From: "Tony Romain" Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.197] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5547709 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:30:54 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.108] (rrcs-24-43-70-42.west.biz.rr.com [24.43.70.42]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mreueus003) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LjKaf-1WgMIF0WP1-00dWgH; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:30:53 +0200 User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.4.2.140509 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:30:48 -0700 Subject: Re: [AE] What's the state of Ae on new MacPros? To: AE list Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [AE] What's the state of Ae on new MacPros? References: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3490774253_764820" X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:9D+XZXx0OkIw+EGDO0PlSRaavdjicy+L2rlZmkQWJAt a5BIcT6U8aM6S/Y/l9fSsH4VgPeJXirSteV70Cl218z4MfEQnG g6ggk8hJTJQQPWTiyBD/fczBvE0Pw6ekkb6VEMbO6ptKMnZdc9 kQKGPt8dzE01D/8NRMg6V3Riw0A+Yg9+cJrR1u6v8PrDtwiJVN bQT43ZJPmq6kb+bHC5G6bqLas/2fUbtn+THutHX2K0ip24dLyF UL9rXTNctKQwMTA2zy7xYGh92CBveEWyceFbQpwcnxUzwTwYvf cQvWQpDTLdZ8aMfBmPQRurlJNKnK1nvXqHPzDC5XePEsEtGICL zE+qFEiv6mGI35WHmTvQOB/a5ksDQ/569Kt7xqBUnZLIyEXJCe 5HzbJ7QR5DkyA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3490774253_764820 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable This is exactly what I've been hearing as well. Unless the software is written from the ground up to take advantage of the updated hardware specs/architecture on the new mac pros, the speed boost is negligible.. Especially for the price. Would def just spend your money upgrading video cards, ram, DEFINITELY replace your system drive with an SSD as well as get an additional SSD for use as a AE disk cache=8A they are super cheap these days Can't stress enough how awesome the switch to an SSD system drive was=8A --=20 tony romain | principal/creative director trance motion graphic animation and design 323 651 1114 www.trancedesigns.com From: AE list Reply-To: AE list Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:23 AM To: AE list Subject: Re: [AE] What's the state of Ae on new MacPros? Jim, we bought a couple very early on and sent them back within the first week. Not worth it for us. We do mostly AE and Maya stuff at Mettle. We opted for beefed up 4.1 and 5.= 1 Macs with great GPU's and a couple of WIN machines instead. A buddy of mine that runs an FCPX edit shop swears by the new Mac Pros. I would hold off if I were you... get SSD's and max out your RAM on your current Macs. From what I remember you already have very decent GPU's on your Macs. HTH Cheers, Chris Mettle.com Skype: Mettlecom --B_3490774253_764820 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable
This is exactly wh= at I've been hearing as well.  Unless the software is written from the = ground up to take advantage of the updated hardware specs/architecture on th= e new mac pros, the speed boost is negligible.. Especially for the price.

Would def just spend your money upgrading video cards= , ram,  DEFINITELY replace your system drive with an SSD as well as get= an additional SSD for use as a AE disk cache…  they are super ch= eap these days

Can't stress enough how awesome the = switch to an SSD system drive was…


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tony romain | <= b>principal/creative director
trance
motion graphic animation and design
323 651 1114
www.trancedesigns.com

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From: AE list <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Reply-To: AE list <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Date: = Wednesday, August 13, 2014 11:23 AM
To: AE list <AE-List@m= edia-motion.tv>
Subject: Re= : [AE] What's the state of Ae on new MacPros?

J= im, we bought a couple very early on and sent them back within the first wee= k. Not worth it for us.

We= do mostly AE and Maya stuff at Mettle. We opted for beefed up 4.1 and 5.1 M= acs with great GPU's and a couple of WIN machines instead.

A buddy of mine that runs an FCPX edit shop swears by the new Mac Pros.

I would hold off if I were you... get SSD's and max o= ut your RAM on your current Macs. From what I remember you already have very= decent GPU's on your Macs.

HTH

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Cheers,
Chris
Skype: Mettlecom
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