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Subject: Re: [AE] Best Mac GPU set-up for the CS6 Raytracer?
From: Chris Meyer <chris@crishdesign.com>
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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:24:37 -0600
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If they want to work with "officially approved" solutions, it's a pair =
of Quadro 4000s in a Mac. Otherwise, there are previously-discussed =
hacks to get supposed Windows-only cards to run inside a MacPro.

Aside from ray tracing, add an SSD for caching (to more quickly retrieve =
previous RAM Preview tests/caches), and at least 48 GB of RAM to take =
better advantage of multiprocessing (which, ironically, does not help =
raytracing).

 - Chris


On Jul 11, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Chris Bobotis wrote:

> Listers,
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> A client is looking to pick up a couple of the new Mac Pros and they =
asked me to help with the best specs for CS6 Raytracer.
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> I know we touched on this a while back -  what is the best, as in =
fastest, budget is not an issue, GPU set-up for the Mac + WIN
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> As I understood it, the NVIDIA Quadro 6000 combo Tesla is pretty much =
top of the heap on WIN... correct?
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> What gets closest (fastest) on the Mac?
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> Cheers,
> Chris
> Mettle.com
> Skype: Mettlecom
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