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Retain GT120 w/o handicapping RX 580 & FCPX?
Hey Everybody— I have upgraded my MP5,1 12-core 3.46 machine to the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 in order to drive a 4K display and accelerate Final Cut Pro X. Since I have extra PCIe slots via an expansion chassis, I intended to keep a GeForce GT120 stashed there for instances where I got into... -
FCPX using dual Vendor GPU's?
Was editing a video in FCPX today, and realized that during export FCP was using my AMD and Nvidia GPU's. I ran several tests to see if it was maybe just using the Nvidia card for downsampling or just effects, but was used across the board even for native 4k->4k video exports. Can anyone else... -
MP51.0084.B00 Rom Dump Request
Heya! I saw gilles_polysoft made a miracle and gave our dusty machines to native NVMe abilities. I look at his twitter and he can edit Apple Efi with UEFITool. I am familiar with this kind of editing. I just ask myself to why didn't Apple release efi/bootrom files to public for corruption or...- HaypurTiryading
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- cmp dump efi gop mac pro macpro mod nvme rom uefi
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Gtx 670 on Mac pro 2,1
So I have a GTX 670 and a mac pro 1,1 that I've flash to be a 2,1. I currently have a 8800gt in it and it's pretty decent in el capitan in terms of os performance but I would still like to upgrade to the 670 so it could perform better in games. Thing is I have two os x installations (10.11.6 and...- Samz47
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- el capitan gtx gtx 670 mac pro mac pro 1.1 mac pro 2.1
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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mac pro 5,1 rx 580 sapphire not booting
Hey everyone, I have a Mac Pro 5,1...3.46ghz 12 Core, 64gb RAM....Latest version of High Sierra. Recently purchased and installed an RX 580 Sapphire GPU. Computer does not boot. (Except for Safe Mode, in which the computer does recognize the card) I installed my older GPU along side the new... -
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Amfeltec PCIe Carrier board for 4 M.2 SSD modules
Bought one of these and decided to go a different route. Was used for maybe 4 hours. I’m willing to sell it to someone at a discount from what I paid from them. It cost me $448 including fees and shipping. I will sell it for $375 message if your interested otherwise I’ll be listing it on eBay. -
Metal with a Polaris GPU in Mac Pro 5,1
A quick question I have about Metal being functional after upgrading to a Polaris gpu in my case rx560. Does metal just enable as soon as you boot with the new gpu, or is there something you need to do to enable metal on a cMP after upgrading. Those questions only apply if metal even does work... -
10.11 to 10.11.6 mac pro 1,1
Hi everyone! I'm trying to upgrade from 10.11 to 10.11.6 without doing a fresh install on my mac pro 1,1. I have a lot of files and software and can't do a fresh install right now. How would I do this? Thank you!- matiasrengel
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- 1.1 10.11 10.11.6 el capitan mac pro macpro
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Mac Pro D500 2100 CAD?
Hi I used to have a MBP 2017 15 inch, which I ended up selling (but I kept my Ultrafine 5K), then I moved to the iMac Mid Range Model 2017 5K with 24gb of ram. I was wondering whether buying a mac pro for editing in Final Cut, Logic, Motion, Adobe PS, AI and INDD coupled along with Office...- theroaringbadger
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- mac pro mac pro 2013 video editing
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Mac Pro 3,1 upgrade to 4,1 or 5,1
I picked up a new graphics card, a sapphire Rx 560, I have a Mac Pro 3,1 so doing plenty of research thinking it would work be cause I had a hacked version of high Sierra running on it. It failed to run and the suspect is the ancient system bus they have in the Mac Pro 3,1. I haven’t heard... -
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What should 2019 Mac Pro be like?
I followed the endless discussion on the 2019 Mac Pro for a while, learned a few things, and wanted to open an entirely new line of discussion centered around three basic questions: 1: What is a "PRO" Mac user? What makes them different from any Mac user? 2: Why do "pro" users need to pay such... -
how do we know if a ssd is ahci supported?
hi you all, i've recentely want to upgrade my mac pro 5.1 (2009 upgraded), with a ssd sm951 nvme ahci with a pcie adaptor, i've bought a nvme with pn number is 00000, it's doesn't work as a start up disk, and i've checked on ebay, they are a lot different types, baiscly two type: one with "pcie...- parisinvest
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- ahci mac pro nvme pcie adaptor
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Mac Pro slows down
Hi! A friend of mine owns a Mac Pro Early 2008. From time to time, the computer turns really slow and it takes ages to open a program or a document. But after some time it runs again at normal speed. He told me this happens when he sends the computer to sleep more than once, usually when he... -
PCIe Expansion into Media Bay
With so many people not using DVD Media Bays as much on their Mac Pros and looking to expand HDD/SSD storage etc., I was curious if there was a solution that exists out there to expand PCIe bays into the media bay? I realize there are external chassis solutions available, but they all seem to... -
PCIe Card w/ 8 x mSATA SSDs Installed Directly?
I am familiar at a baseline level with the benefits of using mSATA SSD in a Mac Pro in PCIe to speed system, especially when setup as a RAID 0. I currently have 2 x Anandtech PCIe 4-lane 4-Port mSATA SSD RAID Cards installed. So I have a total of 8 mSATA SSDs across two different PCIe lanes... -
How Do I Connect 3 x 27” Apple LED Cinema Displays (Mini DisplayPort) to Radeon HD 7970?
This may have been addressed somewhere, but I’ve been looking for hours... I have a Mac Pro 2010 5,1 with a AMD Radeon HD 7970. I have 3 x 27” Apple LED Cinema Displays with Mini Displayport. I have two connected right now to the the two mini displayports on the graphics card. I understand that... -
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How to best prepare my mac pro for a sale
Hi, I want to try to sell my early 2009 mac pro and a c2005 Powermac G5. ( and my '07, 09, and '11 MBPs!) What should I do to prepare them for sale in terms of wiping my data and password from the hard drives yet making sure they have the most current as possible OSX and standard apps...- hoya87eagle91
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- mac pro resale value resell used
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Using external SSD as boot drive on Mac Pro 2013
My 2013 Mac Pro (trash can) came with a 1TB internal SSD which is now limiting given that I process large video files that need a lot of scratch space for rendering. I have two options. One, upgrade the internal SSD to 2TB. OWC offers these at around $1400. The second option is to boot the Mac... -
No Mac Pro until 2019
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HD 6950 in Mac Pro 1.1
Hey, I´m planning to buy an AMD Radeon HD 6950 for my 2006 Mac Pro. Is it possible to run in this Mac? I need a graphics boost. My Mac specs: 2x Intel Xeon X5355 2,6 Ghz 8 Gb Ram DDR2 667 Mhz Ati Radeon 2600XT 256 Mb OS X 10.10 Yosemite Thanx for all answers.- SubjectX69
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- 2006 mac pro graphics card upgrade. mac pro mac pro 1.1
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