Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1?

From	glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.co.uk>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac, comp.sys.mac.system
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Subject	Recommends for good graphics card for MacPro 5,1?
Organization	http://www.NewsDemon.com
Date	2015-02-23 11:03 +0000

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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.

Genuine Apple cards are quite rare now, and eyewateringly expensive 
when you find them.  So I am expecting that the best option is some 
kind of PC video card that has been (or can be) 'flashed' using 
Netkas.org bios etc.  But I don't keep up to date with PC video cards, 
nor what among those can be 'flashed' to work on a Mac.

The card that has just died was a reflashed XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 
(1GB).  It worked OK, and was pretty silent in the case, and one option 
is to simply get another (they cost about £115 pre-flashed in the UK).  
But I wonder if things have moved on and I'd be better off getting some 
other kind of card this time around.

I use a Cinema LED Display, and the most intensive work I do is photo 
processing using Capture One 8 and the usual suite of image processing 
software.  Capture One 8 supports OpenCL for multiple GPUs, so a card 
that when flashed has OpenCL support would be a nice extra.

Anyhow - thanks in advacne for any suggestions / thoughts: they will be 
most helpful I'm sure.

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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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