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  1. G

    MP 7,1 What to use for only 16 lane PCIE slot left in Mac Pro 2019? The Afterburner card or Sonnet M.2 4x4 PCIe Card?

    Hello! I have recently purchased a Mac Pro 2019 with 3.2 GHz 16-Core Intel Xeon W and 2 x AWD Radeon Pro Vega II - with the afterburner card and 192MB Ram. I am using this computer for video editing. I only have one 16 PCIE lane slot left to use for either A) Afterburner card or B) Sonnet...
  2. chfilm

    MP 7,1 My "friend" at the Apple Store...

    Hey, I just wanted to share my experience that I've had at the Apple Store over the past couple of days. Back when I ordered my Mac Pro over the phone, I got in touch with a guy who introduced himself as my new personal rep from the business sales team from the local flagship store. He was super...
  3. alanmadzar

    MP 7,1 Mac Pro 2019 Applications and GPU Usage

    Hi there, I was wondering, with the multitude of applications that are going to be meant for use on the new Mac Pro, what are their GPU requirements? With all these high-power GPU MPX Modules available, will the applications that are meant to be used by them actually need all that GPU power...
  4. alanmadzar

    MP 7,1 Mac Pro 2019 Work Flow For Pro-App Devs

    I am really trying to understand how these "pro-app" developers are going to utilize the Mac Pro 2019... more specifically, the work flow of (Mac Pro 2019 + MPX Modules + Afterburner + Metal + Pro-App Developers). With a fully configured Mac Pro (w/ MPX Modules and Afterburner), how will a...