Return-Path: Received: from mail-pz0-f41.google.com ([209.85.210.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4743616 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:27:44 +0200 Received: by dakp5 with SMTP id p5so5968459dak.28 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:30:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=WMrsXBUDJU5dvL4BnqQ/U9pnL5eZ4Ag4PnyvvEwVBW4=; b=FJaPVjjASRL3jAVFKMqeTcxhetfQFkMqX9FLSI9oH49APaSyisF0wyMinhhb5ytgYU lXE48nCMAeqbV0/u3JI5F9YwJnOAadweK1gjIrEPLgZiXyYhTdqgUFByqnAzFw+wbg2z ANgv7NaCtRYl9S+yD037i7iOkkET/PfhcnvsA+5uwslDm/81n2n9TKFNtaK377CwT6D9 f4gWUBK/XMqrtDHEvrD/eXQ0uZ8rbqDHrDwllGiytQO9UFS6MMpkXI76stYd5WDodlwd YAEaX6Mgxebht+VTvb0ks/c5lz9IyPL6nnDobuKxVzEDbaZumteugs2n5WwoshjcNKO6 zGNw== Received: by 10.68.237.202 with SMTP id ve10mr33389544pbc.54.1339471821834; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:30:21 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.0.12] (cpe-76-94-181-188.socal.res.rr.com. [76.94.181.188]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ns5sm457509pbb.26.2012.06.11.20.30.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:30:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:30:18 -0700 From: Satya G Meka To: After Effects Mail List Message-ID: <6BCC94199CA641FD8DEDA0EE8F66F967@rowbyte.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead X-Mailer: sparrow 1.6.1 (build 1081.52) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="4fd6b7ca_643c9869_bcc" X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlpIcbwIXtZT3WhuoposXxOZEegRs/elDky43/XjtFgZNyXDkxm0SX/UAsWGMd+wl0sXJHh --4fd6b7ca_643c9869_bcc Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Didn't know that it broke nVidia drivers. Thanks for the info. Will re-install it and see if its working. Satya G Meka. On Monday, June 11, 2012 at 7:19 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 (http://exposedideas.com) --4fd6b7ca_643c9869_bcc Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
Didn't know that it broke nVidia drivers. Thanks for the info. Will r= e-install it and see if its working.

Satya G Meka.
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On Monday, June 11, 20= 12 at 7:19 PM, rendernyc wrote:

did you try the quadro4000 mac driver= s from nvidia=3F
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 <lists=40rowbyte.com> = wrote:
I've purchased a flashed GTX= 470 a while ago from macvidcards. It worked fine with Lion for a while b= ut 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 n= ow. 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 <steveo=40practicali.com&= gt; wrote:
3rd parties are f= lashing nVidia cards with mac firmware and they work except during boot u= p. 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 firmw= are for boot up =3F


entirely possible this was a =46CP 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 =22incremental upgrade=22 is a =22do not buy=22 = at the price.
> That's a substantial downgrade from current shipping tech and missin= g
> internal and external SATA 6gb and Thunderbolt not mention old CPU t= ech.
> They should have dropped the price 25-40% if that's what they are ca= lling an
> upgrade. Clearly, they wanted to use all the same parts and not even= upgrade
> the motherboard firmware. That's a really, really lame =22upgrade=22= .
>
>> 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.
>


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