Showing posts with label macpro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label macpro. Show all posts
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Having Issues with RAM
For those of you who have had some issues with you're ram check out this forum over at TonyMacX86 have a skim through and if you have any questions please ask.
Sorry about the delays in posts, I am currently on a Holiday in Singapore so not close to a Laptop constantly. THANK YOU FOR READING
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Friday, 7 February 2014
The Mac Pro's Firepro GPU
AMD FirePro™ D-Series GPUs
Powering graphics for the new Apple Mac Pro
Dual AMD FirePro™ D-Series GPUs power the graphics in the new Mac Pro and deliver state-of-the-art performance across the board. Available with 2GB, 3GB or 6GB of dedicated VRAM and up to 2048 stream processors and 7 teraflops of powerful graphics performance. You’ll be able to do things like seamlessly edit full-resolution 4K video while simultaneously rendering effects in the background — and still have enough power to connect up to three high-resolution 4K displays.
The new Mac Pro is available with three new AMD FirePro™ GPUs:
- Dual AMD FirePro™ D300 graphics processors with 2GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
- 1280 stream processors
- 256-bit-wide memory bus
- 160GB/s memory bandwidth
- 2 teraflops performance
- Dual AMD FirePro™ D500 graphics processors with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
- 1526 stream processors
- 384-bit-wide memory bus
- 240GB/s memory bandwidth
- 2.2 teraflops performance
- Dual AMD FirePro™ D700 graphics processors with 6GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
- 2048 stream processors
- 384-bit-wide memory bus
- 264GB/s memory bandwidth
- 3.5 teraflops performance
Video editing: 4K performance that’s nothing short of spectacular. Work pixel-for-pixel in 4K, thanks to dual AMD FirePro™ D-series GPUs in the Mac Pro — delivering the breathtaking capability to run three streams of 4K video at once. Combine that with the power to drive up to three 4K displays, process effects in real time and even edit 4K multicam clips, and you have a video editing powerhouse.
3D modeling and animation: The power to work with even the largest models. Dual AMD FirePro™ D-series GPUs — standard in every Mac Pro — provide up to 12GB of video memory, with up to 528GB/s of memory bandwidth for manipulating complex models with massive geometry and large textures. Work with your models at a whole new level of detail, speed and responsiveness. Apple Mac Pro works with OpenGL 4.1 in OS X Mavericks to support advanced features like tessellation shaders.
Photography: Edit your images in 4K. With the new AMD FirePro™ D-Series GPUs in the Mac Pro and powerful multiple-display support in OS X Mavericks, you can work with an image full screen on one display while you work with your photo browser on another. Connect a 4K display — with more than 8 million pixels — and see your photos in more detail than ever before while powerful AMD FirePro™ GPUs let you fly through edits, filters and effects.
GPU computing with OpenCL™. OpenCL™ lets you tap into the parallel computing power of modern GPUs and multicore CPUs to accelerate compute-intensive tasks in your Mac apps. Use OpenCL™ to incorporate advanced numerical and data analytics features, perform cutting-edge image and media processing and deliver accurate physics simulations. When coupled with the dual workstation-class AMD FirePro™ S-series GPUs with up to 4096 stream processors and 12GB of fast GDDR5 memory, OpenCL enables your applications to harness up to 7 teraflops of computational power.
AMD Eyefinity technology: Your data. In tremendous detail. The ability to run up to three 4K displays lets you visualize every detail of your data in new and exciting ways. That’s nearly 25 million pixels at your command.
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Need to Back-Up Your Data?
ioSafe Solo Pro 3TB Fireproof and Waterproof HDD
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Features:
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- Windows Server, Linux, Mac and PC Compatible
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Monday, 13 January 2014
The Best Graphics Card 2014
Having the best of the best is sometimes not needed in your build so here is a little list of the best Graphics Cards for 2014.
I wanted to start at the low end first, if your looking for an awesome graphics card that will really give you excellent results for its price you would be looking at the NVIDIA Gigabyte GTX 760 2GB.
This card is great especially if this is for your basic home use and some casual Photoshop and Illustrator needs, this card will also make for a great gaming card as well you wont exactly be able to play in the best quality but it will still look better than the current gen consoles. This is a must have card for any build and is relatively cheap.
This next card is the best value card you can get, it is essentially a AMD 7970 just updated into an AMD R9 280X 3GB Graphics card. with a base clock of 1050MHz and a boost clock of 1100MHz nyou will be flying through anything you need this card is perfect for heavy users and will be light on you're pocket. This card works naively in OS X Mavericks and looks great when installed in a system. I usually do not suggest AMD cards but how could any one resist when these cards are just such good value for money.
The Next card i suggest is the GTX 780 due to its simple install and hassle free drivers. I would like to put the GTX Titan and the 780 Ti but i have yet to run a full test on the stability of these cards, The GTX 780 will more than get the job done this NVIDIA card will destroy anything you put to it, supporting up to 4 monitors and support for 4K what more could you need. When it comes down to it these three have been my favorite and will remain that until, the R9 290x is supported in OS X Mavericks.
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, your business will be greatly appreciated. If you want to get in contact please call Robertson Design Technology Melbourne
I wanted to start at the low end first, if your looking for an awesome graphics card that will really give you excellent results for its price you would be looking at the NVIDIA Gigabyte GTX 760 2GB.
This card is great especially if this is for your basic home use and some casual Photoshop and Illustrator needs, this card will also make for a great gaming card as well you wont exactly be able to play in the best quality but it will still look better than the current gen consoles. This is a must have card for any build and is relatively cheap.
This next card is the best value card you can get, it is essentially a AMD 7970 just updated into an AMD R9 280X 3GB Graphics card. with a base clock of 1050MHz and a boost clock of 1100MHz nyou will be flying through anything you need this card is perfect for heavy users and will be light on you're pocket. This card works naively in OS X Mavericks and looks great when installed in a system. I usually do not suggest AMD cards but how could any one resist when these cards are just such good value for money.
The Next card i suggest is the GTX 780 due to its simple install and hassle free drivers. I would like to put the GTX Titan and the 780 Ti but i have yet to run a full test on the stability of these cards, The GTX 780 will more than get the job done this NVIDIA card will destroy anything you put to it, supporting up to 4 monitors and support for 4K what more could you need. When it comes down to it these three have been my favorite and will remain that until, the R9 290x is supported in OS X Mavericks.
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, your business will be greatly appreciated. If you want to get in contact please call Robertson Design Technology Melbourne
PH: +61426279566 Email: deon@robertsondt.com
Beasty Little Bitfenix Colossus Mini ITX and M ATX
The New little Bitfenix Colossus is just around the corner, I have personally been looking forward to this build its a perfect size and will look stunning on your desk.
This case seems like a beefed up Phenom case but with a little more style, I look forward to doing some builds in this case soon.
Bitfenix have really done a good job again on making a small case that has room to support custom water cooling and plenty of storage space. Coming in both Mini ITX and Micro ATX this case is going to be perfect and would look amazing as a steam machine.


Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, your business will be greatly appreciated. If you want to get in contact please call Robertson Design Technology Melbourne
PH: +61426279566 Email: deon@robertsondt.com
Sunday, 12 January 2014
3 Great Keyboards 2014
Today I feel like showing some keyboards that I personally like to use and enjoy the look of.The first keyboard of course is Apples own Keyboard, if you haven't had the chance to use one I'm sure one day you will. I personally find it to be very appealing on the eye. But when it comes to the use i find it not to be as good as the rest, for me i find that the keys are not the best to type on and the size just seems to be to small. If I'm just using it for basic everyday use its fine, but if it comes to writing an essay I will switch out keyboards.

The second keyboard is a cheap one by Rapoo, these keyboards are slim and are very similar to apples but a cheaper version. They are well constructed considering there price. I use mine daily for my secondary build. On the plus side there is a track pad on the side and when it works it works well but its still a bit sketchy.
There is a new one coming out in 2014 and the build quality looks to be better and has a few more improvements such as a special wireless charger on the top half. With an illuminated keypad it looks like it will be an impressive update. Check out the rest of there keyboards over at www.rapoo.com definitely worth looking into as there as great substitute.
My third choice of keyboards would be from Corsair over at CES 2014 they announced a new mechanical keyboards using MX RGB a multicoloured customization LEDs, we will most likely see this implemented into boards like the K70, K90 or K95 obviously they might change the name. I currently use the K70 and it is an amazing board mechanical keys are definitely the best thing to type on, it's that classic click and the speed that you can type at. Head over to www.corsair.com and see there new line-up for 2014 there are some amazing cases on the way.
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, your business will be greatly appreciated. If you want to get in contact please call Robertson Design Technology Melbourne
PH: +61426279566 Email: deon@robertsondt.com
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
MultiBeast 6.1 Update
MultiBeast, the ultimate post-installation utility, has been updated to version 6.1 for OS X Mavericks. This version contains updated kexts and fixes specifically for OS X 10.9.1.
Please make sure to read the documentation provided in the MultiBeast Features document and at MultiBeast.com for all install locations and details. Download the latest version of MultiBeast at tonymacx86.com/downloads.
Visible Changes:
Internal Changes:
Thanks to tonymac x86 for the best hackintosh support out there.
Please do not upload or redistribute MultiBeast to any other sites.
Visible Changes:
- Updated Drivers -> Disk -> TRIM Enabler -> 10.9.0 TRIM Patch to 10.9.x TRIM Patch
- Added Drivers -> Misc -> VoodooTSCSync -> 6 Core
- Added Drivers -> Misc -> VoodooTSCSync -> 8 Core
- Renamed Drivers -> Misc -> USB 3.0 - Universal by Zenith432 to USB 3.0 - Universal
- Removed Drivers -> Network -> Realtek – AppleRTL8169Ethernet
- Updated Help PDF to v6.1
- Updated Credits in About MultiBeast
Internal Changes:
- Updated AppleHDA.kext to 10.9.1 versions
- Fixed a bug with loading a config that had no current valid selections
Thanks to tonymac x86 for the best hackintosh support out there.
Saturday, 4 January 2014
Hackintosh and Geekbench Scores
Today i've been testing out my recently built Hackintosh Pro and running some tests on it. Today is GeekBenches chance to run some tests over my system. At the moment it has got a 3930k, 16GB 2133MHz Ram, 128GB SSD and GTX 670 2GB.
These parts are currently in the process of an upgrade as this was built out of spare parts. Within the following weeks i will be adding a GTX 780 Ti, 32GB 2133MHz ram and a 256GB PCI-E SSD.
At the moment the build is running incredible and has not had a hiccup at all. All up this build was fairly cheap to build and completely worth it. Working in Photoshop is incredibly fast with little to no rendering time for large files.
More updates will be added in the coming weeks. Thanks for reading.
These parts are currently in the process of an upgrade as this was built out of spare parts. Within the following weeks i will be adding a GTX 780 Ti, 32GB 2133MHz ram and a 256GB PCI-E SSD.
At the moment the build is running incredible and has not had a hiccup at all. All up this build was fairly cheap to build and completely worth it. Working in Photoshop is incredibly fast with little to no rendering time for large files.
More updates will be added in the coming weeks. Thanks for reading.
Sunday, 29 December 2013
AMD R9 2xx Series GPU Hackintosh
Today I have spent the day testing out the new R9 2xx Series graphics cards, and to my surprise they work perfectly OOB (Out of the Box). What more could you ask for? I tested the Gigabyte 270x, 280x and 290x. The only one that I had issues with was the 290x. I'm really hoping to get this working as soon as possible. I ran the 270x and the 280x through a triple monitor set-up and they work seamlessly. The build I used was my personal build with the i7 3930k OC @ 4.8GHz, 16GB 2133MHz ram, GA-X79-UP4 and a 240GB SSD.
This is great news for new customers looking to purchase a build as we all know that the AMD card are better value for the dollar.
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, your business will be greatly appreciated. If you want to get in contact please call Robertson Design Technology Melbourne
PH: +61426279566 Email: deon@robertsondt.com
Monday, 23 December 2013
6 Core Mac Pro Hackintosh
The parts are here for my Mac Pro Hackintosh. This is a showcasing build that will show Mac OS X Mavericks running on the Intel 3930K 6-Core CPU (Which of course will be Overclocked). I choose the simple yet awesome motherboard - Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4. I willl be testing this with the AMD R9 290X (Watercooled) and 32GB 2133MHz Ram.
Stay Tuned to see how the build comes along.
Thursday, 19 December 2013
The New Mac Pro 2013
The Mac Pro is finally here!!
But at a very high cost. Here in Australia we are looking at spending $12,091.21 For a Mac Pro with 12-Core 2.7GHZ 30mb L3 Cache, 64GB 1866MHz Ram, 1TB Pci-e SSD and of course the dual AMD FirePro d7000 6GB V-Ram.
If you are willing to spend this much, I would say get it. They're a great platform to work on and powerful. But still their lack of customisation is a big downfall. Yes the new design is small and looks pretty, but is it completely practical?
I see that it can be great if all you buy is from Apple, but what happens when you need to attach more extensions into the I/O? I would love to get my hands on one of these. If anyone is feeling generous and wants to donate, please do.
I would love to do a comparison to my current Hackintosh to the New MacPro.
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