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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 2008 (3,1) -- reinstall MacOS, or Ubuntu linux?
I'm looking for perspective on what to do with my early-2008 Mac Pro (3.1). In 2017 I bought a 27" iMac, and matching Dell 27" monitor. I ended up installing ubuntu linux on a new SSD drive in the Mac Pro, but I haven't been using it. I'm wondering if the old Mac Pro might be more useful as a...- davebot 0.9
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- 2008 mac pro el capian linux steam
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Strange GPU behavior on Mac Pro 3,1
I have two GPUs for my early 2008 mac pro (2x 3.2ghz Xeon, 16GB OWC Ram), the first is an EVGA GTX 285 flashed with the mac efi and the second is an Apple radeon 5770. The system runs OS X 10.11.6 just fine. The strange thing is that in most games on OS X the 5770 outperforms the 285 by a...- Shadow9x99
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- 2008 mac pro graphic card gtx 285 help mac pro 3.1 radeon 5770 troubleshooting
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Need help with GPU switching on Mac Pro 3,1
I recently purchased a GTX 285 flashed with the mac EFI as an upgrade to the 5770 in my 2008 Mac Pro running OS X 10.11.6, the dilemma is the GTX 285 only supports Legacy OpenGL (2.1 and earlier) while the 5770 supports OpenGL 3.2 This isn't a problem as I can just run both at the same time...- Shadow9x99
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- 2008 mac pro amd and nvidia gpu dual gpu gpu switching
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Is the upgrade to 3,1 to 4,1/5,1 Mac Pro worth it?
Hello all, I currently have a 3,1 Mac Pro that I purchased last year. It is the 8-core 2.8 GHz model with 16GB of RAM and a SSD and a GTX 960. I am a part-time casual video editor, and am starting to notice a small amount of slow down when the people I began editing for began using 4K video. The... -
2009 mac Pro or upgrade 08 octocore
So i have an 8core 08 mac pro 10gb ram gtx670 2 1 tb HDD. I am starting to see some 09 mac pros at very interesting prices. should I upgrade mine to 32gb ram with a possible dual rx480 setup, or shoot for an 09 8core with the same gpu setup? IFF i do so, will i be able to toss my windows HDD in...