14, Apple has made good on the promised upgraded graphics options.Īs mentioned, both GPUs are only available as upgrade options on the 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, which was first announced in July. The company announced the new specification options during its Mac and iPad Pro Keynote Event last month and as of Wednesday, Nov. if you end up with a more powerful video card like the gtx 970 or gtx 1060 then you could also try transcoding to cineform as its suppose to tap into the gpu to help with performance.Apple is now offering AMD’s Radeon Pro Vega 16 and 20 graphics options for its high-end, 15-inch MacBook Pro models. MacVideoCards also appears to be limited on inventory as several cards are listed out of stock.Īs far as overall performance goes, using prores codec/media might help. some gtx 1060 3gb cards are selling for ok prices near $220 and would be ok for HD as well, while the extra memory on the gtx 1060 6gb version would be better if attempting 4k. inventory on mid to high tier cards is currently low and often overpriced, so it might be difficult to find something new at a reasonable price other than the gtx 1050 ti. the newer cards will have a longer lifespan before nvidia retires them for a forced upgrade to sell more cards. I would stick with the gtx 900 or 1000 series vs the older gtx 700. however adobe has said any video card with 1gb of memory or more should work, and folks have been using newer cards fine. I Want The Best Graphics Card for my Mac Pro, Where Do I Start? - Īdobe hasn't updated their system requirements page, so it only lists old cards. I've never bought a GPU specifically with the intent of using it with Premiere, so I'm not sure how seriously to take Adobe's recommendations. RoninEdits Neither of those GPU's are listed as compatible by Adobe for the Mac version of the software I'm guessing that Adobe just does a poor job of updating this list and the GPU's will work fine? I was considering a GTX 770 as this was the card that was recommended by MacVid Cards for a 3,1 system.but when I checked the Adobe list, the card appeared in the PC side, but NOT the mac side. I think my problem is a combination-performance is not fantastic at any point (which I guess is not fixable with this machine), but it really takes an unacceptable nose-dive once we start adding lumetri effects.

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