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Mac Pro Tower Graphics Card upgrade?

Peter Misfeldt
I have a Mac Pro 5.1, 3.33 6 core, 32GB Ram with a ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB Graphics Card.
Have been thinking of upgrading the graphics card to a AMD Sapphire HD 7950 Mac Edition.
Would I see any significant improvement in performance in Capture One 8?

Or should I be looking at another card?

Thanks
Peter
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  • ThomasGeist
    Mac Pro 5,1 is Mid 2010, isn't it? That's what I have; the 2.8 GHz Quad Core.
    I just got this card and the performance improvement under Mavericks is truly impressive.

    I tested with Yosemite as well, but there are still issues. No complaints here as it isn't officially supported yet.

    Here are my numbers:
    Mid 2010 Mac Pro
    2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
    16 GB RAM

    Developing 100 Nikon D810 NEFs to full res JPEGs.

    Yosemite
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 GPU off: 11’ 13†= 673"
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 GPU on: 5’ 17†= 317"
    Sapphire HD 7950 GPU on: 4’ 39†= 279â€

    Mavericks
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 GPU off: 10’ 12†= 612"
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 GPU on: 5’ 12†= 312"
    Sapphire HD 7950 GPU on: 2’ 11†= 131"

    Hope this helps. BTW, if you're in the US, Other World Computing will take your old ATI card for $140 which brings down the Sapphire's price to $350. A no-brainer. 😊
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  • paintbox
    Get the card.

    Thanks Thomas for the times/ Mavericks vs Yosemite.
    I wish I hadn't "upgraded" to Yosemite. I have had issues with not being able to utilize the GPU in C1.
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  • Peter Misfeldt
    Thanks Thomas & Jimmy,

    Yes my machine is a mid 2010.
    Sounds like the Sapphire HD 7950 is a go..!
    Unfortunately I'm not in the US, but I will probably get the card from OWC anyhow..

    Peter
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  • Peter Misfeldt
    I just got this card recommended over the HD 7950: AMD ATI Radeon R9 280X 3GB
    It comes flashed from create.pro and should be plug and play. Price wise it is a little more but not that much..

    Anyone got experience with that card?

    Peter
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  • Christian Gruner
    This webpage can also help you in making a choice: http://compubench.com
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  • Peter Misfeldt
    I ended up getting a HD 7950 and just installed it and turned on Open CL and am happy to report that everything seems to be running smoothly now.
    As a side bonus the whole machine seems more snappy now, in web browsing and finder and such. Even the cursor seems to have more energy now 😊

    Thanks everyone..
    Petert
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