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Best videocard for an upgraded Mac Pro to run Fallout 4?
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What on earth are you talking about? What in this thread makes you think that?
JimmyPainter
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Hello,
I am running a used 7970 with the original Video card as boot screen. Running all internal with no external Power supply needed. My Lexmark Sala score is close to a nMPro with the default D300's. For $150 used ... I am extremely happy.
I am new here so I hope this is allowed ...
Wanna shout out to MacVideoCards for their great work and to Rob-Art from Bare feats for his wonderful test results. You can't go wrong with these folks.
http://barefeats.com
http://www.macvidcards.com
I am running a used 7970 with the original Video card as boot screen. Running all internal with no external Power supply needed. My Lexmark Sala score is close to a nMPro with the default D300's. For $150 used ... I am extremely happy.
I am new here so I hope this is allowed ...
Wanna shout out to MacVideoCards for their great work and to Rob-Art from Bare feats for his wonderful test results. You can't go wrong with these folks.
http://barefeats.com
http://www.macvidcards.com
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darthgeekonius
macrumors regular
Yup. I'm personally running a 7970 myself but a 7950 will be just fine. I have a 7870 in my other Mac Pro and used to have a 6870. All are good for gaming.
I'm assuming Fallout 4 is only available on PC, does the 7950 work with PCI 2.0 speeds or if you purchase a PC card and flash it, it will drop to PCI 1.0 speed?
SoyCapitanSoyCapitan
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You will only lose a few frames per second between 2.0 and 1.1. But with that card you would have to drop to medium-ish settings anyway. Considering the game doesn't look that great even at best settings (cartoonish with some boring textures) I would never play it at medium.
I have the same setup, Mac PRO 1.1 with R9 280X graphics, 20gigs of RAM and SSD.
I am now playing fallout3 in full 4K resolution on my 40" screen and it rocks. Loading the game is almost instant. I cant read the text on the splash screens before next scene/map is loaded when i go into buildings or fast travel.
I now want to try falluot 4 and i am a bit curious on how you did. Did it work out well for you?
The 1.1 Mac PRO is 10 years old but still running. Nice machine, i understand why apple now quit making upgradable machines.
In fallout 3 the extra processor cores are making trouble for the game, and you have to disable them in the INI file otherwise you will suffer random crashes. Probably not the case with fallout4 but anyways.
//GF
I am now playing fallout3 in full 4K resolution on my 40" screen and it rocks. Loading the game is almost instant. I cant read the text on the splash screens before next scene/map is loaded when i go into buildings or fast travel.
I now want to try falluot 4 and i am a bit curious on how you did. Did it work out well for you?
The 1.1 Mac PRO is 10 years old but still running. Nice machine, i understand why apple now quit making upgradable machines.
In fallout 3 the extra processor cores are making trouble for the game, and you have to disable them in the INI file otherwise you will suffer random crashes. Probably not the case with fallout4 but anyways.
//GF
Yes! Works great! In fact, I'm pretty stoked how great it runs, the only real issue is it chugs when you get near the city area. Also worth noting though, I play on a 32" 1080 TV. If you're running an actual monitor with a high res screen, it might not work so well, but overall I get 60+ FPS indoors, and usually 30-50fps in most of the game. The city area with the skyscrapers really chugs down to low 20s, so you can drop your settings in that area, or deal with it. Honestly doesn't bother me much. Overall the game runs great!