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Mac Pro with Westmere x5690 (3.46GHz)
Hi, Well, after reading the upgrade posts here and there on this forum I decided to take the plunge and go all the way on the Xeon path under Apple. A lot of credit goes to Phillipma1957's thread: He...
View ArticleR9 380 vs R9 280 in Mac Pro (4,1 or 5,1)
Does anyone have an R9 380 working on their Mac Pro (4,1 or 5,1)? Just trying to decide if the wealth of experience here given how many R9 280's seem to have been installed is worth buying what may be...
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Buying Mid 2010 2x 2,4 Ghz - help upgrading
Hi there! Tomorrow i'll be buying a MID 2010 2x 2,4ghz from a Friend here in Brazil - Around U$ 1200,00 - this is the cheapest we can find here. Really want to upgrade this machine to be a workhorse...
View Articlenvidia web driver for 10.11.4
While the final webdriver for 10.11.4 isn't released yet one can use latest beta webdriver which works with final 10.11.4 -...
View ArticleConfused about thunderbolt and cMP
I am going to start using a thunderbolt device but I don't know anything about it. I am assuming I can use a USB 2 to thunderbolt adaptor?? I have two cMP mid 2010 (2.66 and 2.8) converted to 3.46....
View ArticleeSATA and startup manager
I have an OS 10.8.5 eSATA startup volume on a sshd connected with OWC card which requires an efi extension to make drives bootable. When I hold command down during startup I do not get a choice of...
View ArticleGigabyte HD7950 ROM observations (power draw)
I've just bought Gigabyte's HD7950 V2 for a good price to treat my cMP1,1. Didn't know that V2 of this card came with 6 pin and 8 pin adapters, so i had to improvise a jumper for the 8 pin, just to...
View ArticleMP 5.1 Titan X 12GB "liboptix_prime.1.dylib" software crash
Hi guys, I recently bought a Mac Pro 5.1 with an nVidia Titan X 12Gb GPU (flashed by MVC) and a "back-up" GT 120. I'm on OSX 10.11.4 with the appropriate nVidia Web Driver (346.03.06f01) and CUDA...
View Articlewill this mac pro span a couple more years?
hey guys, i have gone for an iMac / macbook combo. but TBH the last few days realised i might not be able to fund both upgrades. for this reason i have decided to consider a mac pro with a 29" monitor...
View ArticleMac Pro 2006 1.1 GPU Upgrade
Hi, I own a mac pro 1,1 2006. I would like to upgrade my gpu but I don't know which ones will work. I want it to be at least 2GB DDR3 for gaming. What should I buy?
View ArticleSapphire R9 380 OC 8Go on MacPro 1.1
#2966 I need you help, I've got a Mac Pro 1.1 (2006) 2x2,66GHZ, 6Go RAM. In first time (4 years ago) I mount a graphic card : Sapphire 5770 1Go, I could play racing games on windows 7 (iRacing, Assetto...
View ArticleHD 5770 in Mac Pro 1.1 KEXT needed ?
Hi all, I've a SAPPHIRE HD 5770 1Go in my Mac Pro 1.1. I play with this Mac on Win 7. Now i bought à PC for gaming and the Mac Pro take his place for his principal use (video editing, encoding film,...
View ArticleNvidia Rocks ! Titan-X Drivers already in web drivers ! Mac Edition GTX...
Waited all day for FedEx with my Titan-Xs, the clowns left them downstairs by the mailbox. Anyhow, plug it in and BINGO, boots to desktop. It's called "Nvidia Graphics Device" but it works. Details...
View Articlejust got a 5.1 looking for ram/cpu & tips
Hi i just picked up a macpro 5.1 2.8ghz 4c to replace my 3.1 2.8ghz 8c. i plan to pull my drives & gpu from the 3.1 and stick them in the 5.1 so im sorted there. will this ram work...
View ArticleAmfeltec x16 PCIe with 4 SSDs: 5900+ MB/s
Just read an interesting review of a PCIe card which accepts four flash blades: http://barefeats.com/hard210.html Intro from the article: "Our readers have been frustrated by the inability to get more...
View ArticleIf Mac Pro dvd drive making clicking noise and mp making buzzing noise...
When I start up my mac pro 2010 5,1, the dvd drives makes that clicking noise. I have a cd in it...but I don't think it's suppose to make that drive repetitive clicking noise. Is that a problem? If so,...
View ArticlePCIe x1 -> 3 x1 or more switching chipsets in cMP?
I have ordered one of these which are listed as "OSX compatible": http://www.ebay.com/itm/221692418838 This thing splits x1 PCIe coming from the wifi card slot into 3 x1 slots at supposedly PCIe 2.0...
View ArticleSATA2 SSD vs SATA3 PCie
Hi, I currently have Plextor M5 Pro SATA3 SSD capped by my 5.1 Mac Pro SATA2 speed. Speed is like 250mb or something. 2 questions: 1) I only care about boot up speed, app loading speed and don't really...
View ArticleMac Pro 2009 upgrade (4.1 to 5.1) - Which Thermal Pad?
Hello, In the process of upgrading my mac pro. I'm looking to replace the pink thermal pads on the heatsinks which cover what I believe to be the voltage regulators. Anyone could point me to the proper...
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