Would this card work with an expansion chassis (like the Sonnet Echo Express II) for a Thunderbolt equipped Mac (such as an iMac)?
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I am using this video card on a Mac Pro tower as a card for three 23" monitors. Don' have any experience with other systems.
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Short answer: no. Note that my familiarity with the Sonnet expansion products is limited to what's posted on their website. First of all, neither the Express not the Express II can accommodate a full-length card, so it would have to be the Pro just to physically fit. Secondly, the card needs *two* 75W auxiliary power connections (in addition to the slot power), and recommends at least a 500W poser supply (which admittedly is for the whole system), but even the Express Pro only provides a single 75W auxiliary power connection, with 150W total. Thirdly, even if the card worked at all, the Thunderbolt bandwidth is woefully small compared to a 16X PCIe slot, even at PCIe 1.0 speeds, let alone PCIe 2.0 (as in my Mac Pro) or the PCIe 3.0 that the card supports. So the performance of anything involving card&lt;-&gt;host communication would be severely crippled. I don't know whether the software can handle PCIe graphics cards connected via an expansion chassis, but I doubt that anyone bothers to test that case. Though not needing it to work as the boot display would at least improve the odds.
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Sorry. I am not hundred percent sure as I only have MacBook pro, but i think it is compatible with all thunderbolts ports. Good luck.
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No, I don't think so. This memory is used on HP servers and is 240 pin. I believe your iMac uses 200 pin memory.
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I bought it for a PC but I also own a Mac and in your case I would check with Nvidia or Apple the drivers issue. It will fit because pcie is a standard but are there drivers for OsX/Mac available? That's the only concern here
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Yes and no. For example I use mine to connect from my 15in MacBook Pro that has thunderbolt, to a 27in iMac that does not have thunderbolt only mini display. I use the iMac as an external display for the MacBook Pro.
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Should work, be careful though some mainboards will reject these cards due to a hardware conflict. Google this and pay close attention to hackintosh forums as this is a popular card for hackintosh builds
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I would be very hesitant to use the card. When I bought my Mac Pro in January 2008, the card was on back order and I had to accept two 250 MB cards instead of one 500 MB. Several years later, I bought the 500 MB card. Graphics cards are in a constant state of flux. The card in question might not even fit (240 pin vs 180 pin). Apple customer support may show you the compatibility. Apple is much better in this respect than it used to be. There are also web sites that can help. Good luck.
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Sorry I have no experience using the card in mac. I used the card on PC machines. My guess is as J Luster suggested ... the mac motherboard is scanning all the SATA ports 1st for a bootable HD before finding the AVSx2. On a PC one would have to look into the BIOS to change the boot order to boot off the PCI cards 1st. I found problems with AVSx2 recognition depending upon whether or not I was also running the motherboard in legacy vs AHCI HD configuration. I don't bother with the card anymore.
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No, I don't think so. This memory is used on HP servers and is 240 pin.I believe your iMac uses 200 pin memory.
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I have a 2011 27" iMac and it has 2 thunderbolt 10 gb connectors on the back of it. Purchase a thunderbolt cable and you will have a far better experience than using one of the usb 2 ports.
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I am using this in my Mac Pro currently. You need to make sure your Mac can use this card though.
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Most likely not. The issue is software. The Nvidia bios and Apple bios are NOT compatible. If you install this card (which is great for Windows OS), you may not get any video at all on boot-up. Not to mention this card takes up two card slots of space. I know this card is low cost but I would look for a video card that specifies that it is MAC compatible.
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I use it for my MBP and it works great and was priced right. It shouldn't matter what MBP/ iMac you have.
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this is a TOUGH question, the simple answer is NO as its missing OSX BIOS info so the MB wont install the drivers for it BUT you can re-flash with an apple aware bios and then yes OSX will detect and install drivers... as i understand its just not plug'n'play on OSX but you could email support at ATI (AMD) and ask for assistance and confirmation of the probably erroneous advice ive given or they may have a working bios for the card, or patch for OSX to get the apple ID anyway... good luck
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Thunderbolt came out only in 2011. Those iMacs don't carry that port. In a few words... That cable will never work in those mac's unless you buy a firewire-thunderbolt converter adapter. Good Luck!!
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According to an apple forum it is compatible, but only if the speed is the same (the MHz). Go under the iMac's apple menu, click "about this Mac", then it should tell you the MHz next to the RAM specifications. The one I'm selling here is 1600 Mhz, and this is the forum: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4297186. That being said, I downgraded my Mac from the 1600 MHz RAM I'm selling, to two larger 1066 MHz sticks and it works great. But trust your best judgement, I'm not really familiar with iMacs. Hope that helps!
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I have an iMAC and it works great (had it about 2 months). Very fast, easy to install. I don't know if there is a difference between the two computers. I'm connected via thunderbolt