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New 15" MacBook Pro Performance

Michael Cioni

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Game changer. We thought it might be...turns out it is.
15" MBP using a Tbolt connection to a SAS raid on one of our Lily Pad Cases (carry-on Pelican).
386MB/s write
624MB/s read

This computer (hardly a laptop;-) is also powerful enough to render DNxHD36 and 720p H.264 simultaneously at 23fps.

Game changer.
 

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Michael Cioni said:
... powerful enough to render DNxHD36 and 720p H.264 simultaneously at 23fps.

Game changer.
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Wow! That's without a rocket or any external peripherals?? I assume we're talking about the 2.7 GHz model? Excited to order mine... Time to call our Apple Business rep...
 
The Macbook Pro 15 with Retina performed just as I expected in general, and exceeded my expectations in graphics performance.

But only 1GB VRAM? At this resolution? I don't think 1GB will be the bottleneck but I'd wish put at least 2
 
Kwan Khan said:
The Macbook Pro 15 with Retina performed just as I expected in general, and exceeded my expectations in graphics performance.

But only 1GB VRAM? At this resolution? I don't think 1GB will be the bottleneck but I'd wish put at least 2
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Here here. It's also interesting to note that unlike the regular MBP the 2.3 Retina has the same amount of memory as the 2.6. First time i've seen that which seems to mean that they couldn't' get away with less for the slower version. So why didn't they give us more for the higher end one.....???
 
Bring on the 5k Retina Desk top monitors!

I absolutely flog my laptop! It's driving all this without a sweat!
My 12 core tower sits under my table only to be used for transcoding now.

My_office.jpg
 
Michael,


Are your transcode figures from 5k footage and what app are you using to do the transcodes? Would love to hear what speeds these machines are capable of transcoding 5K Epic material to 1920x1080 pro res?

I understand the graphic card in these machines supports CUDA so would love to hear from anyone running Resolve andif they are getting good results. Apologies for all the questions.
 
Mark Toia said:
Bring on the 5k Retina Desk top monitors!

I absolutely flog my laptop! It's driving all this without a sweat!
My 12 core tower sits under my table only to be used for transcoding now.

My_office.jpg
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Sick setup Mark! What's the resolution of the projector?
 
Express Dailies processing

Express Dailies processing

Tom Gleeson said:
Michael,


Are your transcode figures from 5k footage? What app are you using to do the transcodes? Would love to hear what speeds these machines are capable of transcoding 5K Epic material to 1920x1080 pro res?

Are the graphic cards in these machines supporting CUDA if so is anyone running Resolve and getting good results. Apologies for all the questions.
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Footage is being processed via the new Express Dailies system from ColorFont. Express Dailies is an all-in-one solution for transcoding any footage from any file-based camera and uses NVIDIA CUDA cores in order to enhance processing. The application is in beta now, but will be available soon for purchase. In the mean time, development with the talented ColorFront has enabled us to do things we didn't know were possible until now. -Coupling that with Apple's latest computers and it's a combination worth serious consideration.

Running on the new MacBook Pro 15" we used a Sonnet expansion chassis to connect the computer to a 48TB SAS raid which gave us 380 megabytes per second read and 624 megabytes per second write. This all through a single Thunderbolt port. Using the built-in NVIDIA graphics card, Express Dailies was able to render an AVID 1080p DNxHD36 file as well as a simultaneous 720p H.264 file at 23 frames per second. These two files were being decoded and written on this single MacBook Pro which (in our opinion) makes for a bona fide "PRO" computer system in the field.
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Michael, assuming since you're posting here, you were transcoding R3D's? What was the resolution and quality of the R3D and what debayer settings were you using for the transcode? Also, which SAS card were you using in the Sonnet expansion chassis? And there was no Rocket in the chassis right? Thanks! This is all exciting. I may not need to get a Rocket after all.
 
Mark Toia said:
2k... Until Jim sells me a 4k projector
but till then this one is good... Pin sharp and bright.. as good a being in the movies.
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Yea...projector info would be appreciated...as well as your screen size and choice. :-)
 
Thanks for posting, Michael. I think people can get to hung up on the form factor, i.e. "laptop," and not focus on what the machine can actually do. Pretty impressive. Keep us posted on what your are doing with it.
 
This is not complete info though. 720p at what resolution of Red decoding? Full premium? 1/8 Good? 1/16?

I'd love to see benchmarks comparing it the the Mac Pro 12 core towers.

Life is too short to spend looking at progress bars any more than necessary. Any loss in speed means more hours not being creative, and as such faster gear pays for itself pretty quickly. Also, honestly, what do I care abouta cluttered desk with a big box on it if it means I get to spend more hours enjoying life with my wife.

So... Not sure how excited I am.
 
Michael Cioni said:
Footage is being processed via the new Express Dailies system from ColorFont. Express Dailies is an all-in-one solution for transcoding any footage from any file-based camera and uses NVIDIA CUDA cores in order to enhance processing. The application is in beta now, but will be available soon for purchase. In the mean time, development with the talented ColorFront has enabled us to do things we didn't know were possible until now. -Coupling that with Apple's latest computers and it's a combination worth serious consideration.
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This is the first I've heard of transcoding going through the graphics card (though it's something I've wanted software to direct to for a while now). Anyone know of any other software solutions that drive any part of the transcoding through the GPU? I don't think AME does, even though Adobe uses the CUDA cores for (Mercury) playback.

Driving this computation through the GPU basically turns your GPU into a "Red Rocket" card that is camera-agnostic. This . . . is pretty exciting stuff, especially if it's as new as I think it is >_>

'Course, my knowledge of software/hardware is a bit stunted compared to many on these forums. Hence the question above: Anyone know of any other software solutions that drive any part of the transcoding through the GPU?
 
Nick Pasquariello said:
This is the first I've heard of transcoding going through the graphics card (though it's something I've wanted software to direct to for a while now). Anyone know of any other software solutions that drive any part of the transcoding through the GPU? I don't think AME does, even though Adobe uses the CUDA cores for (Mercury) playback.

Driving this computation through the GPU basically turns your GPU into a "Red Rocket" card that is camera-agnostic. This . . . is pretty exciting stuff, especially if it's as new as I think it is >_>

'Course, my knowledge of software/hardware is a bit stunted compared to many on these forums. Hence the question above: Anyone know of any other software solutions that drive any part of the transcoding through the GPU?
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But is it actually using CUDA for decompression and debayer of the R3Ds or just for image manipulation and encoding into other codecs? "To enhance processing" doesn't really say much.
 
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