[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my question. Clearly I will be running around in circles until I install, minimally, Mountain Lion. And this nVidia card just isn’t going to work either.

I appreciate your help.

Best,

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thank you very much for the informative reply. That explains a whole bunch of stuff I didn’t know and I appreciate your taking the time to explain it.

Best, Harry

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thank you very much for the replies. It looks as if I’d better go back to square one. Although the MacPro 2,1 8 core (that’s mine) is non-Mountain Lion compatible, I understand from the denizens of the internet, that there is a workaround.

Please tell me – what is MPE? You both use this term and I don’t know it. But I’m an ancient warrior from Ye Olde Final Cut Pro and can barely remember my own name, much less spell it. So please tell me. VRAM I think I understand.

But now I hit a problem. Even if I can manage to install Mountain Lion, I will still have the same Mac hardware – so I’m now not convinced, based on what you gentlemen say, that I will be able to find an Nvidia CUDA card which will work in my computer anyway, regardless of Mac OSX 8+.

What do you think? I’d greatly appreciate your opinions. I simply cannot rush out and buy a new computer. I make a living doing this and am just putting my toe in the water with PP as a test.

So, assuming that I can get Mountain Lion running on my steam powered Mac (which people have actually done), am I still not stuck in the mud due to the lack of CUDA cards?

I truly appreciate the time you have taken to reply. A final word of advice from both of you would be welcome. I pay careful attention to what other users say and am always aware that their time is a gift.

Best wishes,

Harry.

PS. By the way, PP is surprisingly stable on my setup – I just want added speed in rendering and whatnot. Perhaps I should be thinking in terms of learning PP under these compromised conditions before I mess around with thoughts of CUDA, Mountain Lion, New computer etc.

Again, thanks, Harry The Idiot.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thanks very much for the reply. It’s strange that two Nvidia techs claimed the opposite. But I guess I’d better ditch this card and go back to square one. But you are equally certain that a 512 card is a no-go.

Ah well. I’d better go out and shout at cars.

I believe there is a workaround to installing Mountain Lion on an ancient MacPro (like my 8 Core 2,1), so perhaps I’d better start there.

Anyway, very many thanks for your time.

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thanks for the advice, Shane. I’ve bought SuperDuper based on your advice.

Happy New Year.

Harry (from the LAFCPUG)

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thank you very much for the link.

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thank you both the the replies. I will do as you suggest.

Best wishes and thanks again,

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

I am getting a server error when I try to pull up your video.

Try sending me an URL.

H.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Sorry – to this address:

myxtrosequel@me.com

H

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Send YouTube link and notes with timings of bad audio to: Xtro

H.