Upgrade my editing rig

[Elias Gwinn]

Wow, thank you for letting me know. That could have been an expensive and time-consuming mistake. Cheers!

[Bernard Newnham]

You’d have a lot more choices and probably save lots of money if you switch to Windows and Nvidia. Resolve likes Cuda, and you have the ongoing advantage of incremental updates.

Bernie

[Richard Mazikowski]

You can upgrade your card to an Nvidia 4000 with 2gb GPU but I do’t think you can get much more GPU memory in that machine. Also increasing your RAM and putting in a SSD replacement hard drive and a SSD to use asa a fast cache drive will help a lot. I did this a while back on a similar machine and the increase was impressive.

Keep in mind that Adobe manages RAM on a per thread basis so the amount of RAM you have would only use about 1/2 of your CPU power in HD when using Adobe.. Even less in higher resolutions.

Richard Mazikowski
rmazikowski@comcast.net
https://vimeo.com/maz1

[Elias Gwinn]

Great info. Thanks Richard!

[Peter Robertson]

I recently upgraded to a new iMac with 8 GB Video Memory. I work with Resolve 16 Studio which needs (>= 8GB Video memory) but it works really great. If you can add the interface needed for the BMD video eGPU ok, but then for $2000 you can get an iMac………
Cheers
Peter

[Rainer Wirth]

Hi folks,

1. Keep the set up and save the money until you have more to spent on a new mac (ImacPro) for more CPU Power. Your mac is on high sierra, so okay.
2. Instead of more CPU Power you can invest money in a new Raid, which will be also okay with a new mac in the future.
I wouldn’t go for a eGPU.
A new computer will give you enough power to operate without eGPU.
I would not invest in an old system.

cheers

Rainer

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Rainer Wirth
phone_0049-177-2156086
Mac pro 8core
Adobe,FCP,Avid
several raid systems

[Phillip Todd]

I’m in the Facebook group MacPro 5,1. There you will find all the help and answers you need. Using the Mojave FW update you can boot off NVME (very fast) and add an RX580 8 GB GPU with you stock power supply. I’d avoid a TB3 expansion card unless they OK it and there could be sleep issues. I alway thought eGPU was a backwards solution for laptops and since you have PCIe, that is your best bet. YMMV.

Phillip Todd
Cinematographer
http://www.phillip-todd.com

[Elias Gwinn]

Thanks Phillip!

I just did some research on your suggestions, and it looks like the right path for me.

I also posted in the MacPro 5,1 FB group, just to get any final input.

Thanks again!

[Phillip Todd]

-Happy to help keep more e-waste out of the environment too!

Phillip Todd
Cinematographer
http://www.phillip-todd.com