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The four Thunderbolt 3 ports are awkwardly placed-too high up the rear and on the top all make for a looping/drooping cable mess and make it difficult to use 1/2 meter cables, so the net result is a mess. There are a miserly two (2) USB-A ports on the Apple I/O card, so a USB hub of some kind is all but mandatory.

#Best usb video card for mac pro#

The base Mac Pro configuration SUCKS as far as ports go.

#Best usb video card for mac install#

Starting with the lowest capacity pair of DIMMs, install your DIMMs in identical pairs from smallest to largest capacity in order of the memory channels: Channel 1: Slots 5 and 8 Channel 2: Slots 3 and 10 Channel 3: Slots 1 and 12 Channel 4: Slots 6 and 7 Channel 5: Slots 4 and 9 Channel 6: Slots 2 and 11

From the technote Install and replace memory in your Mac Pro (2019): Instead, install the higher-capacity modules first, in the lower channels, then install the lower-capacity Apple modules in the higher numbered channels. * The Apple technote states that lower-capacity modules should go into the lower-number channels first-the OPPOSITE of what works. One undesirable effect of using 384GB memory instead of 192GB: fan noise which was whisper quiet rises enough to make it noticeable vs barely perceptible. Memory bandwidth in this configuration is outstanding. I wasted hours trying to get Apple memory to work with OWC memory due to these faulty instructions.īelow, 12 X 32GB RDIMM modules in the 2019 Mac Pro. In for a penny, in for a pound, in the USA or Britain.īesides, to mix the 48GB of Apple memory (6 X 8GB) to work with the OWC memory, the modules have to be installed the exact opposite way of what the Apple technote claims*, otherwise the Mac Pro just blinks red and won’t even attempt to boot.

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The heck with hugely overpriced Apple memory-I decided to upgrade to 384GB of OWC memory, as I anticipate the Mac Pro will be a 3+ year investment in my workflow. See also: 2019 Mac Pro: Tips for Upgrading Memory.įOR SALE: few photographers need more than 96GB, so my upgrade pain is your grain: 48GB as 6 X 8GB of Apple RDIMMS from 16-core Mac Pro $450 or best offer (just to go from 32GB to 48GB costs $300 when buying a Mac Pro, so that’s half price!) Contact Lloyd. Along with whatever add-ons and backup procedures and related stuff you need to sort out.

So don’t go buying a Mac Pro unless you need all the expansion options.Ĭonsult with me (Lloyd) and I’ll help steer you to the best machine for your own specific workflow needs at the lowest cost, professional or you just want the best (which might or might not be the Mac Pro). And the iMac 5K is ALWAYS faster (on CPU tasks) unless at least 8 cores are used. I have to say it is a lovely machine on paper, but with the 2019 iMac 5K CPU cores often running about 30% faster, the iMac 5K is in effect equivalent to a 10 core Mac Pro. Here’s a quick look at how I have configured the 2019 Mac Pro so far. SEND FEEDBACK Related: 2019 Mac Pro, 4K and 5K display, AMD Radeon GPU, bandwidth, computer display, display connectivity, DisplayPort, Don H, GPU, iMac, iMac 5K, Mac Pro, memory, SSD, Thunderbolt, USB, USB-A, video