Upgrading the GPU in your old Mac Pro! Is it worth it?
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Can you squeeze more life out of your modularly designed pre-2013 Mac Pro by updating key components? Let`s find out! As computer components get faster and more powerful, you may find yourself wondering if your once top-of-the-line Mac Pro can be king again with a little help from a hardware component upgrade. I decided to take an early 2009 Mac Pro and see if a GPU upgrade could bring this once beastly computer back to being on top once more. My inspiration came from NVIDIA`s announcement for Mac support for their latest and greatest GPU lineup. The 10xx series, with the uber powerful Titan Xp as its flagship, is the fastest gaming GPU on the market today. Even if macOS isn`t considered a gaming OS, could I make it hardware-ready enough to play some Mac-native games decently and perhaps run Bootcamp to setup an impromptu VR gaming rig? Let`s find out! Aiming for the sky! The plan was to go big or go home. I wanted to get a super powerful GPU in the aged Mac Pro and I wanted to be...