Video Card for Mac Pro

[Alexander Ibrahim]

Any idea if I can deal directly with Apple and just pay them to swap out the innards including the busses? Pretty much everything but the frame/mounts/case.

I say this not just because I'm trying to save a buck, but from an environmental POV. Other than the bad manners of not fitting neatly in rack mounts, the aluminum MacPro tower is a nice bit of casework and with care could last a couple decades.

Apple could milk the "green" PR and, at the risk of sounding preachy, just do the right thing because they can and accept the positive PR as a parting gift.

You may now return to your previously scheduled camera forum ;-0

Cheers - #19

So basically you are willing to buy almost a whole new computer, but want to recycle your case? That about it?

You can probably get your friendly neighborhood mac repair shop to order that parts you need to do this for yourself.

I doubt very much that you'll ever get Apple to do this for you ... an individual can't normally order the parts you need from Apple at all.

It's probably cheaper to just buy a refurbished 2009 Mac Pro and get what ever CPU you want after market.

Recycle the old machine by selling it to someone who needs it.

 

[Blair S. Paulsen]

Factory refurbs for our planet!

Factory refurbs for our planet!

I've resold older machines to fund the new hotness dozens of times over the years, I know the drill. I guess my visit to the electronics recycling facility made me wonder if perhaps there was a better way. Just railing at the disposable world we live in. In any case, RedUser is not a political forum so I'll just leave my public plea to Apple as my closing take.

Cheers - #19

 

[Dustin Cross]

Alexander,

If you connect a GPU, Red Rocket, Raid card, and Blackmagic card to a system via a Thunderbolt connection will they all run at the same speed as they would directly connected to PCIe?

No!

Therefore Thunderbolt does not replace PCIe!


Dusty