graphics card on the right. People frequently email us requesting to know what the best possible graphics card (GPU) option is for their Mac Pro. There is no catch all answer to this.

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)

• 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)

• 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.

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Hi guys,
I have a Quad Core 3,1 Mac Pro. 8GB of Ram, SSD, 5770 (I think), and 5TB of internal storage since it acts as my media storage. I also have the 24' Apple Cinema Display.
The performance is 'GOOD' for the most part. But I can tell it's starting to get long in the tooth for some things (like the new iPhoto) but still acceptable. Pretty amazing for a 2008 computer that's damn near 8 YEARS OLD!
Anyhow, it seems like every other day the machine will freeze and I need to hold down the power button to restart it. Not a big deal because it only takes 18 seconds to reboot, but I think something is a little wonky either with the OS (I haven't had a clean install in 4-6 years) or possibly the hardware, but don't know if I want to sink in time to test.
I'm thinking it's time to potentially look for a new Mac, then sell this one off on Craigslist.
Since this computer acts as a server, I REALLY don't want a Mac which I have to buy a bunch of external closures for and make the Mac appear like it's on life support. I would really like to just get another Mac Pro. The iMacs usually require doing a BTO option in order to get the SSD drive. I certainly don't want to buy an iMac and have to tear it apart just to install a SSD.
The new Mac Pro I will need to buy external enclosures for, but I think for that model the effort would be worth it. However, Apple hasn't touched them since 2013, and the price is a bit ridiculous being the age of them.
So, I'm thinking about a Mac Pro 5,1 with a six core 3.33GHz. I would spend about $800 for one of these. My budget is about $1400ish.
Is it stupid to spend $800 on a Mac Pro 5,1 in 2016? Is this a quantum leap over my Mac Pro, or something that's just a little faster..or am I better off looking for a NEW Mac of some other sort?