Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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My brother’s Mac Pro is single CPU, Quad-Core 2.8 GHz Xeon W3530, Mac Pro with 32 GBs of RAM, and a hand-me-down GeForce 1060. He'd like to upgrade it so he can put off buying a new computer for a year or two and didn't want to spend much money.

So he purchased an AMD 6600 XT and 6-Core CPU for all of $225. This is the process and the results.

XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Radeon RX 6600
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RX 580s are cheap again
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The $75 Upgrade to a Mac Pro 3,1.
youtube.com/watch?v=XaStlvmvluI&feature=youtu.be

Important links:

AMD VB Flash utility
techpowerup.com/download/ati-atiflash

Syncretic's AMD 6000 series ROM patcher
forums.macrumors.com/threads/amd-radeon-rx-6800-xt-6900-xt-for-macos.2262295/page-37?post=31045379#post-31045379

MacSound Solutions: How to flash a RX6600XT RX6800XT RX6900XT for Mac Pro 5,1
youtube.com/watch?v=GP6tIwezz2I