I can buy a 2012 Mac Pro relatively cheaply.
I sadly do not have either $6k or $52K to buy the newest one nor to buy the non upgradable failed trashcan model whichi is ungodly expensive on Ebay.
I wish I did.

This card can be found on Amazon for just over $300 new.
New Egg & Walmart are out of stock on this.
You can buy it at Micro Center but only for store pickup and there is sadly none near me.
Nearest is to me is in Tustin, Ca. but out of stock.
It is in stock in a store in New Jersey.
$209.99 without the back plate.
A company in the UK will design you a custom made plate with an LED & I will have to ask them about that.
With your logo, name and name of the card on it as well.
There are many back east including in Philadelphia.
Luke Miani buys a lot of stuff from them.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-Technology-Radeon-Nitro-RX-590-8GB-GDDR5-Dual-HDMI-DVI-D-Dual-DP-OC/264315515467?hash=item3d8a6eb24b:g:uMIAAOSwwP1c08F4

I put the wrong link in.
Sorry.
And the Sapphire site has a hard time loading this card information for some reason.
I watched the 590 but the guy embedded it with only about 200 views which is stupid.
You can't repost it and he never came out with a part 2.
There is one video showing the 590 in a 2012 Mac Pro but I can't find it now & will keep looking.
Installing a 580 and a 590 are effectively the same except for the screw hole issues with the 590.
The Mac will recoginize it as a class of card but not the exact card but it will work in a 2012.
The only issue with THIS card is that you have to align the screw holes properly and tighten the left screw slightly by hand first, then the right screw while also pushing the card towards the outside to get it to seat properly.
You also need the correct power connectors with a splitter as it takes 2 connectors, an 8 pin and a six pin to work.
But those are cheap and can be found on Amazon.
Card is about $300 and has 8 gb of ram built in.
There is a non special edition that looks identical but is $20 cheaper or so.

There are very few 2012 Mac Pro upgrade videos out there
Most people are still upgrading 2008, 2009, 2010's.
I am going to be buying a 2012 Mac Pro in March and will slowly upgrade it as I have the money.

I'm going to be putting the 1 tb external drive in this 2008 Imac in a few months.
Then repair the 2010, add ram and a new 2tb SDD & fix the cracked screen and eventually wipe the drive on this one and sell it.
I am also buying a 2010 Mac Mini next month so I can use the Mac Mini in the bedroom as well.
And then once the 2010 Imac is repaired and the ram upgraded, wipe it as well and sell it and get a newer Imac.
And use the 2005 Mac Mini to play older games.
 

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