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I'm currently running a Mid 2010 Mac Pro with a 5870 video card in it. I feel that it's bottlenecking processes, and want to upgrade it. I'm not looking to upgrade the computer itself, but want to get the fastest video card that I can.
Looking for suggestions, and links if possible to what you know works.
Thanks!
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
www.barefeats.com has done a lot of tests against various apps, whether you would benefit from AMD (FCP-X) or CUDA GTX, and your budget.
GTX 770 might be what you want, or an AMD 7xxx or 280+
MacRumors forum definitely has a lot to say and stop over forum at Netkas.org
www.xlr8yourmac.com keeps an organized set of reports by topic from users and is hardware oriented also.
Why do you a) need a "fast" video card, and b) think it is the bottleneck (it might)?
Maybe you need dual AMD's and a 2nd 5870 (with the addition of 2nd 450W PSU to drive it).
This: July 25th, 2014 -- GeForce GTX 780 6G: Mac Pro Tower 'Sweet Spot'?
Do you have some SSDs for system and scratch? that often is where you can attack a bottleneck and improve performance.
Graphics can need as much RAM as possible. Dual or single cpu? many are choosing to install one or two faster cpus of the 3.4GHz variety to help.
Thanks for the links! I've honestly searched for a while and haven't come up with some of those. I really appreciate it.
I work in Adobe Premiere/AE/Photoshop/Lightroom, Davinci Resolve, Cinema 4d etc, and I'm looking to get more out of my system.
The computer is a 12 core 2.6ghz with 32gb ram and a 480 pcie SSD. Based on that I'm making the assumption that the bottleneck is the GPU.
Most of the components in a Mac have gotten orders of magnitude faster in the last two decades. The one part that has NOT (but has gotten much larger and much, much cheaper) is the Drives. The most common bottleneck is a "traffic jam" around the boot drive or other Drives.
Are you using separate drives for System, Source, Destination, and Scratch when you process Photos and Video?
Best Video card for Mid 2010 Mac Pro
