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  Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-23 11:03 +0000
    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-02-23 14:03 +0000
      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-23 15:19 +0000
    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-23 10:02 -0500
    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-23 11:34 -0500
      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-23 14:57 -0800
        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-24 07:59 -0500
          Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-02 22:27 -0800
            Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-03-03 23:45 -0700
              Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-05 08:56 +1300
                Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-03-04 14:09 -0700
                  Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-04 16:55 -0500
                    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 22:47 +0000
                      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-04 18:09 -0500
                        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 23:33 +0000
                          Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-04 23:40 -0500
                            Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-05 18:12 +1300
                            Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 12:58 +0000
                            Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-05 18:53 +0000
                        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-05 13:25 +0000
                          Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 14:47 +0000
                    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-05 04:02 +0000
                    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-04 23:14 -0500
                      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-03-04 23:51 -0500
                        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-04 23:55 -0500
                        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 13:01 +0000
                          Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-05 18:58 +0000
                            Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-05 21:21 +0000
                  Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-05 04:01 +0000
                  Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-03-05 13:24 +0000
    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-24 02:25 +0100
      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-24 02:14 +0000
        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-24 12:15 +0100
          Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-24 16:46 +0000
        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-24 12:46 +0000
          Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> - 2015-02-24 16:49 +0000
    Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-25 05:46 +0000
      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-25 13:48 +0100
        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-25 14:17 +0000
      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-25 07:53 -0500
        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-25 14:20 +0000
          Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-25 12:51 -0500
            Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-27 03:16 +0000
          Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-26 14:52 +0000
        Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-27 03:14 +0000
      Re: Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-02-25 14:16 +0000

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#70509

On 2015-03-05, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <54f79093$0$39463$c3e8da3$f017e9df@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
>>On 15-03-04 17:47, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>
>>> "Glorified mini" - more of your not-so-obvious and lame trolling.
>>
>>Functionally, it is like a mini. Requires separate screen, keyboard, no
>>storage expansion capability. (although all Macs are now that way)
>
> And all MacPros too. So your point was what, precisely?

He just can't stand the new Mac Pro and takes every opportunity to troll
it here. He hates that there is no internal drive expansion capability
and thinks 1 TB of internal storage is not enough. And he wishes
everyone else felt the same. We don't.

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#70480

Okay, so one time? In band camp? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> was all, like:

> This is the same with current MacPro which may have far lower power
> consumption than the 2009/2010 MacPros, but as a glorified Mini,

There you go again, exposing yourself to the entire planet as a grade-A idiot.

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#70482

In article <54f77f6d$0$46503$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> If a Mini requires a separate box with separate power supply to run the
> disks etc, then the power equation changes.

not really, since the disks are going to consume power regardless of
what box they're in.

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#70485

On 15-03-04 23:14, nospam wrote:

>> If a Mini requires a separate box with separate power supply to run the
>> disks etc, then the power equation changes.
> 
> not really, since the disks are going to consume power regardless of
> what box they're in.

The argument was made that a new MacPro or a Mac Mini would consume far
less power than an old MacPro.

The problem is that  neither the new MacPro nor the MacMini support
extra disks, so the comparison is not correct. You would have to compare
the new MacPro or MacMini with external storage box against older MacPro
if you were to compare oranges with oranges.

Or, if the new MacPro were able to get 8 terabytes, it might be able to
be compared against 4* 2TB currently available on old MacPros. Alas,
maximum is 1TB.

Cue Jolly Roger claiming that the 512GB or 1TB is more than enough for him.

The fact is that the comparison is not correct when your old MacPro is
loaded with far more than what the new MacPro can support.

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#70486

In article <54f7e0e4$0$64454$c3e8da3$b280bf18@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> >> If a Mini requires a separate box with separate power supply to run the
> >> disks etc, then the power equation changes.
> > 
> > not really, since the disks are going to consume power regardless of
> > what box they're in.
> 
> The argument was made that a new MacPro or a Mac Mini would consume far
> less power than an old MacPro.

and that is absolutely correct.

> The problem is that  neither the new MacPro nor the MacMini support
> extra disks, so the comparison is not correct. 

nonsense. of course they support extra disks. 

> You would have to compare
> the new MacPro or MacMini with external storage box against older MacPro
> if you were to compare oranges with oranges.

yep, and it's still less power, by a lot. 

> Or, if the new MacPro were able to get 8 terabytes, it might be able to
> be compared against 4* 2TB currently available on old MacPros. Alas,
> maximum is 1TB.

thunderbolt or usb.

> Cue Jolly Roger claiming that the 512GB or 1TB is more than enough for him.

it's more than enough for most people.

> The fact is that the comparison is not correct when your old MacPro is
> loaded with far more than what the new MacPro can support.

few people actually did that.

meanwhile, a new mac pro fits in a backpack.

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#70497

On 2015-03-05, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 15-03-04 23:14, nospam wrote:
>
>>> If a Mini requires a separate box with separate power supply to run the
>>> disks etc, then the power equation changes.
>> 
>> not really, since the disks are going to consume power regardless of
>> what box they're in.
>
> The argument was made that a new MacPro or a Mac Mini would consume far
> less power than an old MacPro.

And it likely will.

> The problem is that  neither the new MacPro nor the MacMini support
> extra disks, so the comparison is not correct.

Sure it is. The disks will exist and consume power in both cases.

> Cue Jolly Roger claiming that the 512GB or 1TB is more than enough for him.

It's more than enough for *lots* of people.

> The fact is that the comparison is not correct when your old MacPro is
> loaded with far more than what the new MacPro can support.

And it's still not a "glorified mini" as you called it in your original
troll.

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#70540

Okay, so one time? In band camp? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> was all, like:
> On 2015-03-05, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

>> Cue Jolly Roger claiming that the 512GB or 1TB is more than enough for him.

> It's more than enough for *lots* of people.

And for the professionals buying a MacPro who need lots of storage? They
aren't popping drives into a chasis anyway, the are connecting to XSAN
over a fibrechannel or something like that to access many TBs of space.

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#70549

On 2015-03-05, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> was all, like:
>> On 2015-03-05, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
>>> Cue Jolly Roger claiming that the 512GB or 1TB is more than enough for him.
>
>> It's more than enough for *lots* of people.
>
> And for the professionals buying a MacPro who need lots of storage? They
> aren't popping drives into a chasis anyway, the are connecting to XSAN
> over a fibrechannel or something like that to access many TBs of space.

Yep, and they are already doing that with their older model Mac Pro
towers, iMacs, etc.

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#70479

Okay, so one time? In band camp? Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> was all, like:
> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

>> Err ... how does a "2008 model" magically become a "2010 model"?!?
>> Motherboard transplant perhaps.

> The OP has a 2010 model. Oregonian Haruspex's 600W figure for the power
> consumption of his 2008 model is not very relevant, as it's unlikely
> that the OP's newer Pro uses anything like that much power most of the
> time. 

I don't believe the 600W+ figure anyway. The MacPro didn't have a 1500W
PSU ever. The 2008 had a 980W PSU, but that would not normally pull more
than 400 except at turn on. As far as I can tell, all the MacPro
machines up until the current one had 980W PSUs. The biggest draw for a
MacPro would be having all the slots full with high-power cards.

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#70499

In article <1m0rg24.1r7xmva1gbdv1kN%nmassello@yahoo.com>, Neill
Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:

>But I have no idea what the OP's electric rate might be, as I couldn't
>find a UK equivalent of the USEIA's chart. (It looks like buying
>electric power service in Britain is almost as complicated as buying
>health care insurance in America.) 

It's gonna depend who is supplying your power, and what tariff you have.

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those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf

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#70160

glawrie wrote:
> Would value some suggestions / recommendations for a replacement
> graphics card for my 2010 Mac Pro 5,1.  The one I have been using has
> just died and needs to be replaced.

AMD/ATI Radeon 5770HD/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.
ATI Radeon 4870HD/1gb Mac Edition
NVidia GForce GTX-285/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
NVidia GForce GTX-680 02G-P4/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
NVidia GForce GTS-250/1gb Mac Edition
Nvidia GForce Quadro 4000/2gb 3D Mac Edition

Note. Be sure the card is a Macintosh edition if you haven't a flash 
utility or can get it flashed elsewhere.

Cheers, Erik Richard

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#70163

On 2015-02-24 01:25:16 +0000, ErikRS said:

> AMD/ATI Radeon 5770HD/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.
> ATI Radeon 4870HD/1gb Mac Edition
> NVidia GForce GTX-285/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
> NVidia GForce GTX-680 02G-P4/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
> NVidia GForce GTS-250/1gb Mac Edition
> Nvidia GForce Quadro 4000/2gb 3D Mac Edition
> 
> Note. Be sure the card is a Macintosh edition if you haven't a flash 
> utility or can get it flashed elsewhere.

Thanks all for the suggestions.  I've actually had mac / apple versions 
of the  4870, 5870 and 7950 over the years (I'm on my 3rd Mac Pro, 
having started with a G5).  The 7950 was fabulous for the few weeks 
that it worked - but when it died no replacements could be found (the 
Sapphire warranty was 'return to dealer for replacement') so I got a 
refund and ended up with the flashed 6870 that's just died.

But Mac versions of ATI cards are very very expensive.  Someone in the 
UK is selling a new Apple Radeon 5770 (1GB) on Amazon for £340...

I've not had any Nvidia cards (except the totally useless one that came 
in the Mac 1,1), but except for the GTX-680, the ones listed are 
broadly similar to early generation Radeon ones in performance.  The 
GTX 680 looks good - but is astonishingly expensive (circa £470 in UK).

Currently I think the ATI R9 280x is a good option, if this thread is 
correct -http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1727497 - 
pre-flashed versions on market here for about £250, but apparently it 
works as-is anyhow (without boot screen).

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#70172

glawrie wrote:
> On 2015-02-24 01:25:16 +0000, ErikRS said:
>> AMD/ATI Radeon 5770HD/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.
>> ATI Radeon 4870HD/1gb Mac Edition
>> NVidia GForce GTX-285/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
>> NVidia GForce GTX-680 02G-P4/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
>> NVidia GForce GTS-250/1gb Mac Edition
>> Nvidia GForce Quadro 4000/2gb 3D Mac Edition
>>
>> Note. Be sure the card is a Macintosh edition if you haven't a flash
>> utility or can get it flashed elsewhere.
>
> Thanks all for the suggestions.  I've actually had mac / apple versions
> of the  4870, 5870 and 7950 over the years (I'm on my 3rd Mac Pro,
> having started with a G5).  The 7950 was fabulous for the few weeks that
> it worked - but when it died no replacements could be found (the
> Sapphire warranty was 'return to dealer for replacement') so I got a
> refund and ended up with the flashed 6870 that's just died.
>
> But Mac versions of ATI cards are very very expensive.  Someone in the
> UK is selling a new Apple Radeon 5770 (1GB) on Amazon for £340...
>
> I've not had any Nvidia cards (except the totally useless one that came
> in the Mac 1,1), but except for the GTX-680, the ones listed are broadly
> similar to early generation Radeon ones in performance.  The GTX 680
> looks good - but is astonishingly expensive (circa £470 in UK).

The std. GForce 7300GT isn't taht bad, but it depends on what your needs 
are. I don't work with heavy graphics or any gaming, but with tons of 
text and audio editing. Here the 7300GT will certainly do. - But you're 
right, some of the graphics cards are quite expensive - even older used 
ones...

I still have the 7300GT/256mb in my small MP1.1/2,66ghz and a 5770HD/1gb 
in the larger 3,0ghz MP1.1, and of course there are quite much 
difference in performance.:-)

> Currently I think the ATI R9 280x is a good option, if this thread is
> correct -http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1727497 -
> pre-flashed versions on market here for about £250, but apparently it
> works as-is anyhow (without boot screen).

I don't know anything about the R9-series out from experience - only 
from what's written on the net. Yes, they seem to be quite usabble for 
most work on MacPro.

You may have a look here. There are both new and used ones here on 
www.eBay.co.uk - including some of those I mentioned - and some even to 
reasonable prices...

<http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR3.TRC1.A0.H0.Xgraphics+card+macpro.TRS0&_nkw=graphics+card+macpro&_sacat=0>

cheers, Erik Richard

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#70182

On 2015-02-24 11:15:20 +0000, ErikRS said:

> I don't know anything about the R9-series out from experience - only 
> from what's written on the net. Yes, they seem to be quite usabble for 
> most work on MacPro.
> 
> You may have a look here. There are both new and used ones here on 
> www.eBay.co.uk - including some of those I mentioned - and some even to 
> reasonable prices...

Have ordered an R9 280X flashed with Mac EFI ... will post when it 
arrives with info about whether it indeed works as described.  But 
fingers crossed ;)

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#70174

Okay, so one time? In band camp? glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> was all, like:
> On 2015-02-24 01:25:16 +0000, ErikRS said:

>> AMD/ATI Radeon 5770HD/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.
>> ATI Radeon 4870HD/1gb Mac Edition
>> NVidia GForce GTX-285/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
>> NVidia GForce GTX-680 02G-P4/1gb Mac Edition (or 2gb ver.)
>> NVidia GForce GTS-250/1gb Mac Edition
>> Nvidia GForce Quadro 4000/2gb 3D Mac Edition
>> 
>> Note. Be sure the card is a Macintosh edition if you haven't a flash 
>> utility or can get it flashed elsewhere.

> Thanks all for the suggestions.  I've actually had mac / apple versions 
> of the  4870, 5870 and 7950 over the years (I'm on my 3rd Mac Pro, 
> having started with a G5).  The 7950 was fabulous for the few weeks 
> that it worked - but when it died no replacements could be found (the 
> Sapphire warranty was 'return to dealer for replacement') so I got a 
> refund and ended up with the flashed 6870 that's just died.

I saw a 7950 Sapphire on fleabay for $100.

> But Mac versions of ATI cards are very very expensive.  Someone in the 
> UK is selling a new Apple Radeon 5770 (1GB) on Amazon for £340...

Ah, well, UK. That's going to be a problem.

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#70183

On 2015-02-24 12:46:45 +0000, Lewis said:

> Ah, well, UK. That's going to be a problem.

Yep - everything is harder here, not helped by the UK's Customs "pay 
wall" for high value mail-order from the USA, which allows UK vendors 
to keep prices high.  Rumour is that a US EU trade pact is in the 
works, hopefully if it materialises it will make such cross-border 
purchasing easier.

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#70191

On 2015-02-23, glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> wrote:
> Would value some suggestions / recommendations for a replacement 
> graphics card for my 2010 Mac Pro 5,1.  The one I have been using has 
> just died and needs to be replaced.
>
>

How about this?

<http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sapphire/100352MAC/>

Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but it is faster than the stock
cards.


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#70197

tmo1138 wrote:
> On 2015-02-23, glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> wrote:
>> Would value some suggestions / recommendations for a replacement
>> graphics card for my 2010 Mac Pro 5,1.  The one I have been using has
>> just died and needs to be replaced.
>
> How about this?
>
> <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sapphire/100352MAC/>
>
> Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but it is faster than the stock
> cards.

If you look some posts back you'll see that the OP has ordered a similar 
card through a UK based store. - Elseway I'd also recommend him to order 
from OWC - a store that I've been working with for 25 years now, but 
importing into the EU is very expensive caused by the VAT & duty.

But good to see that OWC now also sells those large graphics cards for 
the MacPro series....

For others living in the EU the OWC partner MacUpgrade in Belgium - 
www.macupgrade.be - might be interesting. Do note here that prices are 
all included the Belgian VAT and without duty taxes. Shipping fee is 
generally cheaper inside EU, so the total prices will be much similar to 
the OWC prices.

Cheers, Erik Richard

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#70200

On 2015-02-25 12:48:24 +0000, ErikRS said:

> But good to see that OWC now also sells those large graphics cards for 
> the MacPro series....
> 
> For others living in the EU the OWC partner MacUpgrade in Belgium - 
> www.macupgrade.be - might be interesting. Do note here that prices are 
> all included the Belgian VAT and without duty taxes. Shipping fee is 
> generally cheaper inside EU, so the total prices will be much similar 
> to the OWC prices.

OWC has been on sale in EU through grey channels for a while - I've got 
an OWC SSD sled in my Mac Pro (and it's great).  But an official outlet 
in EU is great news - thanks for the heads-up.

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In article <slrnmeqoft.15d1.tmo1138@davidjr-macpro.local>,
 tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> wrote:

> On 2015-02-23, glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk> wrote:
> > Would value some suggestions / recommendations for a replacement 
> > graphics card for my 2010 Mac Pro 5,1.  The one I have been using has 
> > just died and needs to be replaced.
> >
> >
> 
> How about this?
> 
> <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sapphire/100352MAC/>
> 
> Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but it is faster than the stock
> cards.

Ooch. Those 7950s are expensive even if they're not flashed for the Mac. 

I know his (the OP's) Mac Pro is considerably newer than my 2006 1,1 and 
thus probably worth that investment, but I've been considering this:


http://tinyurl.com/610geforce

(which leads to this nonsense:)

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-nvidia-geforce-gt610-1gb-dd
r3-pci-e-video-card-gt610-sl-1gd3-l-gt610-sl-1gd3-l/10216421.aspx?path=d3
9b2bfd627522b49d53b216260ffb1den02

I know that I wouldn't get a boot-screen with this, but I can work 
around that. These lowish-end Nvidia cards have pretty good reviews 
among the HTPC crowd. I just wanna run Yosemite and do some FCPX. 
There's also a 2-gig version for not much more money.
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Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
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