Tale of woe

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Weezer
Licensed Customer
Posts: 376
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:08 am

I'm a big fan of Octane and thought it would be amazing to extend my Mac Pro with additional CUDA GPUS. So I bought the Netstor NA255A - only to find that the Mac PCIe system doesn't have enough resource. I put two GTX 780s in the case (fully expecting to add more at a later date) only to find the Mac can only see one of them.

There are rumours that the situation might be solved with the next update to OS X - but I'll believe it when I see it. In the mean time, if anyone's looking at one of those systems they're great - as long you're not on a Mac.

All the kit has now been returned to the vendors. Anyone got any bright ideas for adding doe GPU power to a 2010 Mac Pro? (That doesn't involve buying a PC)
pegot
Licensed Customer
Posts: 934
Joined: Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:44 am

Is the limitation the result of the Mac Pro's hardware or just the OS? Did you try running the Nestor on Windows through bootcamp?
Win 10
3.7Ghz i9 10900k / 64GB
ASUS STRIX Z490-E
PSU: PowerSpec 850Wd
RTX 3090 Asus Tuff

Network rendering:
Win 10
4.2Ghz i7 7700k / 64GB
AsRock SuperCarrier
PSU: EVGA 1200w
RTX 3080 Ti EVGA Hybrid
RTX 3080 ASUS Tuff
GTX 1080ti SC Black (wc)
Weezer
Licensed Customer
Posts: 376
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:08 am

No, I don't run Windows so never checked. Oh well, doesn't sound like OS X 10.9.4 solves the issue either.
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