Return-Path: Received: from mail-vc0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4743555 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:17:35 +0200 Received: by vcbfl10 with SMTP id fl10so2715952vcb.28 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:20:13 -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=Uvqk4ob/L4avdta6rAVtbhIZ9hMcudltW0ByOm2qcd8=; b=s9g20ql7DJPAD9a4l+P0pRP6PcQfmIckNd3QGIuV/ZHIGoBsZ4ZPV1LzovruzxR+fq HCOTXunygVWiDZGBrCBV2F1ssB/8wlGHwq9iTyM/Kpf6Uml+V662AEn7x1YzrCnvnWmi qWg4oA6BeiiNWu5T6H78miPbmUlhP7QA3vbt+VlDAoICmr2P9QhwGY7jKM16cHH+23hL aa09TWh9Qiv5DVYgaQa0zDdC28Eojw6V3tmU25RiUfcRNZLnr5m/oLwZPexwWokWsVgG /xGHs4M8EEhpXqwfnDEm+iXmfZ231t3ROZuZPhhNPKjjoXlH52Mp06XYnIRLWpeaiscA hO6w== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.242.78 with SMTP id lh14mr13824113vcb.64.1339467613535; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:20:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.149.70 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:20:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:20:13 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead From: rendernyc To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae9cdc78f4afbd004c23d1b32 --14dae9cdc78f4afbd004c23d1b32 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 remember way back when, intel was showing off this cool new tech called lightpeak and the demo stations were hacked up macpros? On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:19 PM, rendernyc wrote: > 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 > -- danny princz exposedideas.com --14dae9cdc78f4afbd004c23d1b32 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable remember way back when, intel was showing off this cool new tech called lig= htpeak and the demo stations were hacked up macpros?=A0

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:19 PM, rendernyc <rendernyc@= gmail.com> wrote:
did you try the quadro4000 mac drivers from = nvidia?
10.7.4 initially broked support but then nvidia had drivers peo= ple were using.=A0


On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 a= t 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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