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This card was less durable than I hoped - but I really, really pushed it. I bought this for a secondary hobby build before the 2021 GPU market went insane. It's like a sleepy RX480 or so - able to push 4 monitors, and run games (not as well as CAD, but... sacrifices were made). I foolishly paired this with a 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 (flashed 2,1) running Linux (Elementary OS 5) and it really held it's own for a card I paid around $325 for - trying to avoid even the early inflation on non-workstation cards. The Pro was upgraded, significantly, as a dual processor Xeon machine - despite it's limitations on early PCIe ports and general speed. The particular card (lightly used, allegedly) ran very hot - the metal casing was obviously over 100 degrees (F) to the touch. But it held up, and ran, until I switched it out to do some work in an older OS that wouldn't support it. When it went back in, it had given up on me. This particular card? The limited nature of a very old Mac Pro? I can't tell you, but I was very sad about it. I don't play a lot of AAA titles that aren't RPGs, so I'm not addicted to FPS over 60 - but this one could hit it in Pathfinder, Baldur's Gate 3, and Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire (not at highest, don't be ridiculous, LOL). And it ran three vintage monitors on adapters without complaint (until it quit, no notice). I believe in Radeon/AMD - especially considering my background with Macs. It was plug and play - even running in Big Sur (on my other Pro, a 2010 5,1) - and it handled itself. So, yeah I abused it a little - made it do things that GPUs maybe shouldn't do. Maybe 2006 Mac Pros shouldn't run modern Linux with workstation cards and game... Then again, maybe this card wasn't up to the challenge. It still compares favorably price wise to an RX480, and uses virtually no power (where the heck did that heat come from?). It's a good card, even if I burnt it out in a little over 6 months. Read full review
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Works flawlessly in both on Mac OS X and Windows, 4k resolution. However I haven't had a chance to do some CAD or gaming (not really into gaming). I am planning on editing some 4k movies, but I don't have doubts.
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Picked this up for use in an ASRock deskmini itx client. Perfect for a small workstation running a large HDR panel. Will be looking for a couple more to upgrade my VM passthrough cards for sure!
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good perfomance
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everything went smoothly, thanks
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