Anyone Replace your Mac Pro with Mac Mini?
Is it possible? Has anyone done this and not regretted it? I know the current Mini's geekbench surpasses the 2010 Quad MP's so that got me thinking. I never really use my MP to its full potential. I...
View ArticleMac pro startup disk missing
Hi I have an issue with my 2008 mac pro that I'm hoping you can assist me with. I upgraded my mac with 8 gigs RAM ( and a 2 TB HD (. It read 10 gigs RAM and both the startup HD and the 2 TB hd nicely...
View ArticleBenchmarked GTX Titan and GTX 780
Posted this today: "Crazy Fast GPUs for Mac Pro: GeForce GTX Titan and 780" http://barefeats.com/gputitan.html Includes test results for OctaneRender, After Effects CC (Ray-traced 3D), LuxMark, Diablo...
View ArticleUltimate CPU upgrade for Mac Pro 5,1 2 x 2.4GHz Quard-core
I'm having a go at modding my existing Mac Pro until the jury comes in on the 2013 model. While I'm reading the 'All We Know About Maximizing CPU Related Performance' thread started by Tutor, I thought...
View ArticleNew MacPro: monitor combining?
I'm wondering if the NMP will support monitor combining, aka Eyefinity or nVIDIA surround but Apple style. They have their own custom hardware and software so it's entirely possible they'll support...
View ArticleMac Pro 5,1 new case
Hi all Now that I have my Mac Pro up and running. I was wondering if I could get a nice new case for it The one it's in is a bit beat up and I would like to make it look like new Any one one this? I'm...
View ArticleHas anyone dealt with isellimac on ebay
They are a top rated seller and are selling 2010 2.4 8 core for 1899 .. mint condition .. but only a 30 day warranty which kind of scares me.
View ArticleMac Pro 12-core ram upgrade question
So, I'm helping a friend upgrade his 2011 12-core Mac Pro's ram. He has the initial 6 Gb and after telling him it might be possible to do 128, with the next OS upgrade, he got very excited. I already...
View ArticleMac Pro Dual-Core Intel Xeon 2x2.66 Upgrade
So I am relatively new to this site so please forgive me if this has already been answered. I currently have a Mac Pro 1,1 2x2.66 processor. Now that their are 12 cores out there, I was thinking I...
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Fyi - 128gb ram
I have been running 128GB of RAM in various OSs on a 2012 Mac Pro. Although any OS X version before 10.9 does not support more than 96GB, it does not seem to compromise system stability. It does know...
View Articlemonitor for mac pro
What are your guys recommendations? Since it doesnt have thunderbolt .. future apple monitors are out. What about a used 30 acd for like 570?
View ArticleFirePro vs Radeon SolidWorks and gaming
I came across this interesting comparison FirePro vs Radeon SolidWorks and gaming So the idea is that the FirePro and Radeon cards are 99% the same (excepting possibly ECC video RAM?). The difference...
View ArticleThe iPortable
MacBooks are now the most expensive item in the world to buy with apple releasing the new, iPortable, it has an inbuilt printer, A fingerprint recognition system, a face recognition system and is able...
View Articleacer Touch-Screen Monitor on mac pro
i already posted a thread about this but im making a new one because i put dell instead of acer on the title. because im thinking of buying a dell monitor but that is another story :D so her it is...
View ArticleBooster X5 and ATI 5770
Yesterday I tested my new Booster X5 with some of my old GPUs. All is working very well, but the ATI 5770 behaved a little bit strangely. The fan of the 5770 ist spinning slowly when the computer is...
View ArticleBest way to get 2 monitors
I have a mac pro at work, ancient july one dual core. It only has one DVI output, how can I get another monitor (not just clone of screen) on this thing? Will some sort of ebay adaptor work,...
View ArticleOWC Rant
I have a 2010 Mac Pro. May of 2012 I ordered from OWC a 240 GB OWC Mercury Accelsior PCI Express SSD. The SSD lasted about a year. There would be times on boot up from my alternate backup that the card...
View ArticleBuying used 3.1 Mac Pro
Hello, this is my first post in this forum. I just sold my MBP, and I am planning to buy early 2008 Mac Pro, with only one 2.8Ghz processor . I intend to use this system for photo editing and...
View ArticleNorthbridge clip for 2009 Mac Pro 2X2.26
So I just picked up a Mac Pro on the weekend. I tested it prior to purchase with the ASD S3132 diagnostic. It passed everything EXCEPT the TNOD test, where it gave an error that the IOH sensor was...
View ArticleMacPro switch raid to single - no extra ports
Hi I have a 2009 MacPro which is equipped with 4 sata ports I have installed 2 Raid sets, the first is a RAID 0 system set and the second one is a RAID 1 data space I do not have any extra sata port...
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