B450 AORUS PRO WIFI, AMD RYZEN 5 5600G ZEN 3 6 CORE 12 THREAD PROCESSOR. GPU GT-218 (TESLA)Trying to get High Sierra installed so i can use my GPU

[toaddog123]

B450 AORUS PRO WIFI, AMD RYZEN 5 5600G ZEN 3 6 CORE 12 THREAD PROCESSOR. GT-218 [GEFORCE 210]
Trying to get High Sierra installed so i can use my GPU, not sure if its possible with that GPU, any help would be appreciated.

 

[Edhawk]

The GT 710 is a Kepler series dGPU. It will work in macOS up to and including Big Sur.

It works with the native Nvidia drivers provided by Apple in macOS, so there is no need to use the Nvidia Web Drivers that other Nvidia cards require.

 

[toaddog123]

The GT 710 is a Kepler series dGPU. It will work in macOS up to and including Big Sur.

It works with the native Nvidia drivers provided by Apple in macOS, so there is no need to use the Nvidia Web Drivers that other Nvidia cards require.

Sorry i made a mistake, my GPU is a GT-218 [GEFORCE 210].

 

[Edhawk]

Seriously, that is a really old GPU. Why are you messing around with such a poor dGPU? What VRAM does it have, 512MB?

NVIDIA GeForce 210 Specs

NVIDIA GT218S, 520 MHz, 16 Cores, 8 TMUs, 4 ROPs, 512 MB DDR3, 400 MHz, 64 bit

www.techpowerup.com

You would probably need Chris1111's Legacy patcher app to get any use out of that dGPU on macOS. Don't expect it to run well in any recent version of macOS. By recent I mean High Sierra (5-years old), as it won't work in Mojave or newer.

You need to think about getting a new or secondhand dGPU that is capable of working at a reasonable level alongside your AMD MB & CPU. The GT 218 (210) will be a complete bottleneck for any processes you try to undertake in macOS.

Have a look at the GPU Buyers Guide, AMD is obviously the best option but some Kepler Nvidia cards are also worth a look if money is tight.

Introduction | GPU Buyers Guide

 

[toaddog123]

Your right, i should chuck it in the garbage but it has a very nice heat sink (work of art lol), i been trying to install High Sierra but says it is not compatible. I have Big Sur and Catalina installed, tried Chriss1111 legacy patcher on Catalina, said it patched it but no graphic acceleration. I used a EFI file that was posted on this site, worked for Bir Sur and Catalina but not Montana and High Sierra. Can you tell me if there is any possibility that my motherboard, Gigabyte b450 IGpu would ever get graphic acceleration? And are there any changes you have to make to EFI to get High Sierra and Montana installed on my hardware? Thanks. PS: I did not alter EFI to get it installed on Big Sur and Catalina and it has 1 Gig of VRAM.

 

[toaddog123]

Seriously, that is a really old GPU. Why are you messing around with such a poor dGPU? What VRAM does it have, 512MB?

NVIDIA GeForce 210 Specs

NVIDIA GT218S, 520 MHz, 16 Cores, 8 TMUs, 4 ROPs, 512 MB DDR3, 400 MHz, 64 bit

www.techpowerup.com

You would probably need Chris1111's Legacy patcher app to get any use out of that dGPU on macOS. Don't expect it to run well in any recent version of macOS. By recent I mean High Sierra (5-years old), as it won't work in Mojave or newer.

You need to think about getting a new or secondhand dGPU that is capable of working at a reasonable level alongside your AMD MB & CPU. The GT 218 (210) will be a complete bottleneck for any processes you try to undertake in macOS.

Have a look at the GPU Buyers Guide, AMD is obviously the best option but some Kepler Nvidia cards are also worth a look if money is tight.

Introduction | GPU Buyers Guide

Sorry forgot to mention the brand name, it is a Zotac 210 1GIG VRAM 64 BIT DDR2 Model - ZT-20305

 

[Edhawk]

Makes little difference, it's a PCIe 2.0 card from 2011, so having double the VRAM is better but not a lot. As the card is still stuck with only 16 cores or as AMD call them Steam Processors. Those are the parts that do the work, the 1GB VRAM (DDR3) will be where the work is undertaken.

What I would consider a low end card would have minimum of 1GB VRAM (DDR5) and around 640 cores/Steam Processors, and a good 5 year old card would have 8GB VRAM and 2000+ cores/Steam Processors.

 

[toaddog123]

Makes little difference, it's a PCIe 2.0 card from 2011, so having double the VRAM is better but not a lot. As the card is still stuck with only 16 cores or as AMD call them Steam Processors. Those are the parts that do the work, the 1GB VRAM (DDR3) will be where the work is undertaken.

What I would consider a low end card would have minimum of 1GB VRAM (DDR5) and around 640 cores/Steam Processors, and a good 5 year old card would have 8GB VRAM and 2000+ cores/Steam Processors.

Trying everthing to install High Sierra, nothing works, with and without GPU. Error message: This version of MACOS is not compatiable. Error: 27AD2F918AE68F61
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[Edhawk]

You need to check the SMBIOS data you are using is compatible with High Sierra.

Just so you know, if you are using MacPro7,1 it won't work as the earliest version of macOS to work with the MacPro7,1 SMBIOS is macOS Catalina 10.15.1.

You need to use MacPro6,1 or iMac14,2 or iMacPro1,1 SMBIOS when running High Sierra.

You also need to set SecureBootModel as 'Disabled' not as 'Default' in your config.plist.