My mid-2010 Mac 5,1 tower tends to bog down with highly compressed footage and multi-cam sequences in Premiere Pro CC 2015. I have been considering a new video camera, and tried to edit some SONY FS5 footage and it wouldn't play full HD footage in real time (no edits, no effects, no color grades) at even 1/4 resolution. So, I'm thinking its time to either buy a new Mac or upgrade my "vintage" 2010 Mac. The upgrade options to my 2010 Mac would be a flashed Nvidia GTX 9800 video card, up my RAM from 32 to 64GB, and replace spinning hard drives with SSDs. These upgrades, while expensive, as still less than buying a new Mac Pro "trash can". Given all the problems people have had with Premiere Pro and the new Mac Pro trash can towers, I'm wondering if these issues have been sorted out, or if I am safer to stay with my old Mac for another couple years. I'm hesitant to put a lot of money into an old computer, but I dread dealing with the issues others have had with the new Mac Pros. I suspect the prime issue is that Apple refuses to accommodate Nvidia cards with CUDA acceleration. I have always resented Apple's insistence on a limited choice of over-priced, outdated video cards, but I don't expect that the ever change. If Adobe would make Premiere Pro compatible and stable with the Mac Pro's AMD cards, this would be less of an issue. Any suggestions on what my best option forward is, would be greatly appreciated.
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