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Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?
From: =?windows-1252?Q?S=F8ren_Christensen?= <soren@desilence.net>
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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:13:08 +0100
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...and some more info on the D series FirePro cards in the mac pro:
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http://wccftech.com/generation-amd-professional-gpu-arrives-firepro-d700-l=
eads-pack-35-teraflops-compute/

Not sure how trustworthy the info is. Still pretty anxious to hear about =
real world experience from apps taking advantages of multiple gpus =
besides form fcpx.

Cheers :-)
S=F8ren


On 26 Dec 2013, at 15:45, Dave Bittner <dave@pixelworkshop.com> wrote:

> Here=92s an interesting article on the value proposition of the new =
Mac Pro. Turns out it=92s tough to build a comparable machine for the =
price. -=20
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<http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/12/24/does.better.in.some.areas.b=
ut.cant.compete.on.cost.or.specs/>
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> On Dec 23, 2013, at 1:20PM, Dave Bittner <dave@pixelworkshop.com> =
wrote:
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>> I=92ve switched our main edit suite system to a 27=94 i7 iMac after =
realizing that it renders about three times faster than the 2008 Mac Pro =
it=92s replacing. I=92ve got a 30=94 monitor hooked up to it, and a fast =
external RAID via a cheap Thunderbolt to SATA adapter. We=92re running =
AE, FCPX and Maya on it, primarily, and for what we do it=92s plenty =
fast. (We are rarely under tight delivery deadlines where rendering =
speed would make or break us. In fact, the biggest bottleneck these days =
seems to be h.264 encoding for delivery.)
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>> As for the new Mac Pro, if you need the speed it doesn=92t seem the =
price should make all that much difference. Even if you replace it after =
two years, a couple of grand difference in price shouldn=92t break the =
bank for an active shop with a decent number of projects coming through. =
It=92s amazing to me that after all these years people are still shocked =
- Shocked! - that there=92s a premium for Mac OS workstations. For our =
small shop it=92s worth it, since we know the Mac OS and know how to =
troubleshoot it.=20
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>> Interesting times, with all of these incredibly fast machines for =
choose from. Now if you=92ll excuse me, I=92m going to go play Marathon =
on my Quadra 700=85
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