Hey, folks.
The 5770 graphics card in my 2012 Mac Pro just died. Since I use final Cut Prox, I want to upgrade to a Radeon 7950. I am VERY cash-poor right now, but this is an emergency, so....
I have been reading a ton, and it seems I can use the Windows version of this card, either stock (living with no boot screen?) or I can also somehow modify the rom. Being so poor, the latter is my only option, but I am very confused on exactly how to proceed. If anyone has a complet, pillar-to-post solution available, I sure could use it. Otherwise, here are my questions:
1: With the stock card boot my Mac, enough that I can then do the other mods? Is this the case with ANY version of this card?
2: How do I flash the rom?
3: There is supposedly a resistor that must be moved, if I want full PCIe 2.0 performance. Where can I find this info, and again does it work with ANY version of this card?
4: I don't play games, nor do I play 4K video in real time. I mostly concerned with rendering speed in FCPx. Id also prefer less fan noise and less heat. Since I am thus mostly concerned with the GPU power, do I still "want" to find a "saphire" card, or an OC card, or will any old 7950 be just as good?
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5: I know that running two cards (even if one has no LCD connected) gives a great performance boost, but they must be two of the same card. Can this be done with one Mac-Edition 795 and one Windows 7950? (using the Mac version for video & to boot, of course.)
Can it be done with the 2 cards running at slightly different clock speeds?
THX.
