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Better Performance 3.2 ghz vs. 2.26 Nehalem
I was looking to purchase a new MacPro, I had originaly budgeted in a 3.2 2-Quad Core with 4Gb Ram. Now that apple has come out with the new Nehalem processors, I was curoius how the bottom tier of the new systems rate against the previous generation 3.2 quad. My budet is about $4,000.00. Am I better off with the previous generation 3.2 Quad with 4 GB Ram as opposed to the new generation 2.26ghz 2-Quad core with 6GB Ram? I will be using this system primarily for Final Cut Studio, but my main concern in speed is Render Times.
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Very tough call at this point in time Gerald, as no one is really using the latest MacPros in a real-world setting yet, and $4000 will get you in the front door on the entry level of the new machines, but not much beyond. Take a look at the latest Barefeets write-up at https://www.barefeats.com/nehal04.html they say that Vast quantities of RAM and the largest number of cores you can get are very, very important. And, I can assure you, even if FCP is not optimized for the 64-bit operating environment of Snow Leopard, the RAM and the number of cores in your machine still are bound to make a huge difference.
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