I’m telling you, my MP 1,1 with a firmware update to 2,1 and upgraded processors to 5365s would scream. Great machine.
MacDan > On May 27, 2016, at 10:30 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > The parts to bring both of these MacPro 1,1 machines up to 3,1 > status have begun to arrive. Today the $36 ATI HD 4870 video card > came, and I cleaned the dust bunnies out of it and swapped it in. > It's still got PC firmware so the boot process was entirely blind, > but once up it seems to function well. The Unigine Valley demo > was running 25-48 fps, and the cooling fan was tracking the load > and not making any excessive noises. It has 1GB of VRAM instead > of the 512MB of the Apple unit, and two DVI ports and an S-video > instead of 1 DVI and the mini displayport. > > The RAM upgrades were free discards from work. So, machine 2 > is at $111 to run 4-core 2.66GHz Xeon El Capitan. But I also > spent another $75 to get 8 cores of 3 GHz fun. I have to remove > the MB to solder on a replacement battery holder, and while it's > out I'll swap the CPU's. Gonna be under $250 when it's fully > upgraded, and with the SSD for the OS/Apps it'll be FAST! > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
