GTX680 and GTX1070 in same tower?
So I picked up a GTX1070 recently, and have been using it under Windows Bootcamp - very happy with the card. Expecting Pascal drivers to arrive "soon" In the meantime I'd like to be able to use OSX....
View ArticleFlashing R9 280X for boot screens/PCI System Information
I have a 2006 Mac Pro running Yosemite (thanks Pike!) and now on to "fit and finish" nits to make it work. I got an MSI R9 280X Gaming 3GB video card, and it worked great out-of-the-box, but I wanted...
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hi, i have an mac pro mid 2010 Nehalem Quad core 2.8 ghz with 8 gb ram. in my case and in terms of faster, stability etc what is the better option for upgrading, el capitan or sierra ( both are...
View ArticleAlmost bought a Mac Pro. Phew dead system
So I needed a beefed 4K editing powerhouse after reading some reviews They really spread the word about how slow and out of date the Mac Pro is. I'd much rather have a M.2 SSD and USbC ports than what...
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Macpro2,1 stipped background can't boot
Hello: I inherited a Macpro2,1 without a hard drive. I installed one hard drive but I'm not able to boot from a bootable mac OS 10.7 DVD. This is what I see while the DVD is loading, a stripped...
View ArticleRunning Windows on MP 2012 under Sierra
I used to be able to run Boot Camp on this Mac (see sig), but Apple decided to disable BC starting with OS X 10.10 (I'm now on 10.12), even though my machine can run circles around any iMac out there...
View ArticleGTX 770 4gb with dual 8 pins?
Hay tanks to some software i cant show an RX 4XX card any love so im looking at GTX770's (4GB). only thing i noticed is they all have dual 8 pins, will there be any problems if i plug in my mac 6-6...
View ArticleData recovery - just boot sector repair?
Whoops! So, I swapped out my Areca 1880ix-12 for an 1880ix-16 so I could expand my RAID by four disks. I swapped the cards, and saw my SSD was fine, so I powered on my RAID boxes. One mounted up fine,...
View ArticleSo is anyone actually running a GTX 1070/80?
Well? Surely someone must have a GTX 1070 by now, does it even work?
View ArticleODD PWR? Does this power the optical bay SATA ports?
I'm trying to figure out a power solution for my 5,1 Mac Pro and Titan X GPU. Can anyone tell me what this port, marked "ODD PWR" provides? It looks like it is the port that provides power to the 2...
View ArticleWebdriver for GTX 1080&1070
I have a macpro 3.1 from 2008, i've been wanting to replace my HD6850 with a better graphic card. this afternoon i saw a post on this site:...
View ArticlenVidia GTX 1080
According to this: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/nvidia-gtx-1080-1070-pascal-specs-pricing-revealed/ There is a new card coming out soon. Twice the power of the Titan X at half the price. I...
View ArticleWindows 10 on Mac Pro 4,1->5,1
Hello. I've installed Windows 10 on my Mac Pro 4,1->5,1. But when I try to install the BootCamp drivers, the Mac just shuts down in the middle of it. No error message, no nothing. No shut-down has...
View ArticleMac Pro upgrade question
I want to upgrade my 1,1 that i updated to firmware 2,1 Mac Pro's memory to 32GB FBDIMM ECC what would you recommend ? and with this upgrade do i need to upgrade my cpu's heatsinks ?
View ArticleOlder Mac, Newer Processor, Which RAM?
I put a top of the line Xeon 5690 processor in my Mac Pro 2009, and it's been working great for the past year. But I have been having random Kernel Panics restarts and I am thinking it is the memory....
View ArticleFusion-io ioScale 2 and Mac Pro 5,1 (PCIe SSD)
Hello everybody! Hope someone can give me a hint! I recently came accross a couple of Fusion-io PCIe SSD cards... price was unbeatable so I took them right away hoping that my Mac Pro 5,1 could do the...
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GTX 750Ti Maxwell and Mac Pro ?
Hello, After reading a pretty good review on the new GTX 750Ti entry GPU with only 60W TDP, I am wondering if Mavericks has drivers for it. I know that all Kepler cards are supported but this one is...
View ArticleSATA Express meets the '09 Mac Pro - Bootable NGFF PCIE SSD
** SPRING 2015 Update ** ================================= The PCIe flash marketplace for the cMP continues to expand with the addition of multiple SSD's compatible with the cMP. April 2015 Pricing...
View Article2006 Mac Pro - Flashed 2,1 won't reboot
I recently received a 2006 Mac Pro with upgraded 2xquad 2.66GHZ processors. I wanted to install Snow Leopard which went fine. But when installing updated it goes to reboot and then either goes to a...
View ArticleMac Pro 5,1 (mid 2010) SDD upgrade
Not sure where to drop this thread, here or OSx, so my apologies if it's in the wrong place. I'm putting SSD's in my Mac Pro 5,1. Two separate ones, one for OSx and one for Bootcamp. My question is...
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