Return-Path: Received: from mail-qa0-f41.google.com ([209.85.216.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5101367 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:09:47 +0200 Received: by mail-qa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id f14so2398973qak.14 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:19:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=7VTkx5cgbmLSAos/QDdbZfgHrTXXjxTp8hA0fKeSkk4=; b=j/hhqIRWPDFLPQcJX23L8OcdEGM3YKtDH5RbqpIRQx9VfwfCRhC0BD4GeDmZ3dFcOG r/ciF6SeKx6fh9I0rZ80ACaxRVUm1bGOaPQdMmkDDh+IXzUaRuKp2X/w17YfeShtOzIF sCks7E4HR7JkPhwCloIZTtG+BiY25KBBPRX6R9kGFZsXDOxYk05poyhfX3VQZ4u9Pce1 1HbmA84EYPxfKM58cd5Gc/wygAPboRTEreP1IGI7nzHd13uhVjKJtn2Z3kpzFBbI+xAv ogKcEYc9hDA9dxZDpRDor1q5Nxi3ddWN4rvaL365TWw2QUFCQrnL9GKe+iYZSG2diZJk EArg== X-Received: by 10.229.94.77 with SMTP id y13mr3013166qcm.98.1370895578150; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:19:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.49.121.168 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:18:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:18:58 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] New MacPro To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae94edcbdf5c08e04ded27fdc --14dae94edcbdf5c08e04ded27fdc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm guessing RAM maxes out at 64GB but I'm sure that costs an extra $2k. The fact is, this machine will be impossible to overclock due to the size and cooling capacity. As someone who builds computers I can tell you this is simple physics, unless they are using phase exchangers or liquid hydrogen. I'm guessing a minimum entry price point of $3999. The intel 3930K chip overclocked is faster than the 8 core xeon and currently retails for under $500. See my cinebench scores http://imgur.com/xMTkacD. You can build a system around that chip for another $600. You could literally have 3 computers that, together, are 4x faster than the iWastebasket for the entry level price, before you do any upgrading to the MP. Let alone lose all your invested stock of pci-e cards, adapters, hard drives, etc. On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ > > > RAM maximum? > > > > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 3:04 PM, S=F8ren Christensen wrote: > > what is most cryptic right now - to me at least - is how they plan for > the user to access the 40GB/320Gbit pci express bandwidth? > The thunderbolt2 ports only accounts for about 1/3 of the available > bandwidth. > I guess thats why they called it a sneak peak :-) > > Still, I dont mind running the adobe cc on that. > > > > > > > > > |||| DESILENCE STUDIO > |||| www.dslnc.com - motion & interactivity > |||| +34 93 268 0953 / +34 61 555 9963 (mobile) > > |||| SOCIAL > |||| facebook.dslnc.com > |||| twitter.dslnc.com > > |||| NEW SHOWREEL 2013 > |||| http://v5.dslnc.com/reel/ > > > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 9:40 PM, Stephen van Vuuren > wrote: > > From the Apple click-through, it appears if I'm seeing it right to be a > single socket with 4 RAM slots, meaning CPU and memory options will be > pretty limited. Only RAM and CPU looks like standard expansion, so Teddy > may > be right, this thing may be for the most part, no more configurable than = a > laptop. > > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > > A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should b= e > a > progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, > the > meaning, all that comes later. > -Stanley Kubrick > > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > --=20 Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --14dae94edcbdf5c08e04ded27fdc Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I'm guessing RAM maxes out at 64GB but I'm su= re that costs an extra $2k. The fact is, this machine will be impossible to= overclock due to the size and cooling capacity. As someone who builds comp= uters I can tell you this is simple physics, unless they are using phase ex= changers or liquid hydrogen. I'm guessing a minimum entry price point o= f $3999. The intel 3930K chip overclocked is faster than the 8 core xeon an= d currently retails for under $500. See my cinebench scores http://imgur.com/xMTkacD. You can build a system = around that chip for another $600. You could literally have 3 computers tha= t, together, are 4x faster than the iWastebasket for the entry level price,= before you do any upgrading to the MP. Let alone lose all your invested st= ock of pci-e cards, adapters, hard drives, etc.


O= n Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> w= rote:
http://www.apple.com/m= ac-pro/


RAM maximum?




On Jun 10, 2013, at = 3:04 PM, S=F8ren Christensen wrote:

what is =A0most = cryptic right now - to me at least - is how they plan for the user to acces= s the 40GB/320Gbit pci express bandwidth?=A0
The thunderbolt2 por= ts only accounts for about 1/3 of the available bandwidth.
I guess thats why they called it a sneak peak :-)

=
Still, I dont mind running the adobe cc on that.

<= div>



On Jun 10, 2013, at 9:40 PM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com= > wrote:

From the Apple click-thr= ough, it appears if I'm seeing it right to be a
single socket with 4 RAM slots, meaning CPU and memory options will be
p= retty limited. Only RAM and CPU looks like standard expansion, so Teddy may=
be right, this thing may be for the most part, no more configurable tha= n a
laptop.

stephen van vuuren
336.202.4777

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/
http://www.sv2dc= p.com/
http://www.sv2stud= ios.com/

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fi= ction. It should be a
progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what= 's behind the emotion, the
meaning, all that comes later.
-Stanley Kubrick



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