Hi All,
I'm a very happy Mac Pro 1.1 owner since 4 years now, running perfectly smoothly :
For the graphics card, I plan to buy a GTX 680 which can support 4K@60Hz (without the bootscreen)
Nevertheless, I'm a bit concerned that even with that good graphics card, the age of my old machine might be a strong bottleneck to go 4K
CI-e 1, old CPU, DDR2 RAM...
I'm not a gamer, I'm not using "professional softwares", apart from Capture One.
I just need smooth and convenient everyday setup @60Hz !
Did some of you already upgrade their 1.1 / 2.1 Mac Pros to 4K displays ?
Could you please confirm that the investment is worth it and that I'll not be stuck with a slow machine struggling to achieve even 20fps for each OSX animation ?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help !
I'm a very happy Mac Pro 1.1 owner since 4 years now, running perfectly smoothly :
- 2x2.66GHz Xeon, 16Gb RAM
- SSD Boot drive
- EFI hack (thanks to this forum !) and El Capitan installed (saddly this will be my last soft upgrade...)
- Flashed ATI Radeon 5770 1GB
- Dell U2414H 1920x1080 screen
For the graphics card, I plan to buy a GTX 680 which can support 4K@60Hz (without the bootscreen)
Nevertheless, I'm a bit concerned that even with that good graphics card, the age of my old machine might be a strong bottleneck to go 4K
CI-e 1, old CPU, DDR2 RAM... I'm not a gamer, I'm not using "professional softwares", apart from Capture One.
I just need smooth and convenient everyday setup @60Hz !
Did some of you already upgrade their 1.1 / 2.1 Mac Pros to 4K displays ?
Could you please confirm that the investment is worth it and that I'll not be stuck with a slow machine struggling to achieve even 20fps for each OSX animation ?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help !