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upipes

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Hi all,
just want to say that I'm kind of dizzy with all the info on here. I try to learn as much as I can, but now I feel that I'm outdated with no way to find the track.
So here is the story. My MP3.1 is 2x2.8ghz, 32DDR 800Mhz, Nvidia GTX680,... and Fenvi Broadcom BCM94360cd combo on the way.
The main problem I have is that Cubase app won't launch. From Cubase support, they say it's related to GPU (as the crash log says).
As my Mac is not having native SSE4.2 support, maybe that's the problem. Maybe the Mousse is not enough...
Second issue, is that my GTX680 is not working faster than my older 5770 1gb when working with FCPX... and that's weird.
Do you think with my setup I should go for OpenCore Big Sur? I have no idea about OC, and I'm reading a lot of posts concerning my MP3.1 on OC and Big Sur. I did make it with Dosdude, but I'm not sure if I'll get it with OC.
Is any of you running a 3.1 with similar specs, a OpenCore Big Sur? Any experience? Should I go for a ATI card for better Final Cut results? Which one? This is another head crash!

For last, I patched my MP ROM, using dosdude app with success. After a SMC and PRAM reset, it seems my APFS volume is missing, and the yellow text came back! what is this? did I reverted the patching? quite weird too. I tried to re-patch again, but I get a error message, and don't go on.

Sorry for all this, I promise you that I'm being as precise as I can. Hope you can help me.
Thank you in advance.

P.
 
Good morning all. At least, could you tell me what ATI card would be more powerful than my GTX680 and be safe to install in my MP3.1? A GPU that no need pixlas mod or extra engineering it would be welcome.
I'm can keep my @dosdude1 Catalina, or "try" the OC Big Sur (scared).

Please, just let me know your experience.

Kindest regards
 
Good morning all. At least, could you tell me what ATI card would be more powerful than my GTX680 and be safe to install in my MP3.1? A GPU that no need pixlas mod or extra engineering it would be welcome.
I'm can keep my @dosdude1 Catalina, or "try" the OC Big Sur (scared).

Please, just let me know your experience.

Kindest regards
Hola,
IINM the dosdude patcher for Catalina (latest version) supports AMD GPUs.
So if you installed Catalina recently , you can install e.g. a RX 580 or a RX5700 (XT) .
If the dosdude version is older, you'll have to install the latest version.
Personally I would stay with Catalina.

Here's a thread about AMD GPUs :
 
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Hola,
IINM the dosdude patcher for Catalina (latest version) supports AMD GPUs.
So if you installed Catalina recently , you can install e.g. a RX 580 or a RX5700 (XT) .
If the dosdude version is older, you'll have to install the latest version.
Personally I would stay with Catalina.

Here's a thread about AMD GPUs :
Gracias Kees.
Yes, I installed Catalina recently... it's nice to be able to straight swap the GPU.
Will see if someone around me can lend me one of these, before buy.
About the thread... it's mainly for 4.1 and above... my 3.1 is not as good for all this hack...


Thank you very much
 
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No hay de que ; )

Yes, if you can test a GPU before buying , is a smart move, especially looking at prices recently.
 
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