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mac pro (early 2009) upgrade
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MP 1,1-5,1 Advice on pimping up my Mac Pro please !
Hi everyone ... I'd like some advice on upgrading my 2009 classic 4,1 Mac Pro please (firmware updated to v5,1). As you can see from system profile report, I have already upgraded processors, ram and hard drive to Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5-inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive connected via PCIe. I...- rodedwards
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- mac pro (early 2009) upgrade ssd upgrade
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Mo’ cMP Radeon, Mo’ Problems: InDesign “HiDPI” Reqs, specifically…
TL;DR: Now that I’ve upgraded my Sierra cMP from GT120 to RX 580, I was so eager to “enable GPU Performance” in 2019 CC InDesign. Y'know, the same way I can "enable GPU Performance" in 2019 CC PhotoShop and Illustrator. Alas... no. Adobe requires an “HiDPI" monitor to be tethered to my cMP/RX...- LurkNoMore
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- gpu hidpi indesign cc mac 4.1 mac 5.1 mac pro (early 2009) upgrade
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Dual 980Ti Hybrids in Mac Pro
So, I recently purchased a second 980Ti hybrid to put in my mac pro 5,1. I have been running a single 980Ti for about a year now and I found a good deal on a second one so I picked it up to put in my system. I chose to go this route over purchasing a single 1080TI primarily for the cost. This...- ModernGnome
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- 1080 ti 980 ti 980ti dual dual gpu's gpu mac pro (2010) mac pro (early 2009) gpu for 3 monitors mac pro (early 2009) upgrade rx 580
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Evaga GTX 1060 giving me rubbish performance is OSX but great performance in Windows 7
Hello all, I am running a mac pro 5,1 2009 It has 2x 3.46 ghz processors and 32 gb ddr3 RAM and a Evaga GTX 1060 6gb. I am getting fantastic frames and performance when i boot into windows 7 via Bootcamp but when I am in mac os and using programmes like final cut pro x I get very bad sluggish... -
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RAM upgrades 8GB and 2GB
Hey all. Probably a bit of a dumb question. But I am having to upgrade the RAM in my 2009 8-Core Mac Pro. It came with 4 2GB memory sticks. I have a total of 8 slots. I recently purchased two 8GB sticks. So I was wondering if I could install the 2x8GB and 4×2GB to equal 24GB. Or do they all...- Renegademaverick
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- mac 4.1 mac pro (early 2009) upgrade ram
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Is there a combination pcie SSD and USB3 card ?
I am short on pcie slots in my mac pro 4,1 and I would like to add a second predator hyperX m.2 pcie SSD card ... but I *ALSO* would like to add some USB3 ports ... Does there exist a card that can do both ? I saw this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XWXJT4C/ (SIIG Legacy and Beyond... -
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Mac Pro 4,1 2009 to 5,1, Bootcamp
Hey all On a whim I sourced a tray upgrade to 12-core duallie from my extant vanilla singleton, prompted in part due to downtime incurred rebuilding a Win7 volume after an HD failure. Only now, in the home stretch and after migration of user data and syncing applications, did it occur to me...- mwhybark
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- mac pro (early 2009) mac pro (early 2009) upgrade
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10.13.2 update installed, OSX wants to install it again?
Just installed: 10.13.2 But I still have a new update available: 10.13.2 This is nuts! Anyone else seeing this?- lilbiscuit
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- high sierra install issue mac pro (early 2009) upgrade
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Choosing boot disk from within windows?
I have a flashed MacPro 2009 (4,1 to 5,1) that is an awesome machine, 12 cores etc etc. I use OSX and Windows regularly. But with no boot screen, I can't reliably choose a boot disk on startup. I basically have to guess (2 right keys then enter for OSX) but it doesn't always work. Obviously...- lilbiscuit
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- mac pro (early 2009) upgrade windows
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'09 Mac Pro update OS?
I have an '09 Mac Pro, flashed from 4,1 to 5,1. Does anyone know if software update no longer supports this model and, if not, is there a hack that will allow the Mac Pro to be recognized by software update? Theoretically, the 5,1 flash should have eliminated differences between it and the... -
Upgrading a 4,1 2009 quadcore 2.93 Mac Pro
Hi there, Starting my own thread since I figured out I would have lots of questions and it would be easier to post them in my own topic instead of bumping up everybody's old threads. I've been wanting to buy a Mac Pro for a very long time, my wish was a 2012 2x6 3.43ghz, but I didn't have the...- Nessdufrat
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- cpu tray mac pro (early 2009) upgrade
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Can't get XFX RX480 GPU working in Mac Pro 4,1 firmware upgraded to 5,1 on macOS Sierra 10.12
I got an XFX RX 480 Graphics card (https://www.amazon.com/XFX-RX-480P836BM-Radeon-3Displayport-PCI-Express/dp/B01KCWZ0DM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496245661&sr=8-1&keywords=xfx+rx+480+8gb), and I can't seem to get it to fully work properly. I followed this guide... -
Mac Pro 4,1 (Early 2009) Memory Upgrade?
I have recently started preparing my older Mac Pro 4,1 (Early 2009) 8-Core Dual 2.26MHz for switching OS X from Snow Leopard 10.6.8 to El Capitan 10.11.6. I mainly use this machine for working in Adobe CS4 application suite, and now plan to use the machine for additional video editing in Final...
