In addition to products like the new iPad Pro and MacBook Air, Apple today began selling the MacPro Afterburner Card as a standalone device. Previously, it was only available as an option with the Mac Pro Professional Workstation, which could be added for $2000.
Now available separately for the same price, every Mac Pro owner who bought their PC without an accelerator can expand the functionality of their workstation at any time. The Afterburner Card actually improves Mac Pro performance in scenarios such as high-definition video files, as evidenced by industry professionals. The card can play up to 6 streams of 8K ProRes RAW or up to 23 streams of 4K ProRes RAW. Its functionality is to accelerate ProRes and ProRes RAW codecs in Final Cut Pro X, QuickTime Player X, and supported third-party applications.
The Afterburner card can be installed in any of the Mac Pro's full-size PCIe slots. The hackintosh community has also shown a lot of interest in the release of the Mac Pro Afterburner Card for sale.
Source: 3dnews.ru