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Resolve on new, tricked out iMac?
How do you guys think Resolve would handle HD and/or 2.5K on one of the new iMacs with the 3.5Ghz i7 and GTX 780M (4gig) GPU? Connect some fast storage via USB 3 and an b’cast monitor via Thunderbolt and it looks like it might be a rockin’ little box. Obviously wouldn’t compared to a tower (or Cubix) full of GPUs but might work well for editors that also color (as opposed to full time colorists).
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You would have a nice little Resolve system. Get yourself a good BMD external video card and your set.
Jordan Mena | Editor | Colorist | Producer
Los Angeles, CA
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I’m pretty excited about this new iMac. I put in an order 2 weeks ago for the last model. I called yesterday to put a halt on that for the newer model. I will be excited to see resolve and AdobeCC work with this system.
Todd Gill
Editor.Colorist
Digital Post Ink
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How do you guys think it would compare to a 8-core, 2.26Ghz Mac Pro 4,1 w/a GTX 660? I know the 780M in the iMac has higher specs than the 660 but I don’t know how overall performance gets curbed for the mobile chipsets.
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I’m looking at the same setup too.
A full 660 is barely the same speed as the iMac’s 780M…
https://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-780M-vs-GeForce-GTX-660
(The 660ti is faster)
Let’s see what barefeats.com sais when they put it under test!My experience from working on both a MacPro with GT120+GTX285 and my 2011 iMac with a Radeon 6790 and specially a 2012 with a 680M… is that a Macpro is always a sturdier machine, but performance is not that far.
I guess it can’t compete with a Titan on a MacPro 5,1 but I still think it’s a perfect setup for the bucks.
Get an AppleCare though, we fried out 2012 iMac with the 680M and got it replaced, these machines are not build for 24/7 use 😉 -
Good suggestion about Apple care. The cooling in an iMac probably isn’t well designed for continuous, heavy usage.
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