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View ArticleOWC's Mercury Accelsior_E2 PCI Express Solid State Drive in MP5,1
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View ArticleMultiple Monitor Support RX 480
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View ArticleAMD Radeon 5770 with three cinema displays
Hi everyone, I have a Mac Pro 1,1 (2006 model) that I've had for quite a while. I have been using it for about a year with a flashed "HIS" AMD Radeon 5770 with two Apple Cinema displays, one in each...
View ArticleAMD Zen.
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View ArticleUSB 3.x PCIe Cards for Classic Mac Pro
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View ArticleIs Freesync supported in OSX?
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