What Graphics card is the best choice?

Still Aperture stalls and sputters. Its not a smooth experience.
Currently I rather D-tour through Canon Photo Professional to convert my RAW's to JPEG's and organize them in iPhoto than put them in Aperture (2.1.2) in a managed library.
Will a new Graphics card make the difference?
Currently I am using the stock NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB ram.
And its just no fun.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!

I don't get it why there is so little to be found about the importance of a good graphics card for Aperture.
Meantime I have read good things about the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT witch is the official Apple recommended product.
For now I will wait with the purchase of a new Graphics card and wait a few more weeks to see what Apple will announce at Macworld. Since I really like the new 24" cinema display that's currently only compatible with the Unibody Macbook and MB Pro's. I hope that Apple will finally renew their line of display's. And if they are going push the mini display port I will also expect new graphic cards...
Oh boy' this makes me think about my investment in Firewire compatible accessories...

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I am thinking about buying a used original 2007 Mac Pro. This Mac Pro would not come with a graphics card, so I am obviously responsible for finding one for it. I found a Radeon HD 5770 that I like on Newegg, and want to know if it would work with the Mac Pro. I really can't imagine it not, but don't want to toss a piece of hardware in my new machine that won't work.
Here's the graphics card in question: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127490
So, will it work? If not, is my only option for a 5770 the one that is available on the Apple Online Store? What other cards does this Mac Pro support?
Thanks, guys (and gals)!

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IMac - what graphic card best suited for Aperture???

Hi, I'm considering buying the 24" iMac to use with Aperture 2.1.2, however it comes with the option
of two graphics cards:
ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO w/256MB GDDR3
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS w/512MB GDDR3
I don't play any games, so what I want is the best card for use with Aperture (and I guess core image?).
From what I can see at barefeats.com its not necessarily the biggest card which is the best, since they are often optimized for games and not so much 2d graphics.
Right now I use Aperture on my 2.2Ghz MacBook Pro with 128Mb Nvidia card, and its not the fastest combo at all.
What is your opinion?
Best,
Peter

AFAIK the Barefeats commentary <http://barefeats.com/imp01.html> seems accurate and suggests that the 2600 card is best value.
If one is buying a new desktop box, iMacs are much more limiting to Aperture performance than Mac Pros, even a 2006 MP. So the only reason to consider an iMac is price. Once we acknowledge that the setup build is about accepting lesser Aperture performance to achieve lower price, the significance of the $150 extra for the 8800 card becomes more apparent. IMO if one is price-constrained to buying an iMac then the $150 that might have gone to an 8800 card is better spent on adding the necessary maximum RAM and FW800 external hard drive(s).
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What is the best choice of hard drives?

My G4 AGP.350MHz with 1.3 GHz upgrade needs an additional internal hard drive for backup. It currently has an 80 GB and 160 GB. I am moving out the 80 GB HDD to my G3 Beige. I am thinking about getting a 80-120 GB for replacement. What is the best choice of hard drives?
Will the 80 GB hard drive, with Mac OS 10.4.4 installed, run in my G3 Beige 233MHz with G4 500MHz upgrade?
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"What is the best choice of hard drives?"
I'm thinking of adding a drive to my G4. I will probably put a 150 MB SATA PCI card in and get a SATA drive. Going from the ATA66 interface to the 150 SATA should be a noticeable improvement.
"Will the 80 GB hard drive, with Mac OS 10.4.4 installed, run in my G3 Beige 233MHz with G4 500MHz upgrade?"
As long as it's an IDE drive, it should work fine. Be sure you have only one of the drives set as the master, if you have more than one drive.
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What JVM do you use? What is the best choice?

We may be rolling forward Discoverer 10.1.2 sometime in the near future. The current release uses Sun J2RE 1.4.2-06. There is a J2RE 1.4.2-09 available, as well as JRE 5.0 Update 5. Deploying JVMs is a pain when potentially hundreds of PCs are involved, and I'm sure there will be a version of Discoverer sometime in the future will prefer a different JVM.
What's the best choice, which JVM is supported & solid with the existing 10.1.2 release as well as potential future releases?

Hi,
the plus works as standard with J2RE 1.4.2-06. Right, but that isn' a must cause you can change that.
Oracle said this:
"Dynamic Versioning for SUN Plug-in is a standard Sun feature and is described at Sun website:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/plugin/developer_guide/using_tags.html#in-ie
The changes documented are not supported by Oracle. While the changes documented have been tested on a limited number of platforms, these changes are provided without any claims to their accuracy"
The solution is easy:
1. Under the path ...\discoverer\config from App-Server you find the 'configuration.xml' file
2. Open this file and search for 'jvm name' for 'sun'
3. Change the classid="clsid:CAFEEFAC-0014-0002-0004-ABCDEFFEDCBA" (static versioning ! ) through this classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" (dynamic versioning !!) and save the file
4. Restart the discoverer App-Server - ready
From now the Plus will use every version above J2RE 1.4.2-06 and only if there is an older version he will download his own version.
We tested this with several versions 1.4.2-xx and with JRE5-3. It works.
Regards
Norbert

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JSF - Tomcat security...what is the best choice for a high activity site
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What is the best choice?

Hi
I have been thinking what is the best choice between Canon HV 20, Sony HDR-SR 5:n and Panasonic HDC-SD1? I have Imac G5 (3gt) and purpose of use final cut pro 5.0 for editing. (not 6.0)
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Hi vepakari,
I don't think that Final Cut Pro 5 will support video format and usb interface that offered from those tapeless camera.
Do double check on camera compatibility list for FCP 5
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What graphics card did you use with the Asus A8AE LE motherboard?

I have an old a1210n with an A8AE LE motherboard with a PCIe x16 slot 1.0. I wish to know what graphics cards anyone has successfully run on that motherboard (see the computer model list below)? Unfortunately, what should theoretically function often doesn't. I tried an HD 4850 that produced only scrambled video, despite reading a slower hd 4830 and 4650 had worked.
Searching this board and others got me the names of some functioning cards (that are either too slow or too expensive,( I am looking for a passmark score of about 1000): 7800 oc, x1600xt, 8600gs, , hd 6850, gtx 470. I was surprised/skeptical at the last 2.
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Hi,
I am not surprised that the AMD 5xxx cards failed. I have seen posts on the forum where these cards would not work in older HP PCs.
Open up your PC and read the label on the power supply. What is the total wattage?
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Not sure where it would go on the back, but no the system is closed. There is no place to insert a graphics card or attach it. You will find some hokey stuff on the internet where people say you can plug a video card in the wireless card slot but those are a hoax at worst and at best they do not tell you that such a thing would not even perform as well as what you have and is likely to damage the motherboard.

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"What is the best choice of hard drives?"
I'm thinking of adding a drive to my G4. I will probably put a 150 MB SATA PCI card in and get a SATA drive. Going from the ATA66 interface to the 150 SATA should be a noticeable improvement.
"Will the 80 GB hard drive, with Mac OS 10.4.4 installed, run in my G3 Beige 233MHz with G4 500MHz upgrade?"
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What graphics card to buy for my PC so I can use target display on iMac?

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Currently I have a ATI Radeon 5850 in my PC which I use to play BC2. I have my iMac which I use primarily, and a second screen next to it when I want to play BC2. I wish to get rid of the smaller screen and just use the iMac screen.
I understand that I can not use the 5850 with the iMac in target display mode.
What graphics card choices do I have so I can use it with the iMac in target display mode?
Is it just graphics cards that have Mini Display ports as standard? I know the 5870 Eyefinity edition works with target display mode, but this is outside of the price range Im looking for. Is there a solution for around £250 as I can always sell the 5850. I dont mind going Nvidia, Does anybody know if the GeForce 460/470 works with the iMac?
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Ive just saw that the new HD 6870 has mini display ports, and is in the perfect price range for me. Can anybody confirm that this card would work with target display mode?
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BlackBerry Z10 vs BlackBerry Q10: Which phone is the best choice?

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Z10
Q10
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In the end, I came to the conclusion that the handset that appeals to the larger majority of smartphone customers is the Z10. This device represents what people are accustomed to in the year 2013, while the Q10 appeals to a shrinking customer base that prefers a physical keypad over a virtual one.

Q10 vs. Z10 is a highly personal choice. As you pointed out in the specs the basic internals are identical. It comes down to full touch screen vs. physical keyboard. For a traditionalist like me it's the Q10 FTW. But then I cut my teeth on BlackBerrys all the way back to the 7230 model. BlackBerry's outstanding physical keyboard is ingrained in my DNA by now. I've also used Android phones and an iPhone so I'm no stranger to the full touch screen, and I even got used to the on-screen keyboards with that form factor. But the Q10 for me has just enough of a screen that I don't miss the full size screen too much, and it's more than compensated for by the keyboard I love so much.
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HP ENVY 700-074 Desktop - what graphics card do I need to install to use a blu ray player?

I purchased an external blu ray player - "LG 14x external blu-ray/dvd writer super multi blue be14". For some reason I thought my system was compatible. However, it's not - apparently the Intel(R) 4600 won't work. What graphics card would I need to install to allow using this blu-ray device? What else do I need to know?

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Is the new (2012) the best choice for home theater use?

I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of this update because my 2009 model just doesn't cut it any more. Unless I clean the ram (4GB) a couple of times after shutting down the usual ram hogs (Firefox, NZB Vortex, etc.), 1080p delivery is unacceptable, and I certainly can't multitask in the background while watching any HD movie (usually run NZBVortex, sabNZB and Sickbeard in Firefox, And, of course Plex media server and client are also running. Connection between TV and mini is DVI to HDMI.
So, with much-improved decoding and delivery to the player (I do most of my encoding on another machine) and multitasking being my goals (I'm sure the quad i7 and 4 times the ram in the new model will solve the latter), the lack of an independent video card (such as that in the previous model), concerns me. I know nothing about Intel's HD Graphics 4000 chip and how it performs versus an independent video card (again, such as that in the previous model).
I see my option as purchasing the previous model (with independent video card) when it hits the refurb bin and then juicing it up in the same fashion I would with the new model (SSD x2 Raid 0, max out ram, etc.
The only other issue that I know is a factor with my mini performance is my storage array, which I am heavily invested in and can't change until it's my turn in the lottery. Attached to my mini is a 4-bay drobo device, which is not the fastest device known to man as far as read/write goes. At the moment, though, I'm crippling it even more because I have to use a FW400 (mini side) to FW800 (Drobo side) cable. That would go away with either replacement, but I know for sure that array can deliver the read speed required for HD viewing (as long as I clean out the mini's ram first). My second array comprises an 8-bay Drobo device on Gb Ethernet -- which we know is more than capable of streaming HD content. I only mention this as a known factor in my goals with a caveat that (a) it can't change right now, and (b) I have sufficient evidence to believe that this factor can deliver the read speeds required.
I hope I've provided sufficient information to request some "seasoned" advise. Either way, I will purchase a new mini. I guess the ultimate question, given the above scenario, is should I be concerned with the lack of a dedicated graphics card in the new model?
Thanks very much for your consideration and contribution to this thread.
The Doctor of Spin

Yes, you are melting down your 2009 mini.
Presently, you are performance challenged in every dimension due to hardware limitations and your multi-tasking workflow. Unless you are running a graphics application that requires greater than 512MB of VRAM, a 2012 mini with quad-core i7 and the HD4000 should be sufficient, including video streaming. The most shared VRAM that the HD4000 can use will be 512MB, whether there is 8GB or 16GB of ram in the mini.
I just streamed the October 23 Apple presentation to my 2011 mini with just the HD3000. Perfect stream -- no a/v artifacts or pauses.
Here is what I would do in your circumstance. Understand the Apple return policy terms and conditions. Get the 2012 mini in the configuration you plan, and without modifying the hardware or operating system, try it out. The quad-core i7 will give you 8 threads. Test the HD4000 against your normal workflow. Encode and decode video, and do some streaming. Connect the Drobo boxes (FW800/Enet). Based on what I read from your original post, it may be all that you need. If it doesn't meet your needs, then return it. It won't take long to make a decision, either way.
If you decide to go with a 2011 mini with the discrete 6630m graphics, here is a Verge review and 9.0 score.
An Ars Technica review of another 2011 mini w/ Core i5 with 6630m.
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Jumping off that Core 2 Duo will be fun. Enjoy.

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