• Apple OS X

  Mac 8-core and RAM

  Posted by Evan Thomas phillips on February 3, 2009 at 11:20 pm

  I’m thinking about upgrading to a MacPro 8-core system, but I’ve heard that in order to take advantage of all 8 cores, you need a gig of RAM per core (in other words, 8GB of RAM). Will a 4-core 4GB RAM system system run the same as an 8-core with 4GB of RAM? Am I missing something? If I’m working on a limited budget and don’t want to buy 8GB of RAM, would it be better for me to get a 4-core 4GB system?

  FYI, I mostly run FCP and AfterEffects.

  Thanks.

  Evan Thomas phillips replied 17 years, 3 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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