Is Graphic card AMD FirePro D300 x 2 enough for editing?

Hello there Mi ( melfvrson)

yeaaaas, mayyybe… the thing is , of course, that you have a 2013 Mac Pro which uses a custom built video/graphics card ( made specially for Apple and the 2013 Mac Pro) so finding a replacement/upgrade for it is somewhat hard… and, I’d have no idea on how to do so, certainly, it’s not a job for the average user, for sure… there are some things that might help a bit… I’m assuming your built in ( internal) storage on your Mac Pro 2013 is an SSD of some kind, and that it’s fast enough… and hopefully big enough, too…. And that you have enough RAM ( memory) installed in it… so, you have 4 GB of VRAM on board… that could slow things down a bit, especially for processor and graphics-intensive applications like Final Cut Pro X.. there’s not much I could

suggest or recommend at the moment to you, maybe look at an eGPU?? Plus a Thunderbolt 3 to

Thunderbolt 2 adapter cable… there are many companies that make eGPU’s… and it’s sort of a do-it-yourself thing, eg, you pick the eGPU enclosure, then you pick the video/graphics card that goes into the eGPU, then you install the card into

the eGPU enclosure and eventually connect it up to your 2013 Mac Pro. see eGPU.io for more info… here’s an example of a card that has 24 GB of VRAM in it, plus dual bios so it may work in Mac ( and Windows just fine) —- check the eGPU website to verify that it does>https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/nitro-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-vaporx-24g-gddr6 or this one … https://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-11293-03-40G-Radeon-Nitro-Graphics/dp/B07XMNGVVD or the RX-580… don’t try to use XFX or ASUS branded cards, they don’t play nicely with Macs as a general rule. Nvidia’s are also out, for reasons ( no official driver support past Mojave) … power colour red devil might work, but you’d have to talk to the folks on the eGPU forum who’d know more about that than me…

John B

before you go crazy looking fro GPU problems, you need to make certain it's not much simpler stuff.

How full are your drives?

How much main RAM is installed?

Those are the things that would cause speeds to vary as file sizes increased.

Consider downloading Etrecheck and post its report back to the fi=orums for readers to help you examine.

Using EtreCheck to Troubleshoot Potential… - Apple Community

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<< I have plenty of storage and RAM >>

The Mac Pro uses Error Correcting Code (ECC) RAM. The error correction logic is used very aggressively at startup. Any module that encounters any errors doing the Power-On Self Test, correctible or not, will have its slot marked "empty" and it will not be used by the system.

Be sure to check that you STILL have as much RAM as you think you installed initially. Any errors can cause macOS to set some aside and not use it.

Also, have you run the built-in diagnostics?

<< Etrecheck? Never heard of it sounds scary 😆 >>

You never heard of it because you never needed it until now. It is a little "discovery" tool whose sole reason for existing is to compile a report of what is going on inside your Mac to be posted back here. Etrecheck changes NOTHING.

it is recommended here every day on this Apple-moderated forum, and if it were dangerous, The moderators would have all references to it expunged, and the recommender banished. Instead, it is sometimes suggested by the folks at Apple support when you call them up.

A forum-search for Etrecheck will produce hundreds of hits, with just as many reports, so you could look at one if you like. The report is pre-laundered of all personally-identifiable information -- otherwise it could not be posted here.

In addition to what has been said, the developer of EtreCheck is a long time member of these forums. He may even drop by if he sees your post.