Is it worth upgrading an ancient Mac Pro 2008?

In my last video, I upgraded a Mac Pro 2008 to macOS 14, and it worked pretty well, but it was hindered by my ancient Nvidia GeForce 760 and my cheap SSD.

Patreon - Bonus video here
Patreon: dmug

So I went on an eBay hunt for a RX 580 and Amazon for a SATA SSD to see if I could make an old computer feel a bit newer. In the process I benchmarked my Mac Pro for disk and GPU improvements.  I don't exactly make big YouTube money so this was kinda a dumb purchase. I really figured this video would have been all of 8~ minutes long and finished in a weekend.... was I ever wrong.

0:00 Intro and selecting upgrades
1:48 Why not RAM?
2:06 It should be easy
2:31 Frustration
4:16 Core Memory Unlocked
5:09 macOS 12 and SATA
5:41 Disk Benchmarks
6:34 RX 580
6:51 RX 80 Benchmarks
8:27 General Impressions with macOS gaming
10:37 More RX 580 benefits

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Benchmarking Utilities:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amorpho...
https://benchmark.unigine.com/

Cited Sources:
MacRumors: RX 580 three 3 displays
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/...

OpenCore Legacy Patcher
https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-L...

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Random Stuff:

YouTubers mentioned:
MacSoundSolutions (Lance), Jessie's Flying (Jessie),  Joerg Henninges, Martin Lo, Mr. Macintosh
These are the guys I recommend checking out for OpenCore info.

Beer Consumed:
pFriem's Druif Blanc - A bit of a backstory on this beer, the first time I had it was "Druif" and it was brand new at the brewery before they made variants of Druif. I had to manually enter the beer info into Untappd making me the first person check the beer in. It'd later win the GABF Gold for barrel aged beer. I recognized it was fantastic from the jump, although not my first pick as chardonnay barrels aren't my jam. It bites a lot like a good white wine and has the tartness and bit of herbal spice to it. Truly one of those "beer as an experience" sort of beer.
https://www.pfriembeer.com/beer/druif...
https://beerconnoisseur.com/articles/...


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