Q: Mac Pro early 2009 processor upgrade
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Oct 19, 2015 6:29 PMby Grant Bennet-Alder,HelpfulMany Mac Pro owners are surprised to learn that the bottleneck in their Mac pro is NOT Processor speed, or even number of processors. It is usually I/O limitations.
If you are using one spinning drive for everything, your Mac will be severely limited in what you can accomplish.
Before you replace your processor, use Activity Monitor to make certain your "CPU load" is completely used up, and you have no time spent in "Idle".
Use Activity Monitor on your Mac - Apple Support
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Oct 19, 2015 6:35 PMby Jeorije,im using that mac dor cideo editing I really need more power. When I render my video my processir are in full load. Belive me I need a good one. I was thinking if I will buy a verry good video card will resolve my problem. But is not enough I really need a better procesor.
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Oct 20, 2015 8:26 AMby Grant Bennet-Alder,I think the "not" in lllaass last post is in the wrong place.
With 5,1 firmware in place, you should be able to use a fast 6-core processor of the correct type, and that is by far the cheapest way to get better performance if you really are CPU-limited.
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Oct 20, 2015 5:49 PMby Grant Bennet-Alder,BDAqua gave you links you need to read in his post above.
The first one is for a Retail replacement program. the rest are for do it yourself.
