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Optimal Mac Pro setup for utilizing Premiere Pro
I edit in Adobe Premiere, I usually edit Pro Res video, but also Sony XD or H.264. Looking to upgrade to the new Mac Pros, but unsure what I should prioritize as far as specs(Better CPU? Better Video Cards? More RAM?). At first I was really excited to see the afterburner card, but now it looks like it only works with FCP. Any suggestions?
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Premiere would be cores.
I ordered a 16-Core for just that alone. -
I would wait on the Afterburner to be used by Adobe products.
Unless you’re in FCPX, no advantage to date.
Great thing about these Macs is that it’s upgradable. -
So Premiere doesn’t utilize the GPU? Just the CPU?
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Im sure it does use the GPU but Im told heavily CPU cores.
I got the VEGA II since I do a lot of After Effects, Resolve and Maya. -
I have a new MacPro, and I have iStatMenus installed. It’s interesting to keep an eye on the CPU and GPU meters. I often notice that the GPU meter is maxed out, but the CPU rarely gets maxed, or even reaching 50% utilization.
I get a variety of footage to edit, but a majority lately has been Sony MXF, a variant of AVC MPEG4. ProRes puts hardly any stress on either processor. Where the CPUs really help is when using crappy Long-GOP codecs, and DJI and GoPro, which never played for me without dropping frames in full rez before.
I figured that since I work with different formats, getting both CPU and GPU horsepower would serve me well.
I’ve learned through experience to buy a better system than I need at the time, because I’ll probably need it later. That’s why I went with the 24-core and Vega II upgrades.
I recently cut a project with 8K RED RAW sources. I was able to play it at half res without frames dropping. Nice.
Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.comMacPro7,1 24-core – 256 GB RAM – AMD Radeon Pro Vega II 32 GB – 10.15.3
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