That May 2020 article in itself was a bit of GPU madness with me employing 3 different cards for various purposes. I have a six-core Mac Pro 5.1 and while I wouldn't call Lightroom speedy for all tasks, I can confirm that it does utilize the Radeon 5770 for graphics processing in the Develop module.This is a bit of a throwback to my article from May of last year – Tri-Booting a Mac Pro 2,1 – not long before I had just procured my Mac Pro 5,1 (well technically a 4,1 that was flashed to a 5,1 with dual Intel Xeon 5680 CPUs with 12 cores at 3.33 GHz). And with Metal in El Capitan coming, might be worth checking out which hardware will take advantage of that in the future.Īdobe has a list of recommended cards here: And also this, although it lists problems with Radeons on PCs: It was fairly painless following the guides. I don't do much video anymore so this was perfect for my needs. I was going to buy pretty much the setup described above (MacPro 5,1, 3.46GHz upgrade, graphics card upgrade) but decided against it and just built a Hackintosh for less money and more speed (but less cores 4 4.6Ghz OC (equivalent to about 6.5 GHz) vs 12 3.46GHz).
Then you'll get a decent GHz boost as well 12 vs 8 cores (although tests say that there is a diminishing return after 6 cores). If you do get the newer 5,1 machine, my suggestion is to swap out the processors for X5690s (3.46 GHz parts, about $150-200 ea on eBay). That could make things smoother and feel much faster for the develop module parts that support GPU acceleration. The big IF is whether the 5770 card works with LR 6's GPU support. Lightroom will probably not feel much different as the relative speed improvement isn't big and LR is GHz driven. More memory will help with PS, IFF you're running out of memory with your currents setup. Yes and no You should see a small improvement because the newer architecture is more efficient per clock cycle so even though the GHz is lower, it will be slightly faster. I was going to buy pretty much the setup described above (MacPro 5,1, 3.46GHz upgrade, graphics card upgrade) but decided against it and just built a Hackintosh for less money and more speed (but less cores 4 4.6Ghz OC (equivalent to about 6.5 GHz) vs 12 3.46GHz). Then you'll get a decent GHz boost as well 12 vs 8 cores (although tests say that there is a diminishing return after 6 cores).
If you do get the newer 5,1 machine, my suggestion is to swap out the processors for X5690s (3.46 GHz parts, about $150-200 ea on eBay). More memory will help with PS, IFF you're running out of memory with your currents setup. Will I see a major improvement in Photoshop and Lightroom? I have a Mac Pro 3.1,8 core 2.8 Ghz, with 22 GB Ram, Ati Radeon 2600 XT, and have a chance to buy a Mac Pro 5.1, 8 core 2.4 Ghz, with 32GB Ram, Ati Radeon 5770.
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