Hopefully that will breathe some more life into my trusty tower. (now, this is on my computer monitor at fullscreen – because right now my Matrox MX02 won't play nice with the software, so I can't play out to my TV monitor!) I only get smooth playback if I go to 'yellow/green' mode, when the RT mask is being monitored. I checked the Activity Monitor, and it shows my CPUs at almost full-tilt, all 16 cores, just to play it back.
So this seems to have something to do with how the software is processing the FX, that is different from earlier MC versions.
If I turn off the mask, it plays fine at full quality. So I'm assuming it's not a hardware issue, or something wrong with my media drives, etc.but a software one. This is on material that I've had for years, and never had an issue playing back on previous generations of MC software. Drops lots of frames and falls out of synch. The most odd thing, is that playing back even something as low-overhead as DNxHD 36 with one RT 1:1:66 mask at 'green' quality – my machine can't keep up.
I'm not sure the video card upgrade will help, but it might be worth a try. Thanks for the threads re performance, etc. Not necessarily for MC, but for other apps running concurrently.
They even have a wizard to get you started:Ģ010 Mac Pro still has plenty of life left in it. Great rep and amazing selection of cards. It's not available from OWC today, but it seems to come back in stock from time to time.Īt this stage, I'd recommend getting a card from. (That must've really improved in 8.6 because I have a GTX 680 w/2GB RAM and I still have to transcode UHD AVCHD from a Panasonic DVX200 in MC 8.4.4 to play back anything.)Įnough caveats. Now it looks like it could be realtime performance for resource-intensive formats over AMA (or whatever they're calling it now). In the past, it was limited to third-party AVX plugins.
I'm still fuzzy on what operations MC actually offloads to the GPU. In the thread you linked, gpzjock, someone mentioned that to use the GTX 570 in a Mac Pro you need 2 PCIe 6-pin cables which aren't included with the card.Looks like there's trouble with 8.6, even with stock Apple GPU's. I do realize that the 570 would not give me a boot screen - so that means to switch between windows/os x I will need to use the bootcamp controls, correct?īefore I make the leap, though, I'd like to verify one thing. The GTX 570 seems to be the better of the two, so I'm leaning towards that. It looks like the 580 would require a separate power supply, which I'd rather not deal with, leaving me with the 5870 or the 570. Thanks for the quick replies, both of you!īased on all of that, it seems my best options are either the HD 5870, GTX 570 or GTX 580. The video cards sold on Apple's website all claim they require a 2009 or 2010 model, though people with the same computer as mine have claimed to run the 5770 with no problems.Īnyways, I would appreciate any advice! I am planning on keeping this computer for a long time to come, so I'd like to go with the best upgrade possible (excluding anything too pricey - like the $1200 one on Apple's store).Īlso, if it's relevant, I am currently running 10.6.8, but planning on upgrading to Lion anyway - so I could always expedite the upgrade if necessary. Not only have I always been confused by graphics cards and which are better, but figuring out which ones will work with my computer has my head spinning. I just spent about 2 hours trying to figure out what my graphics card replacement options are and I am completely overwhelmed. Or more specifically the fan no longer fans, and any activity that uses the gpu will crash the computer within seconds. The NVidia GeForce 8800 GT in my early 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 just cut out.