what the best configuration for the upcoming macpro

[Peter Chamberlain]

We will list some options closer to the December availability of the Mac Pro. You won’t need your existing GPU.
Peter

[Jose Arce]

ok, thanks, really I like a lot my actual configuration, but the new macpro seems to be a powerfull machine.

[Sascha Haber]

External Decklink card, thunderbolt enabled.
Internal D500 or D700
Plenty of Ram and 6-8 cores
External thunderbolt 2 Pegasus Raid

Looking very much forward to this 🙂

A slice of color…

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[David Catt]

According the the performance figures available on Apple’s website, the new 12 core MacPro will provide a great performance boost for many who are upgrading from an older 8 core Mac with a single GPU for CUDA processing but a 2010 12 core MacPro with an expansion chassis and a couple of GTX 680s or Titans will still have much better performance.

Red are now using NVidia CUDA GPUs for processing as is stated on the Reduser forum, “we are working in collaboration with Nvidia for CUDA support that should drop in October… it will be well worth the wait as internally with CUDA we see a further boost in performance.” (See complete post here https://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?105522-IBC-GPU-Build-REDCINE-X-Beta-21 ) Obviously no CUDA capability with the MacPro’s ATI Fire GPUs.

May be sensible to wait a few weeks before making the move.

David Catt
ColorScene

[Margus Voll]

I’d wait for real life tests and demos from users then you could decide
if and what.

ATI gpu is specially the case for me. Maybe just worrying to much.

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Margus

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DaVinci 9, OSX 10.7.4
MacPro 5.1 2×2,93 24GB
GTX 470 / Quadro 4000
Multibridge 2 Pro

[Jose Arce]

The option for a expansion chassis is the best, maybe with a MacPro 2012, I don’t like the idea to put more stuff over my desk.

And wait for real live test…

Thanks