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The.knot.book
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Hi,
I just bought an ATI Radeon 4850 HD Graphics card for my Mac Pro 1,1 running OS X Lion 10.7.5. I did so much research before and got very lost trying to find out which graphics cards were both compatible with my Mac and would also work for Final Cut Pro X. I thought this one ticked both boxes.
Now I'm about to try and install it - and everything I've found online seem very complicated.
Have I bought a card that is incompatible?! If so, any suggestions on another to buy instead would be really appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
Dominic
I just bought an ATI Radeon 4850 HD Graphics card for my Mac Pro 1,1 running OS X Lion 10.7.5. I did so much research before and got very lost trying to find out which graphics cards were both compatible with my Mac and would also work for Final Cut Pro X. I thought this one ticked both boxes.
Now I'm about to try and install it - and everything I've found online seem very complicated.
Have I bought a card that is incompatible?! If so, any suggestions on another to buy instead would be really appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
Dominic
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