Return-Path: Received: from mail-vb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4743550 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:16:37 +0200 Received: by vbkv13 with SMTP id v13so1962589vbk.28 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:19:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=K0lxG/vX5o+PcKQU0yJwtZkUXJs7uCJ0Q5uwjX+QPGA=; b=xn1r/cwd6wxpu9O+CCuWVYJcPLi9gs6mewnRnQiwXsHMZ5lH/VNjQW+88tj7C951RB O++4fyRsK8LmXSIHRMs1shOlu404Ia9r6BiIid+2pSAh3YHNAMqAhaf0SrQDKeeoYgCf aCbYo6KtgTFM8hQcwMiWyXbSG6cqPiJPe1SipYrLD1D7kvrqwBfTHcM9cDG/QPfHTGaZ RLqxrDAYthdniz8tCmmUt4zfDyYn1WVtDNog9LackG66rTRZJlhRO3vvL0JlYcJNaXxm UWzZPDxpww/LEu/kdKmMrMRspE2YWcBwNGPoXXr3nMMQR0zubWPGms/avELLyK9x77qs zWqA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.150.12 with SMTP id w12mr13710307vcv.39.1339467555661; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:19:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.149.70 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:19:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:19:15 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead From: rendernyc To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04389097d7e7bd04c23d1713 --f46d04389097d7e7bd04c23d1713 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 did you try the quadro4000 mac drivers from nvidia? 10.7.4 initially broked support but then nvidia had drivers people were using. On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Satya G Meka wrote: > I've purchased a flashed GTX 470 a while ago from macvidcards. It worked > fine with Lion for a while but the latest update 10.7.4 broke it and now > the screen flickers and the OS frequently crashes. So, I've resorted to the > stock graphics card for now. That's always the downside with unofficial > parts/flashed components. OS updates are more likely to break them. > > Satya G Meka. > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Steve Oakley wrote: > >> 3rd parties are flashing nVidia cards with mac firmware and they work >> except during boot up. the effort for them to support 480 / 580 /680 is >> pretty minimal. they couldn't even go for a fews days of an engineer's time >> to tweak the firmware for boot up ? >> >> >> entirely possible this was a FCP X release - show nothing you're damned, >> do a lame update you're damned but at least it looks like something... not >> saying what that something is though :/ >> >> S >> >> >> On Jun 11, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: >> >> > I have to say, that "incremental upgrade" is a "do not buy" at the >> price. >> > That's a substantial downgrade from current shipping tech and missing >> > internal and external SATA 6gb and Thunderbolt not mention old CPU tech. >> > They should have dropped the price 25-40% if that's what they are >> calling an >> > upgrade. Clearly, they wanted to use all the same parts and not even >> upgrade >> > the motherboard firmware. That's a really, really lame "upgrade". >> > >> >> This MacPro could also just be a stopgap system. They might (or might >> > not) roll out something better when Mountain Lion is released. They've >> done >> > that in the past. >> > >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> > > -- danny princz exposedideas.com --f46d04389097d7e7bd04c23d1713 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable did you try the quadro4000 mac drivers from nvidia?
10.7.4 initially br= oked support but then nvidia had drivers people were using.=A0

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Satya G Meka <lists= @rowbyte.com> wrote:
I've purchased a flashed GTX 470 a while= ago from macvidcards. It worked fine with Lion for a while but the latest = update 10.7.4 broke it and now the screen flickers and the OS frequently cr= ashes. So, I've resorted to the stock graphics card for now. That's= always the downside with unofficial parts/flashed components. OS updates a= re more likely to break them.

Satya G Meka.

On Mo= n, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>= ; wrote:
3rd parties are flashing nVidia cards with m= ac firmware and they work except during boot up. the effort for them to sup= port 480 / 580 /680 is pretty minimal. they couldn't even go for a fews= days of an engineer's time to tweak the firmware for boot up ?


entirely possible this was a FCP X release - show nothing you're damned= , do a lame update you're damned but at least it looks like something..= . not saying what that something is though :/

S


On Jun 11, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote:

> I have to say, that "incremental upgrade" is a "do not = buy" at the price.
> That's a substantial downgrade from current shipping tech and miss= ing
> internal and external SATA 6gb and Thunderbolt not mention old CPU tec= h.
> They should have dropped the price 25-40% if that's what they are = calling an
> upgrade. Clearly, they wanted to use all the same parts and not even u= pgrade
> the motherboard firmware. That's a really, really lame "upgra= de".
>
>> This MacPro could also just be a stopgap system. They might (or mi= ght
> not) roll out something better when Mountain Lion is released. They= 9;ve done
> that in the past.
>


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