My 7950 Just Died :(

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

Wow! I did not know that. Thanks for the heads up on the web driver issue. Maybe you can give me your opinion regarding a Sierra Upgrade on my MP 5,1. So far everything works really great for me on El Capitan. My card however is a flashed version with a working Apple logo on startup. I run my HTC Vive from bootcamp on Win7. In case I would upgrade to the new Sierra MacOS, do you think I will encounter some trouble? Could an upgrade to Sierra screw up my Win7 bootcamp partition ?(I hope not, otherwise I just keep everything on El Capitan - plus I am not sure if HP will issue a new driver for my first version HP envy printer..)

Cheers
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A nice overview regarding performance compared to other options may give you this article here:

http://barefeats.com/sierra_rx480.html

I haven't encountered any issue with Sierra. There are some Wifi cards that shipped with the 4,1 that don't work.

Just keep a drive with El Capitan until you are sure you can migrate to the new OS after thorough testing.

 

[Moogintroll]

Wow! I did not know that. Thanks for the heads up on the web driver issue. Maybe you can give me your opinion regarding a Sierra Upgrade on my MP 5,1. So far everything works really great for me on El Capitan. My card however is a flashed version with a working Apple logo on startup. I run my HTC Vive from bootcamp on Win7. In case I would upgrade to the new Sierra MacOS, do you think I will encounter some trouble? Could an upgrade to Sierra screw up my Win7 bootcamp partition ?(I hope not, otherwise I just keep everything on El Capitan - plus I am not sure if HP will issue a new driver for my first version HP envy printer..)

Cheers
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A nice overview regarding performance compared to other options may give you this article here:

http://barefeats.com/sierra_rx480.html

Out of interest, what card are you using and what's your Vive performance like?

 

[AlexMaximus]

I haven't encountered any issue with Sierra. There are some Wifi cards that shipped with the 4,1 that don't work.

Just keep a drive with El Capitan until you are sure you can migrate to the new OS after thorough testing.

Thanks, thats what I thought. Unfortunately, my time capsule is too small to do a full backup at the moment.
I will need to pimp that old 3gen to a 4 TB HDD
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Out of interest, what card are you using and what's your Vive performance like?

I have the improved cooling EVGA Superclocked version with two fans and larger heatsink. I got it from the german equivalent of macvidcards in Berlin.
With the Vive, I was a bit nervous if it will work or not when I bought it. (In the VR world, you need to have a powerful CPU, - a lot more powerful then the MP Xenon from 2010) But it turned out surprisingly good. The Nvidia tool for Checking your VR-Ability indicates an approved sign for VR in shiny green. Frame rates are great for what I play there. Since I am a total space nut, I am playing Adrift VR, and The Solus Project. I actually bought the set for those kind of games. Obviously a strong GPU can pull a classic MP into the VR realm. However, I have to mention, there is now data or game on usual HDDs. Its a SSD only set up, and the game is installed on an Anglebird PX1 PCI adapter. That could have mitigated usual bottlenecks.

 

[Moogintroll]

Thanks, thats what I thought. Unfortunately, my time capsule is too small to do a full backup at the moment.
I will need to pimp that old 3gen to a 4 TB HDD
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I have the improved cooling EVGA Superclocked version with two fans and larger heatsink. I got it from the german equivalent of macvidcards in Berlin.
With the Vive, I was a bit nervous if it will work or not when I bought it. (In the VR world, you need to have a powerful CPU, - a lot more powerful then the MP Xenon from 2010) But it turned out surprisingly good. The Nvidia tool for Checking your VR-Ability indicates an approved sign for VR in shiny green. Frame rates are great for what I play there. Since I am a total space nut, I am playing Adrift VR, and The Solus Project. I actually bought the set for those kind of games. Obviously a strong GPU can pull a classic MP into the VR realm. However, I have to mention, there is now data or game on usual HDDs. Its a SSD only set up, and the game is installed on an Anglebird PX1 PCI adapter. That could have mitigated usual bottlenecks.

Sorry to be thick but a superclocked version of what? The 7950? After a day googling places like Amazon, it's starting to look like I can't buy anything that isn't overpriced second hand gear or doesn't come with a huge list of downsides.

 

[h9826790]

Sorry to be thick but a superclocked version of what? The 7950? After a day googling places like Amazon, it's starting to look like I can't buy anything that isn't overpriced second hand gear or doesn't come with a huge list of downsides.

From his signature, it's a 980 Ti SC

 

[Moogintroll]

From his signature, it's a 980 Ti SC

LOL, Guess I need my eyes tested.