Radeon HD 7850 2GB Special Edition 256-bit GDDR5 Eyefinity 6 SLIM model is a performance-segment Metal graphics card modified for Mac Pro models 1,1 - 5,1 (2006-2012) to show -


• Apple Logo Boot Screen

• Boot Menu Selector

• Progress Bar

• Verbose Single User Mode

• Recovery Mode

• FireWire Target Mode

• Firmware Updates

• OS X Installer Setup

• OpenCore Setup



This video card is Plug ’n Play (gpu power cable mandatory)


Native support starts on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 and Mountain Lion 10.8.2 with official Radeon drivers up to Monterey 12.x. OCLP provides support on Sequoia 15.x and Sonoma 14.x and Ventura 13.x


Tested working on Mac Pro 1,1 - 2,1 up to El Capitan 10.11.x

Tested working on Mac Pro 3,1 up to Sequoia 15.x

Tested working on Mac Pro 4,1 - 5,1 up to Sequoia 15.x

Tested working on Windows 7 - 11 Boot Camp


Cable adapters, tv's / monitors, port functionality, performance, resolutions, refresh rates, may act differently between different operating systems. Behavior in one version may be different than in another.

Card has been fully stress tested and monitored on all output ports and works perfectly in both either OS X versions or Windows Boot Camp.


Supports 6 multiple displays. Adapters that are 'Active' or 'Passive' will yield different results.



Maximum Resolutions:

  • mDP 1.2: 4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz, 5120 x 2880 @ 30Hz
  • *Note: 4K 3840 x 2160 resolutions require OS 10.9 or better for best compatibility/performance
  • *Note: 4K @ 60Hz on HDMI can be achieved with proper mDP 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 adapter
  • *Note: 5K @ 30Hz on mDP 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 adapter

Output ports come as:


6 x mini DisplayPort

Graphics Features


Metal Support

DirectX 12 (11.1)

OpenGL 4.6

OpenCL 2.1 (1.2)

Vulkan 1.2.170

Shader Model 6.5 (5.1)

Clock Speeds

Base Clock

860 MHz

Memory Clock

1200 MHz 

4800 MHz effective

Render Config

Shading Units

1024

TMUs

64

ROPs

32

Compute Units

16

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate

27.52 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

55.04 GTexel/s

Bandwidth

153.6 GB/s


*Main image is only a representation in the Mac Pro and actual card will look different upon arrival. Adapters not included.


*Cable included upon request at checkout. Strongly urged to re-use your existing 6-pin cable if applicable.


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