AE8 and Octo-core

[Mike Procunier]

Yes it will… and its freaking FAST. But load up on RAM. They recommend 2GB per processor, but we have 2 Octo’s with 8GB (1GB/processor) and they’re performing very well with the AE8 Free Preview.

[Kevin Camp]

barefeats.com has done some comparisons to other macs and other versions of after effects.

also, xlr8yourmac.com has had some people post there own results.

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Nicholas Toth]

I’m working on an Octo_core with 32 gigs of ram, and it is really really fast with a handful of CS3 tests I’ve done. It works well with interactivity with compositions, but it really shines as soon as items hit the queue.

I know we overkilled the memory, but I’d go with between 24 – 32 gigs of ram. 24 seems practical. I got AE7 with Nucleo to pull 24-26 gigs of ram according to my activity monitor.

I wonder if the wall is @ 26gigs —- but I haven’t clocked it in CS 3.

[Adolfo Rozenfeld]

The wall is 24 GB (3GB per background process).
Having 32 GB is not bad (duh!) because on top of that you can have Photoshop and/or your NLE open on real memory.

Adolfo Rozenfeld
Buenos Aires – Argentina
ar(AT)adolforozenfeld.com

[Jimmy Brunger]

Is this 32GB RAM on a 64bit OS yeah? I thought XP64 Pro could address 4GB to most apps?

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[Nicholas Toth]

Its juicing 24-26 gigs in OSX.

We’re meaning to install vista ultimate, but a $400.00 experiment isn’t in the budget right now.

I hope the new OSX can use more ram, and that the 3 gig wall gets knocked down!

[Adolfo Rozenfeld]

“I hope the new OSX can use more ram, and that the 3 gig wall gets knocked down!”

The wall is knocked down because you have eight instances getting 3 GB each!
Frankly, I only know one user (guess who) with more than 16 GB of RAM.
Doesn’t look like going over 24-26GB is an urgent matter at this time 🙂

Yes, on Win64 the limit is 4 GB per process.

Adolfo Rozenfeld
Buenos Aires – Argentina
ar(AT)adolforozenfeld.com

[Jimmy Brunger]

I hear Vista is a nightmare with Pro apps like AE and been told to stay clear.

I’m going to go for Win XP64 when we upgrade, only thing is lack of drivers…does anyone know if the range has been improved for XP64 yet?

OSX – I’m astonished it has that limit..isn’t OSX a 64 bit OS these days?

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[Gary Taylor]

Hi Nicolas,
You are the first person I have heard talk about successfully installing 32 gig of RAM in a Mac Pro. Apple officially says it only supports 16 gig but I have often thought that was artifically low considering what others have done with the chipset. Especially since even Apple supports 32 gig with the Xserve.

Do you mind sharing your experience including where you purchased your memory? How long have you been running 32 gig and has your experience been completely positive?
Thanks in advance!
Gary

[Nicholas Toth]

Gary —

The 4 gig ram chips are new. They don’t sell them @ apple.com. We wound up getting it through a local computer distributor in West Chester/Malvern area of Pennsylvania, who purchased the computer and RAM separately I believe, but its been a dream so far. (Personally I’ve always bought RAM from http://www.ramjet.com or general brand RAM from B&H)

OSX has no problem reading the memory. Motion loves it. AE loves it too, as long as you juice it out with Nucleo. We’ve been running the machine for about 6 weeks, and really beating the crap out of it. It is holding up like a champ. Definately recommend it.

email me if you have any other questions, I’d gladly benchmark anything within practicality for you —