2019.5 Ultimate on a Mac Pro 5,1

[SDDP]

Originally Posted by BScout

Zero issues with Insight 2.
Might be the graphics card.

I was on the stock Radeon 5770

I received the RX 580 8Gb today and installed it and the moment I clicked on Insight 2 and had it on the screen, imeddiately got the -9173 error.

[the.engineer]

Originally Posted by nedd

Well, I mentioned Apple Cinema Display 20" I (was) using!

Yesterday I swap it with Samsung 22' TV, 1080p...and amazing thing happend; I was playing sessions on 128 buffer with NO errors. Then I load 5.1 session and cpu went to 100, RED. I change buffer to 512 and cpu was around 20%. Insight 1 was on one screen almost at full size. So it looks like those oldish Apple cinema displays are hogs for cpu. Also I had a older version of BX steromaker and updating to latest version helped as well. I am re-checking all the plug ins now and updating as we speak.

But generally, it is good that we have 2019.5, shame about HDX voices, but I am sure it will come soon.

This is exactly the issue I was having. Upgrading to Mojave fixed it. I also have an RX 580 in the post as well.


James Welch
Recording Engineer | Producer
Masterlink Productions

Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010) | 3.46GHz Six-Core Intel Xeon | 32GB Ram | AMD Radeon R9 280X 3072 MB | 256GB Samsung SM951 SSD Blade (PCIe) System Drive | 1TB WDC Sample Drive | 4TB RAID 0 Seagate Audio Drive | UAD-2 Quad PCIe
Mojave 10.14.5 | Pro Tools Ultimate 2019.5 | HDX | Avid Omni | Avid 16x16 HD I/O x2 | Digidesign 192 | Digidesign C24

[29CountsNY]

Originally Posted by K Roche

What Graphics card are you using, in which slot , thanks ?

NVIDIA Geforce GTX 680 2GB Mac Edition in the 1st PCIe slot.

[@tention]

Thanks for bringing up insight2 as the potential problem...I wish iZotope would do an iPad version

[mrguitarguy]

Aside from the izotope insight plugin, have you noticed any performance increases since you got the Radeon card? I also have a 5,1 Mac that is completely maxed out, but the graphics still cause cpu spikes. I have found hiding windows (or even just hiding the meters by deal=electing them in the view options for the mix window) helps. I’m considering upgrading my graphics card as well. I am on dual monitors (one is a Raven Mti the other a lcd tv used as a monitor) and I would like to remedy these issues. I have a 5870 graphics card now.

I have found turning off hyper threading helped in the past with previous version on Sierra, but now that 2019.5 is out I am testing it on High Sierra due to the reports of potential improvements. So far so good, but I have only had the new system up and running today.

[ProtoolsLover]

I upgraded my graphics card months ago, to be able to run 2 34” wide screen monitors, I’ve had zero issues with PT2019.5 ultimate.

[mrguitarguy]

Which card are you using?

[@tention]

Zero issues with Radeon 7970. Not even a driver installation necessary, runs out of the box. PT 2019.5 feels MUCH snappier in Mojave than 2018.12 in High Sierra.

[off the wall]

Originally Posted by @tention

Zero issues with Radeon 7970. Not even a driver installation necessary, runs out of the box. PT 2019.5 feels MUCH snappier in Mojave than 2018.12 in High Sierra.

I've had the same card in my 5,1 for over a year (waiting for Mojave support). Before the card with Sierra and High Sierra, Pro Tools 12.x had issues with running reference videos in a session. Stuttering and out of sync issues no matter the codec of the video. After the card, I can run any video with ease.

[the.engineer]

Originally Posted by mrguitarguy

Aside from the izotope insight plugin, have you noticed any performance increases since you got the Radeon card? I also have a 5,1 Mac that is completely maxed out, but the graphics still cause cpu spikes. I have found hiding windows (or even just hiding the meters by deal=electing them in the view options for the mix window) helps. I’m considering upgrading my graphics card as well. I am on dual monitors (one is a Raven Mti the other a lcd tv used as a monitor) and I would like to remedy these issues. I have a 5870 graphics card now.

I have found turning off hyper threading helped in the past with previous version on Sierra, but now that 2019.5 is out I am testing it on High Sierra due to the reports of potential improvements. So far so good, but I have only had the new system up and running today.

I would recommend going to Mojave. It got rid of all my graphics related cpu spikes


James Welch
Recording Engineer | Producer
Masterlink Productions

Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010) | 3.46GHz Six-Core Intel Xeon | 32GB Ram | AMD Radeon R9 280X 3072 MB | 256GB Samsung SM951 SSD Blade (PCIe) System Drive | 1TB WDC Sample Drive | 4TB RAID 0 Seagate Audio Drive | UAD-2 Quad PCIe
Mojave 10.14.5 | Pro Tools Ultimate 2019.5 | HDX | Avid Omni | Avid 16x16 HD I/O x2 | Digidesign 192 | Digidesign C24