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Old 03-19-2020, 08:45 PM
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I am running a LG 5k25, a regular 1080p, AND a 4k television - all off the stock 580 that is the lowest option available on the Mac Pro 2019.

So far with no issues. ProTools sluggish? In what sense? Not here.

Awesome, good to know!


Re: sluggish, on my MacPro5,1 (so, ten years old!), driving 2x1080p monitors and a LG 4K monitor, Pro Tools doesn't feel very snappy. Ditch the 4K monitor (or lower the resolution) and it's fine.


Anyway, looking forward to the MacPro7,1!
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Old 03-31-2020, 09:06 PM
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So, Pro Tools 2020.3 supports the new Mac Pro, and it's recommended to put the HDX cards in the lower numbered (closer to GPU) slots which are double wide. Avid are recommending a 10" or longer SATA cable to connect the cards – does this seem a bit on the long side?
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So, Pro Tools 2020.3 supports the new Mac Pro, and it's recommended to put the HDX cards in the lower numbered (closer to GPU) slots which are double wide. Avid are recommending a 10" or longer SATA cable to connect the cards – does this seem a bit on the long side?
Thanks, Luke. Where did you find the card order information. I can't seem to track it down?
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Thanks, Luke. Where did you find the card order information. I can't seem to track it down?
It is here.
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Thanks, Luke. Where did you find the card order information. I can't seem to track it down?
FOUND IT:

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/e...-Configuration
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Old 04-01-2020, 12:44 AM
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Kind of looks like they rushed this out: some of the graphics card take up more than one slot, also there is no such thing as a Thunderbolt to USB-C adapter (I mean, if you squint there is). But the intent seems clear (except for the super-long SATA cable!).
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Old 04-01-2020, 12:46 AM
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When I installed my HDX3 in the MacPro 7.1 I took the 3PCI Slots with next to the Apple I/O card, which seemed obvious to me. Systems runs great so far, so I am not sure if I`m gonna change that anytime soon.
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When I installed my HDX3 in the MacPro 7.1 I took the 3PCI Slots with next to the Apple I/O card, which seemed obvious to me. Systems runs great so far, so I am not sure if I`m gonna change that anytime soon.
My two HDX cards are also sitting in pos 6 and 7. Seems to be ok. Not sure what the upside is by placing them in slot 2 and 3?
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When I installed my HDX3 in the MacPro 7.1 I took the 3PCI Slots with next to the Apple I/O card, which seemed obvious to me. Systems runs great so far, so I am not sure if I`m gonna change that anytime soon.
Yeah, the cards are x4 so it shouldn't matter (all the slots are at least this). But perhaps Avid knows something we don't. Or more likely they just want to test and certify very specific configurations.
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Yes, the HDX cards should require PCIe 2.0 x4 and HDN card should work with PCIe 2.0 x1 -- note that HDX does not necessarily use all that x4 throughput available, but that x1 is not enough.
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