From: "Steve Oakley" Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5533209 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 05:06:51 +0200 Received: from [192.168.0.6] (cpe-174-103-227-20.new.res.rr.com [174.103.227.20]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mreueus001) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MJE2W-1XDFvm17rW-002p9I; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 05:06:49 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: [AE] GPU upgrade for Mac Pro 3,1 In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:06:47 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:6H5ieI+ODU20QNoYrICeEaYuCBQ5IrVUBZ1Iu5wNJGQ 4oCLL+BI60q6PA5MLA72omuVCKs3Vv+iEW43IxqiKifxu5Ic39 BkR2yo3p0/hlAafiM1iUqcYzJzDGSruabnq723kqQoHokmHnWW 9ZKEnXN+hFU1loHGtb9kKEL4Bh00S8m5p722a8ZSNblG5DfHzL cZT1tjnFRIB0Ju+jrJjO8SpuOZ+zOPAhzWg90NRmK/sp5v1Ufr Rol+v2AlLt/3eNO47T8I+yo0G4JF6xbTIw3DEgxyAIDmWQwtxi Y3oTAJOIO8YYKFN+Fw+3sajf5ev72LLiM6Jxkuu64UtveJrHap ++xpbozcwBTO4okgvZVOh0pFjtbHczTSOAJqkdfdMcYikYqcat IPBPjPoHLDEKTrOXqWyn8NG48af3l5rn2wX4CzkU+LUqSrPzJo g5YIU I have a nV K5000 which is a beast. basically any current gen 780 or = prev gen 680 nV card with at least 2gb of Vram will be a big upgrade. = ideally get a card with 3 or 4gb of Vram.=20 I'd also highly recommend a 256gb (min) SSD for system HD if you are = still using a spinning drive. It'll make a dramatic difference in = machine performance along with a good GPU upgrade. if your spinning disc = is 4+ years old or even the original drive replacing it will be a big = difference. this will really help AE caching along with normal system = performance. between doing the two it'll feel like a new machine :) and moving the = CC 2014 is also a great performance upgrade too. S On Jul 24, 2014, at 1:55 PM, Bruce Tovsky = wrote: > hi all > apologies for the crosspost. i'm in the need of a GPU bump on my early = 2008 mac pro (2x3ghz Quad Core Xeon / 32 gb ram / os x 10.8.5) that's = hosting a Avid Nitris DX running MC 7.0.4 and After Effects CS6) and i'm = looking for some real world advice. i've snooped around quite a bit, am = now familiar with the options available to me: PC cards that work but = will sacrifice the boot screen due to lack of EFI support; older mac = compatible cards that aren't that much more horsepower than my current = NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (which is just not quite enough for Element = 3D and some other After Effects related tasks on the same machine); or = newer cards like the Sapphire 7950 3GB GDDR5 Mac Edition, which some = people say works but that the manufacturer and vendors like OWC say = doesn't. budget doesn't have the wiggle room for a newer Mac Pro, and i = can't take the plunge for the newest Mac Pro anytime soon. my current = system is running well overall, but it's bogging down with some heavier = after effects use. > any help would be appreciated. i've searched all of the forums and = usual places, and found a lot of useful info, but no lightbulb moment. > cheers > bruce >=20 >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to