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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

New Mac Pro

Kwan Khan said:
thinking of order 128GB OWC Memory kit, however will wait another week for benchmark Test with Mavericks
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These are not the droids you're looking for. Move along.


Seriously, more RAM would be nice, especially in the 12-core system. Unfortunately, to go over 64GB, we have to move to 32GB modules and that means taking a 30% penalty to the throughput on the memory. Seriously, live with the 64GB. If you are doing heavy enough work where you need more than that, then the Mac Pro is probably not your ideal computer choice.
 
Just the wise, reassuring words I was looking for....Thank you Mr. Killgore.
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
These are not the droids you're looking for. Move along.


Seriously, more RAM would be nice, especially in the 12-core system. Unfortunately, to go over 64GB, we have to move to 32GB modules and that means taking a 30% penalty to the throughput on the memory. Seriously, live with the 64GB. If you are doing heavy enough work where you need more than that, then the Mac Pro is probably not your ideal computer choice.
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Thanks for your input Jeff,

I agreed there is downside on these modules rated PC3–10600 (which should translate to lower memory bandwidth), that is way I must wait for test result before move on.
 
Thanks all for the input and advice guys, i've been reading this thread to decide what to do. For my personal projects I decided to go with the D500, 8 core and 32 gig ram ... I primarily do editing&previs in AE (normally in 2k formats), work in maya and mix sound in prootools hd. I do the heavy stuff like rendering on linux boxes or in grids of windows boxes, so wasn't fanatical on having a ton of cores and ram. The price just started climbing a bit too high when I went above that configuration, for my uses. Looking forward to getting it ;)
 
Hi guys,

I went to the local store asking about the new mac pro for 4K video editing, but they didn't know much about it.

Can you suggest me which one to buy for editing video from Red Epic? I am looking for a good option between performance and price.

Thanks
 
Nejc not all Apple Store employees would have a clue IMHO.

Anything above a D500 and 8-Core you cant go wrong with.
 
Get the D700's Seriously!
 
I will definitely go for D700 and 512 SSD. But I'm not sure for 6 or 8 core.

And I heard that I can upgrade RAM later, so I was thinking to begin with 16GB.
 
New Dev build available today. No idea what it fixes but it's another A/V focused update request from Apple.
 
I'm about to install… I guess we'll see what's up with the 4K monitor support, among other things.
 
So far todays 10.9.3 seed has awoke from sleep twice successfully with the Dell 4K monitor out of two attempts. And it seems to have addressed a printing glitch. Doesn't seem to be any direct improvements to performance or the like, but things are looking up.
 
Pax said:
Get the D700s, there is no upgrading later on this decision. And you will want them!
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This is true. If I read the Other World Computing bulletins on the nMP correctly, the GPUs are basically not upgradeable; CPU, RAM, and SSDs are not nearly as difficult.

I believe there will be quite a few 4K monitors at NAB that will be working with the nMP. The key to me is how easily they can be calibrated, and whether it makes sense to watch 4K video from 3' away while editing or color-correcting. On a projector, sure... but even then, the pipeline and processor power needed to pull this off is considerable.
 
Once you go 4K on a desktop monitor, you won't look back. You can have 1:1 pixels at 1080p for two video windows and a full timeline and other tools below. That's just one example. Then there's the benefits to photo manipulation, CAD, etc.. It's not just about playing back UHD/4K video. Yeah, that's a good use too, but the benefits to a high-DPI display to work on become readily apparent when you actually start working on one! I'm really liking 3840x2160 at the 24" size. IMO 32" is still kinda too big for an in-your-face desktop monitor, but you can run native resolution on it and not have to deal with "retina" type scaling to approximate resolutions. What I really want is a 5K or 6K 27~30 inch.
 
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