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What’s the best graphics card for Mac Pro?
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It may not fit in a MacPro and it certainly won’t work without a hack. As the 690 is two cards in the one slot, I don’t think CS6 works with this card yet so FCPX may not see the second card at all.
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Let’s not forget, a large portion of FCP X’s portion is due to Ivy and Sandy Bridge. Neither found in a MacPro are they? Part of why I think many with MacPros don’t feel they’re getting the performance they think they should. I’m guessing that since the graphics cards in iMacs and MacBook Pros aren’t earth shattering, that they’re relying quite a bit on this for performance. My i7 imac is pretty solid.
From apple’s site https://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/all-features/
“Grand Central Dispatch – For even more speed, Final Cut Pro also uses the AVX capabilities of Intel’s Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge processors.” -
If you type “Quadro Geforce” into Google, there’s an NVidia technical document that tells you the advantages of the (expensive) Quadro series. There’s pages about 3DsMax and AutoCAD etc, but not a word about video. So perhaps my first reply is right after all.
This computer is running a GTX460 and happily runs multi-layered FX in real time. Mind you, I’m using Edius these days.
Bernie
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You have two options so far. Nvidia Quadro K5000 for Mac or Black magic Design Deckling HD Extreme 3D. Didn’t find anything better for the time being…. Hope that helps. But i’ve heard that deckling may give you some issues regarding compatibility on OSX operating systems. Now that is not confirmed, just rumors iv’e heard… You never know until you try sometimes.
Thomas Alexander
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I wouldn’t be so sure about that. And i wouldn’t recommend a graphic card utilized for gaming for a video editor or linear editing softwares. Geforce is the processor of the Nvidia graphic cards and it is utilized for gaming. Nvidia Quadro K5000. Maybe you should have a look at it. Bang for the buck 😉
Thomas Alexander
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Lightman Films
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[Thomas Alexander] ” Nvidia Quadro K5000 for Mac or Black magic Design Deckling HD Extreme 3D”
The BMD Decklink is NOT a graphics card. It is a video capture/output card. It is optional, if you don’t need external monitoring of a video signal or capture from videotape. If you do need that, then Decklink is good, but there are tons of options from AJA, Blackmagic Design, Matrox, and MOTU. None of these offer any sort of GPU acceleration.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
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The k5000 is projected to cost $2300 US.
The GeForce is $350.
Is double the memory in the K5000 worth 7 times the price?
For some workflows, certainly, but editing video?
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You are absolutely correct! I do know what is a Graphics processing unit and maybe i didn’t state the right way my opinion. I didn’t coplete my thread the right way. I already own a Deckling Extreme HD and I use it to transfer my video from my camera to the computer through SDI. I haven’t had any problems with GPU acceleration meaning that i work with high resolution footage. But this gentleman wants to buy a gaming card for a non linear editing software. But if GPU acceleration becomes an issue than i would recommend Nvidia Quadro K5000. Sorry for my bad english.
Thomas Alexander
Independent Cinematographer
Lightman Films
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The Nvidia puts there hand on fire that is good for video two. Now, who knows…
Thomas Alexander
Independent Cinematographer
Lightman Films
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The K5000 Quadro apparently costs $2,249. Just the faintest bit scary, and you would only want to buy one if you really knew it was going to do you a lot of good. NVidia say –
“The Adobe Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro leverages Quadro GPUs and the NVIDIA® CUDA® parallel-computing architecture to deliver up to 8x¹ faster performance for key features like Three-Way Color Corrector, Warp Stabilizer, and Uninterrupted Playback.”
What it doesn’t say is whether a GeForce card will do the same. Call me cynical, but I don’t believe that they’re creating two different architectures in parallel. A GTX 680 costs around £400 ($640) in the UK, and its the top of the range.
Bernie
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