Return-Path: Received: from p3plwbeout04-06.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([72.167.218.227] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5125325 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:49:35 +0200 Received: from localhost ([72.167.218.243]) by p3plwbeout04-06.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with bizsmtp id ugzz1l0015FgiYg01gzzTH; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:00:03 -0700 X-SID: ugzz1l0015FgiYg01 Received: (qmail 17581 invoked by uid 99); 30 Jun 2013 16:59:59 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Originating-IP: 142.129.187.88 User-Agent: Workspace Webmail 5.6.40 Message-Id: <20130630095958.89259f98f291d771214680e8971719cb.ae5b8f9f39.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> From: "Robert W. Walker" To: "After Effects Mail List" Subject: RE: [AE] Graphics Card GTX570 Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:59:58 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 A stock GTX570 on a Mac Pro will not show you any screens at bootup=0Auntil= the desktop appears. Macvidcards flashes these cards, and others,=0Aso th= at you see the normal bootup screens, which could be handy for=0Atroublesho= oting purposes should anything go amiss with your system. I=0Aresearched i= t carefully before I bought mine and decided that=0Amacvidcards was the way= to go. The price is higher than a stock 570, but=0Anot unreasonable; still= hundreds of dollars less and about twice the=0Aperformance of the Quadro 4= 000 I had been using. =0A=0AI have 570 in each of two machines, running OS= X 10.7.5. You should=0Acheck the latest information if you are running 10.= 8.x - here is a link=0Ato one of several informative threads you can find b= y googling "GTX 570=0AMac Pro": =0Ahttp://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.p= hp?t=3D1440150&highlight=3Dmacvidcards=0A=0AI have no affiliation with macv= idcards other than being a satisfied=0Acustomer.=0A=0ARobert W. Walker=0ALo= s Angeles=0A=0A=0A> -------- Original Message --------=0A> Subject: Re: [AE= ] Graphics Card GTX570=0A> From: Teddy Gage =0A> Date:= Sun, June 30, 2013 12:40 pm=0A> To: "After Effects Mail List" =0A> =0A> =0A> Unless you want a special edition card, the man= ufacturer makes little or no=0A> difference. I have never had a problem wit= h Asus or PNY cards. Just go for=0A> whatever is cheapest IMO=0A> =0A> =0A>= On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 7:54 AM, alan harris wro= te:=0A> =0A> >=0A> > Hi All,=0A> >=0A> > I remember reading a post on this = list that advised installing a GTX570=0A> > graphics card into a mac pro 4,= 1 for faster performance with CS6.=0A> >=0A> > Looking around there seems = to be far to many choices of manufacturer for=0A> > this type of card for m= e to decide which to get.=0A> >=0A> > Can anyone specify further?=0A> >=0A>= > Thanks,=0A> >=0A> > Alan=0A> >=0A> > --=0A> > alan harris=0A> > alan= _harris@rushpost.com=0A> >=0A> > --=0A> > http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP acc= essible web-mail=0A> >=0A> >=0A> > +---End of message---+=0A> > To unsubscr= ibe send any message to =0A> >=0A> =0A> =0A> = =0A> -- =0A> Animator & Editor=0A> www.teddygage.com=0A> Brooklyn