Andre Van berlo
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[Shane Ross] “[Andre van Berlo] “And would FCPX be able to utilize the GPU’s in my nMP as well if the machine is connected via TB2 or ethernet?”
Nope.”
I was afraid of this, thanks for clearing it up for me!
[Bob Zelin] “so you mean that my investment in my 2013 6,1 Mac Pro with D700 cards is now going to be useless –
reply – YES
reply – BOO HOO HOO !
welcome to the video business Andre.
“Haha, it is annoying to say the least! I also think that if Compressor can use the D700’s why not FCPX? Too bad I can’t take them out of the Mac Pro and into a chassis so I could potentially still use them with another machine.
It is amazing how in such a short time the Mac Pro is even outperformed by the Mac mini (single core and multi core). At the moment I’m doing ok for editing but wondering if I should sell the trashcan now or maybe just keep it under the desk for rendering.
The New Cheese Grater is too expensive, I wouldn’t mind if they’d release a simpler version with 4 pcie slots etc. But I’m not holding my breath.
André
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Wouldn’t it be possible to add fast ssd storage via the pcie slots? There’s 8 of them on this Mac.
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At 5:40 into the video he mentions that Metal will use any available hardware. Does that mean that is doesn’t have to be identical GPU’s or CPU’s? So if I have a Mac Pro 2013 with an eGPU it would use both the D700’s + the Vega for decoding?
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There’ll be a rack mount version of the new Mac Pro so no sawing needed 🙂
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“a suitable graphics card with a minimum 16 gig DDR GPU is required possibly more. ”
So in theory the new imac pro could edit it but wouldn’t have the 8k display and have 5k instead.
I wonder what size an 8K apple display would be, can’t imagine them going all the way to 65″. If a monitor graphics card could handle just the display part of things and the mac pro’s on board gpu the editing processes then that would be ok. But that’s probably not how it works.
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I didn’t know that Tom, i think what triggered my curiousity is the 8k display rumour and the the new 8k camera from RED. especially since RED and apple are partners now and people were already speculating what could come from that partnership.
It is the first 8k RED camera since their partnership became known and it wouldn’t surprise me if there might be more to it than what we can see at firdt glance. As Oliver pointed to Red Raven, and Bill to a bundle. I can’t see why a pro machine , camera , and display couldn’t be sold together. Anyone buying that camera will need a good workstation and maybe apple want to more fully integrate the 2.
Obviously i am guessing here. Partly because i would love to see a new modular mac and a new apple display…
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What kids use for video these days has definitely changed. At the college where i teach the students rarely use the “pro 4K cameras” but rather use their phones and dslrs instead. The pro camera’s are simply collecting dust. Not saying the dslrs are better but they’re sometimes more convenient for them i guess.
It wouldn’t surprise me if RED and mac will be more integrated in a possible new mac pro. Not sure what kind of horsepower is needed to edit 8k footage but i am assuming it needs a seriously beefy workstation.
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I have the same experience with my trackpad. I don’t even remember in which box I put my mouse. It makes much more sense to me to use the pad in most apps I use.
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Personally I think this is a great update, before installing I was afraid I’d have to get used to it but it all feels really natural. There’s no doubt in my mind they’re intending to improve things for “pros” but I am wondering what they will do about the 2013 MP. I’m hoping apple will have an impressive update there too and hopefully significant upgrades for existing 2013 MP users.
But on the FCPX side of things, If the 10.3 update is any indication then I think the future is looking very good…
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I wonder whether that gpu display will be just for the display or that it can be used for editing purposes as well. If the gpu would be able to work along side the nMP gpu’s that would be quite nice.
André
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