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From: "Robert W. Walker" <robertw@walkersound.com>
To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Subject: RE: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:47:21 -0700
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This is the latest:=0Ahttp://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-270.00.00f06-driv=
er.html?ClickID=3Dbmumuzydu1klzzez1vegqsmdumygyf1klgyg=0A=0AI just put a 'b=
oot-screen' flashed 570 in a MacPro 3,1 and everything=0Alit right up.=0A=
=0AHTH=0A=0A> -------- Original Message --------=0A> Subject: Re: [AE] [OT]=
 The Mac Pro is dead=0A> From: Satya G Meka <lists@rowbyte.com>=0A> Date: M=
on, June 11, 2012 11:30 pm=0A> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media=
-motion.tv>=0A> =0A> =0A> Didn't know that it broke nVidia drivers. Thanks =
for the info. Will re-install it and see if its working.=0A> =0A> Satya G M=
eka. =0A> =0A> =0A> On Monday, June 11, 2012 at 7:19 PM, rendernyc wrote:=
=0A> =0A> > did you try the quadro4000 mac drivers from nvidia?=0A> > 10.7.=
4 initially broked support but then nvidia had drivers people were using. =
=0A> > =0A> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Satya G Meka <lists@rowbyte.=
com (mailto:lists@rowbyte.com)> wrote:=0A> > > 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 f=
requently crashes. So, I've resorted to the stock graphics card for now. Th=
at's always the downside with unofficial parts/flashed components. OS updat=
es are more likely to break them.=0A> > > =0A> > > Satya G Meka.=0A> > > On=
 Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com (mailto:=
steveo@practicali.com)> wrote:=0A> > > > 3rd parties are flashing nVidia ca=
rds with mac firmware and they work except during boot up. the effort for t=
hem 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 ?=0A> >=
 > > =0A> > > > =0A> > > > entirely possible this was a FCP X release - sho=
w nothing you're damned, do a lame update you're damned but at least it loo=
ks like something... not saying what that something is though :/=0A> > > > =
=0A> > > > S=0A> > > > =0A> > > > =0A> > > > On Jun 11, 2012, at 4:00 PM, S=
tephen van Vuuren wrote:=0A> > > > =0A> > > > > I have to say, that "increm=
ental upgrade" is a "do not buy" at the price.=0A> > > > > That's a substan=
tial downgrade from current shipping tech and missing=0A> > > > > internal =
and external SATA 6gb and Thunderbolt not mention old CPU tech.=0A> > > > >=
 They should have dropped the price 25-40% if that's what they are calling =
an=0A> > > > > upgrade. Clearly, they wanted to use all the same parts and =
not even upgrade=0A> > > > > the motherboard firmware. That's a really, rea=
lly lame "upgrade".=0A> > > > >=0A> > > > >> This MacPro could also just be=
 a stopgap system. They might (or might=0A> > > > > not) roll out something=
 better when Mountain Lion is released. They've done=0A> > > > > that in th=
e past.=0A> > > > >=0A> > > > =0A> > > > =0A> > > > +---End of message---+=
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