From: "Bruce Tovsky" Received: from mailc1.tigertech.net ([208.80.4.155] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5533555 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:37:57 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailc1.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA0061C97285 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 06:37:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at c1.tigertech.net Received: from [10.10.10.71] (unknown [65.223.213.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailc1.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4E4B21C97284 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 06:37:56 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: [AE] GPU upgrade for Mac Pro 3,1 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:37:54 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5E457223-7B42-4ABF-9A0E-ADC8B76364E4@skeletonhome.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) sorry jim, i didn't mean to imply the quadro wouldn't be a good choice - = i was referring to the flashed pc card options - it's a little out of my = price range, but as i said earlier if i have to push for more money i = will. i'm comparing, and thanks for reminding me that the quadro is a = perfectly workable solution. i'm leaning towards the macvidcards guy and = his offerings, but i have to be careful to see how these cards function = within my system, which includes an Avid Nitris DX and that card, and = things like my fibre channel network etc. it seems like it should all = play nice together, just want to make sure. thanks! b On Jul 25, 2014, at 9:28 AM, "Jim Curtis" = wrote: > What does this mean, Bruce? I use a nVidia Quadro 4000. What am I = sacrificing exactly? >=20 > Element runs pretty fast. I got it because it's a CUDA card and works = well with Premiere. I have the same computer and OS as you. >=20 >=20 > On Jul 25, 2014, at 7:58 AM, Bruce Tovsky = wrote: >=20 >> i don't think i can use these cards without sacrificing the boot = screen due to lack of efi. >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to