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  1. E

    UI Performance 10.14.x on rMBP 2012

    Hi all, I currently run a few pieces of Mac hardware, chiefly a 2009 Mac Pro (Dual Xeon 2.93, 32gb RAM), a 2009 27in iMac (3.0Ghz, 16gb RAM) and a 2012 15in i7 rBMP (2.7Ghz, 16gb RAM). I have upgraded the Mac Pro and rMBP to 10.14.2 successfully and obviously left the iMac on 10.13.6 because...
  2. ZigMac

    Macpro 4.1 Graphics Acceleration GT120

    Hi all I installed Mojave on my 4.1 without reading the full instructions. DOH! It works reasonably well but video is stuttering in Quicktime and doesn'tplay at all in VLC, it jus goes nuts and I have to for close the app. I was asked if I had graphics acceleration enabled and the truth is I...
  3. rockinaut59

    eGPU on Thunderbolt 1

    Hi all, recently I bought a mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13". The laptop runs great! its very fast for basic and some intensive tasks, but as we all know, these laptops are not great at gaming. I didn't buy the laptop to game, but I do like doing it a bit on the side. Anyway, to get to the point, can...
  4. applCore

    10.8 on MacbookPro2,1 (X1600) with GPU Acceleration?

    Tried macOS Extractor out on my old MacbookPro 2,1. Installation went great, I've got 10.8.5 running on the system, however there's no graphical acceleration. Usage is painful with animations. I have inferred from my reading that 10.8.x would support GPU acceleration - and is essentially the...