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New 12 core Mac Pro Looking for video card I edit with Premiere Pro Cs6
I am in the process of ordering a 12 core Mac Pro and noticed that the cards Apple offers do not support Cuda or Open CL (ATI Radeon HD 5870). I have reviewed the Adobe site and they mention the HD 6770M that will take advantage of Open CL. I don’t want spend $ 800 on a Nvida 4000. CAn anyone recommend a good card for around $300 that will take advantage of the Mercury engine. Mac Pro will be plugged into 27 inch Apple Cinema Screen
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Not sure you’ll get anything for $300 or less that will help you any more than the ATI. Best to save up until you get a beefy nVidia card.
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Not going to happen with a MacPro. The option for Premiere acceleration is a Q4000. If this is a Premiere/AFX box I’d suggest making cuts elsewhere to make it happen. Premiere CC might realise some benefit from the ATI 5×70 cards.
If you look into the PC side of things you’ll find plenty of CUDA/Open CL cards that are within your budget.
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Buying a “new” 12 core? You’d be better off buying a maxed out iMac with the 2GB GTX 680 GPU – this is faster than anything you can throw is a Mac Pro – I personally wouldn’t buy a tower because you’re 1. it’s just chock full of ancient technology and 2. it’s basically end-of-lifed with the new Mac Pro on the horizon.
Go iMac or PC until the new MacPro is shipping.
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GeForce GTX-680 Mac is a better option vs. Q4K but not much cheaper. Like Walter said, nothing anywhere close to $300 unless you’re willing to get a used Quadro FX 4800 Mac on ebay.
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I’ll second the Gtx680 Mac Edition. Works great!
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