• Apple OS X

  Best Graphics Card

  Posted by Joseph Colombatto on June 17, 2010 at 3:38 pm

  Hello,
  I am presently working on a Mac Pro (the first version), Processor 2×2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon,
  and Memory 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM, and am looking to upgrade my current system without
  having to buy the new 8 core. (tempting though).
  Can I add Memory (Ram) to this system, (Apple Store says it’s maxed out as is), and what is the
  Best Graphics Card I can put into this present system?
  I’m beginning to do a lot of HD work, (AVCHD), and would like the highest performance possible
  with this system. Also, an external monitor, what would you suggest.
  I still transcode much of my stuff to SD, and still run my external monitor thru a DSR-11.
  I suppose I should go to an HD external, would I be able to hook the DSR-11 into that for
  SD (30p) stuff?
  Thanks a bunch,
  Joe C.

  Pasi Koivisto replied 15 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Pasi Koivisto

  June 29, 2010 at 4:12 am

  You should be able to upgrade to 16Gb of ram.

  Look into the Radeon 4870. I use it in my Mac Pro but it’s the revision after your but I’ve read that it works But look into it.

  I think you should consider buying 3 SATA drives, but them into your computer and do a software raid 0. It will be very fast and really help with the performance. Just remember to NOT keep project or originals on it as it has a higher risk of crashing.

  If you get a video card that can output to a HD monitor most if not all of the HD cards from AJA and Black Magic will downconvert the signal to SD.

  /Pasi
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  Editor, Colorist.
  Mac Pro, 8×3 Ghz, 8 Gb ram, ATI Radeon HD 4870, KONA 3, Sony PVM20L4, Tangent Devices Wave.

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