It was plug and play - even running in Big Sur (on my other Pro, a 2010 5,1) - and it handled itself. I believe in Radeon/AMD - especially considering my background with Macs. And it ran three vintage monitors on adapters without complaint (until it quit, no notice). I don't play a lot of AAA titles that aren't RPGs, so I'm not addicted to FPS over 60 - but this one could hit it in Pathfinder, Baldur's Gate 3, and Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire (not at highest, don't be ridiculous, LOL). This particular card? The limited nature of a very old Mac Pro? I can't tell you, but I was very sad about it. When it went back in, it had given up on me. But it held up, and ran, unti l I switched it out to do some work in an older OS that wouldn't support it. The particular card (lightly used, allegedly) ran very hot - the metal casing was obviously over 100 degrees (F) to the touch. The Pro was upgraded, significantly, as a dual processor Xeon machine - despite it's limitations on early PCIe ports and general speed. I foolishly paired this with a 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 (flashed 2,1) running Linux (Elementary OS 5) and it really held it's own for a card I paid around $325 for - trying to avoid even the early inflation on non-workstation cards. It's like a sleepy RX480 or so - able to push 4 monitors, and run games (not as well as CAD, but. I bought this for a secondary hobby build before the 2021 GPU market went insane. This card was less durable than I hoped - but I really, really pushed it.
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