I have just purchased a Mac Pro 5,1 2010 model currently with 1 x 2.8 quad core processor, currently 8gb ram (will change to 32gb soon) ati radeon hd 5770 1gb graphics card and I'm looking to upgrade it.
Now from what I understand having a "flashed" graphics card means I will see boot vs none flashed where I wont see anything till the home screen?
For me this isn't a massive issue as I normally connect to my Mac Pro via Parallels access when I'm away from home otherwise I'm happy to just turn it on and then wait till it loads.
I will be using the Mac Pro for gaming i.e. x-plane and using it for video editing with final cut pro / adobe premier pro and a Plex media server - I am unlikely to be boot camping this machine as my MBPR 2015 15" can be boot camped if I need windows for anything!
When I am looking at flashed GPU it looks to cost nearly £200 more - see examples
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-Mac...bf4b8199d74e8461d7ace6&pid=100505&rk=1&rkt=1& (flashed)
vs
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASUS-780-...677735?hash=item25d8b73ea7:g:FwYAAOSwXetZObrd (unflashed)
Is it actually worth getting flashed or worth saving the money here and invest in a better processor?
here are the processors I have found!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152505775371?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT ( six core)
or
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152524754511?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT (4 core)
Many thanks for any advice!
James
Now from what I understand having a "flashed" graphics card means I will see boot vs none flashed where I wont see anything till the home screen?
For me this isn't a massive issue as I normally connect to my Mac Pro via Parallels access when I'm away from home otherwise I'm happy to just turn it on and then wait till it loads.
I will be using the Mac Pro for gaming i.e. x-plane and using it for video editing with final cut pro / adobe premier pro and a Plex media server - I am unlikely to be boot camping this machine as my MBPR 2015 15" can be boot camped if I need windows for anything!
When I am looking at flashed GPU it looks to cost nearly £200 more - see examples
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-Mac...bf4b8199d74e8461d7ace6&pid=100505&rk=1&rkt=1& (flashed)
vs
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASUS-780-...677735?hash=item25d8b73ea7:g:FwYAAOSwXetZObrd (unflashed)
Is it actually worth getting flashed or worth saving the money here and invest in a better processor?
here are the processors I have found!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152505775371?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT ( six core)
or
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152524754511?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT (4 core)
Many thanks for any advice!
James