[lucienpalmer]

Originally Posted by basslik

*RATS*


You are correct, my 2008 has 2 processors (8)cores, as opposed to to the 2010 single processor (4)cores.



Well I can at least swap the video cards ?, old failing 250XT, and put in the Raedon 5770.

Yes, you can use pretty much anything for video cards, but go with one that says it was made for Mac. It’ll save you some headache later. FYI, the Nvidia GeForce 1080 and 1070 models have been working great for me. And OWC has a good one too. It’s a white card. Forgot the model name.

BTW, you could always upgrade to a dual processor, 12 core. You have to replace the CPU tray. EBAY has some kits that include the tray, processor, and sometimes the ram. Looks like they range in price from $275-500.

https://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=...+5%2C1+upgrade