2013 nmp...talk me into high Sierra.

[Selsk]

I'm still running 10.12.6 on my Mac Pro 6 core 3.5 with 32gb of ram and the d500s.

Everything is fine honestly. I predominantly use Lightroom Classic (7.3.1) and Photoshop CC 2018.

But of course I am a bit curious about high Sierra. Does anyone know if I would see any significant performance increases for what I do? I thought I remember reading about metal enhancement and better utilization of dual gpus in high Sierra. Is this true? Any experts want to comment?

I traditionally don't like to upgrade my OS, but rather do a wipe and clean install. I guess this is also a factor in my reluctancy to make the move.

Thank you for your time.

 

[kohlson]

I've always looked at upgrading as an installment plan. I like to stay reasonably close to up to date, to prevent steep learning curves for a new environment. Such as jumping major 2-3 releases. That said, 10.12 is not too bad, and still supported. And I agree with your approach to upgrading - clean install - which is a big task.

There is certainly a school of thought that if you're going to upgrade, now is a good time. 10.13 is pretty well stabilized. If Mojave follows previous releases, it will be problematic for several dot releases.

 

[MIKX]

Hi Sierra sees NVMe drives natively . .. . which leads to eventually being able to boot to NVMe SATA SSD's or . .much better PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD's with write/ read speeds that leave SATA II for dead. In fact I have removed all of my spinner HDDs, they now connect via a USB 3.0 eternal dock .. if required.

This is the Samsung M.2 NVMe blade currently installed in PCIe slot 3 in my cMP which I use to boot High Sierra 10.13.6.
The PCIe adapters are cheap. . I bought mine here in Japan for ¥1,800. US$ 16

I would not go back to Sierra. High Sierra 10.13.6 has been working without problems for me.

 

[pl1984]

Hi Sierra sees NVMe drives natively . .. . which leads to eventually being able to boot to NVMe SATA SSD's or . .much better PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD's with write/ read speeds that leave SATA II for dead. In fact I have removed all of my spinner HDDs, they now connect via a USB 3.0 eternal dock .. if required.

This is the Samsung M.2 NVMe blade currently installed in PCIe slot 3 in my cMP which I use to boot High Sierra 10.13.6.
The PCIe adapters are cheap. . I bought mine here in Japan for ¥1,800. US$ 16

I would not go back to Sierra. High Sierra 10.13.6 has been working without problems for me.

It appears the OP has a 6,1 Mac Pro which ships with PCIe based SSD boot support directly from Apple.