Technology

Just got nVidia GeForce 8800 GT to replace overheating ATI Radeon X1900 XT in Mac Pro. Got the special one for “legacy Mac Pro”.

Mac Pro up and running with nVidia GeForce 8800 now. Hopefully this is “Bye Bye” to random freezes and video artifacts.

Computer Overloaded

Rare change this afternoon with me feverishly working on my Mac Pro getting a bunch of stuff done. Running a ton of apps and everything working hard. It’s clear I need more cores though. It’s all just busy.

CPU Monitor app window showing four processor graphs all filled nearly solid green indicating maximum CPU utilization across all cores.

Just switched to using Comcast’s DNS server. I’ve always ran my own on the local LAN, but trying to reduce server count at home.

Mac Pro video card/freezing issues have started again. Time to pull out the X1900 and replace it. Fans are already jacked trying to cool it.