Re: Does This Kill The Mac Pro?

Yeah, I think you're right about it being copy protection.


I have no idea how well a GPU would or would not work used this way. There's still the problem that the GPU needs to send the video data to the Thunderbolt controller and that means going through the north Bridge. (the signal destined for the Thunderbolt controller would need to be separated from the signal going back to the processor, But that's not unsurmountable, it would just require a North Bridge Specially designed for the process. Sending the data all the way back to the processor would be a bit silly, but without a special north bridge it wouldn't be possible without going through the processor.)

I agree it is posible, but it still seems like a bad way to do it.

A built in GPU or a custom one seems far more likely.