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  1. thewhofan

    Mail Conversation view broken (showing black) in Mac OS High Sierra

    After upgrading from Sierra to High Sierra on MBP late 2011 with Crucial SSD with APFS, Mac Mail has a visual bug when displaying email message that are included in any Conversation view. They Just show black. see attached image. My MacBook Pro has 2 graphics cards, one in-built and another...
  2. D

    MacBook Pro + Cinema Display = maxed out GPU memory

    After upgrading to 10.13, I noticed some odd graphical glitches in Safari and my rMBP (2012) getting quite hot at random times. Activity Monitor showed fairly average CPU and memory usage so I installed iStat to check out the GPU usage. Turns out, as soon as I plug in my 24" Cinema Display the...
  3. V

    GPU Link Speed not good rx 580 and 5770

    Hello I have a RX 580 8gb ROG STRIX Asus (pci e slot 1, its a huge card, takes 2.5 slots) 5770 1gb apple stock (pci e slot 3) my system is 5,1 X5690 x 2 96gb ram 3 16gb ram slots in each processor and here my link speed benchmarks of opencl ocean wave 1.61 attached with only the rx...
  4. C

    Resolved Strange Flcikering on nMP

    Yesterday I have changed my ups battery due to a fault. After powering up my nMP (6core - 2x D700 GPU) it showed a strange flickering effect on the bottom of the monitor (Asus PB278Q via hdmi) and than something like (it's not the real image, I have found it on the net for example and show)...
  5. J

    GPU performance comparison 2013-current?

    I've been searching Google for some benchmarks for GPU performance of MPBs between 2013 - current, and I can't seem to find anything. Just curious if anyone here can find a link. Just trying to determine (or justify) a new MBP. I'm currently on a late 2013 which is, in all honesty, still...
  6. C

    Mac Pro 5.1 recommendations for GPU upgrade 4k

    Hello, I am working mainly on my macbook Pro, but since I was in need of using bootcamp, I am in need of my old Mac Pro 5.1 (3.3mhz hexacore), with my old radeon 5770 GPU. However, I cannot use my 4K screen with it and I need a boot of power. I went through this forum and the GTX 980 interested...
  7. ajarix

    GPU Replacement for Early 2008 Mac Pro

    Hello, I am trying to fix one of my dads work computers. It is a Mac Pro (Early 2008) that came with a ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT GPU. The mac has a problem in which it will not always display and requires a hard reset in order for it to display on screen. An example of this is when fresh installing...
  8. W

    Macbook pro 2016 problem with GPU performance under bootcamp

    I am the owner of macbook pro 2016 with radeon pro 460 and 2,6 base processor option. After installing windows 10 via bootcamp I've noticed poor graphic performance comparing to what I saw in internet for same macbooks with radeon 460 so I've run a 3DMark06 and the results was terrible...
  9. flaubert

    Cheapest graphic card for Mac Pro 1,1?

    What would be the cheapest graphics card solution to be able to run Sierra on a Mac Pro 1,1, assuming that I overcome the EFI hurdle and machine ID check? All I would be looking for is bare functionality, not gaming performance. I see these Mac Pro 1,1 machines on craigslist for $100-$150 from...
  10. E

    MBP as alternative to current iMac GPU

    Hi guys Are any of the 2017 Macbook Pros suitable for gaming under BootCamp and Win 10? I have a 2013 iMac with a good graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4096 MB) and I enjoy playing Battlefield and some other PC games. Would any of the 2017 MBPs come even close in terms of gaming grunt...
  11. P

    Which 2017 MBP 13 ?

    Hi I was never a Mac person until I saved up for a 2015 rMBP 13" with 16GB RAM 512 GB SSD and 2.9GHz i5 upgrades. I am a developer, author and digital artist and some of the tasks really pushed that machine. But was was impressed by the quality trackpad (pure joy), solid display, great...
  12. itdk92

    Mac Pro 5.1 + 10.13 + nvidia Max/Pascal = H265 hardware acceleration?

    Hi there I am just wondering if anybody tested whether an Nvidia 9XX series or 10XX series provide hardware HEVC H265 acceleration on the Mac Pro 5.1 under MacOS 10.13 High Sierra (beta)? These cards should have hardware accelerated transcoding.. Or is this hardware acceleration Apple talks...
  13. EddieK420

    Vega Frontier Edition on 4,1 5,1 Classic Mac Pro

    Hey guys. I wanted to start this thread to get information together on running the newly announced Vega Frontier Edition on our beloved classic Mac Pros. I currently have an Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti on my 2009 4,1 (upgraded to 5,1 & 12-core) Mac Pro running Sierra 10.12.5. While the GTX 1080 Ti is...
  14. T

    Is there a way to switch between discrete and integrated video cards via keyboard shortcut?

    Is there a way to switch between discrete and integrated video cards via keyboard shortcut in MacOS?
  15. AlexGraphicD

    Is the base model good enough?

    I am tempted selling my late '15 27'' 2TB Fusion m395 iMac seeing how great of an update the 2017 iMacs are with the improved cpu and gpu speeds. My main concern is that I can't spend money for the mid 575 model, so if I would buy, it would be the base model and this time I would go pure SSD the...
  16. B

    Ideal Temperatures Inside mid-2010 27" iMac?

    I have read many reports of graphics cards in iMacs — particularly 2009 and 2010 models — going bad. So far I have not had any problems with my machine, but depending on who you talk to, the temperature of my GPU might be a little on the high side (it is driving two displays, though). I really...
  17. toolbox84

    What is this problem related?

    My Mid 2010 Mac pro started giving problems, it restarts automatically and I get this error. Does this mean my CPU processor is bad? Or is it the GPU? Thanks Anonymous UUID: 7AB2C231-0E27-C3E7-E2D4-D8EDDB460112 Tue Jun 13 13:58:33 2017 *** Panic Report *** Machine-check capabilities...
  18. toolbox84

    GPU upgrade/issues help for Mid 2010 Mac Pro

    Hello, I need a Mac experts advice on upgrading my GPU. I am using Mid. 2010 Mac Pro (The towers), with these configurations: Processor: 2x2.4 GHZ Quad-Core Intel Xeon Total Number of Cores: 8 Memory: 18 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB OS: 10.12.5 I am using this...
  19. Darajavahus

    Why so excited about eGPU when performance drop on TB3 may be over 30%

    Over the week on this forum I noticed couple times people saying that for some there's no need to get the iMac with best GPU, that better get the lowest and in the future, if needed, get external Thunderbolt 3 GPU. I suspected there may be performance drop but first google result with bunch of...
  20. tomscott1988

    Mac Pro 5,1 GPU upgrade Photographer/Graphic Designer

    Hi! I know there is loads of information on the site about 5,1 and graphics cards but the threads are so long I cant find the info I need for some of the newer GPUs for my needs (Non gaming but creative apps). The machine is a 2010 5,1 with a W3690 3.46 6 core, 48gb of ram, 2x 850 Samsung evos...