If it's a Mac Pro, and there are no nVidia options available, get the cheapest ATI option, then by all means don't get the RAM from Apple, get it from a third party and put it in yourself. You'll save hundreds of dollars that you can put towards an nVidia card, replacing the cheap ATI card. Someone else on the list can probably recommend something cheaper than the Quadra 4000 that will serve you well. A decent nVidia game card (GTX 480, GTX 580) will really rock the CUDA, if the Mac Pro supports it. Sorry if your IT department is inflexible about this... Apple could certainly make it easier by offering more options.

Brian

I'd say spend it on R

AM. Unless you play a lot of video games. RAM is going to give a much better overall boost to your system & rendering

On Apr 6, 2012 1:45 PM, "Robert Behnke" <robert_behnke@yahoo.com> wrote:

My options are ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs two ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB or one ATI Radeon HD 5770.

Or should I spend the money on RAM?

I would like the system to possible work with Resolve or Adobe's new SpeedGrade (which I do not know that much about).

Of course, I will be running two screens.

Thanks!

 

Robert Behnke