Bryan Roberts
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nMP = New Mac Pro = “2019 Mac Pro”
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Maybe, although it’s Apples own boot camp who setup the partition on their own t2 chip ssd so… one would hope Apple would have a bit more experience making this work properly since the t2 chip isn’t brand new.
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In my mind, because it’s sooo expensive, it should be bullet proof for doing basic things that have been established for a decade or so like Boot camp. Steam isn’t a particularly taxing program, it shouldn’t be stressing anything excessively and shouldn’t be putting my main os at any risk since it has its own partition and isn’t being used for internet browsing or email, literally just steam. I put my 2009 through the ringer, flew all over the world with it for projects, powered it with generators and other weird power supplies when in tough situations and I only had two USB 2 ports go bad over the 10 year span it was in existence and those went bad in the first 5 years without any hard travel, just sitting in cold edit bays. I baby my machines otherwise in terms of plenty of breathability and dustings, no bumps or jolts, so I expect a computer costing $10k to be able to handle heavy stress loads like a true enterprise computer with the maximum durability of components should, right?
The only weird adapter I realized I am using is 2 amazon thunderbolt to HDMI adapter I ordered to make my Dell monitors work properly with the w5700x and I have my 50inch plasma plugged into the existing HDMI port. That’s my first thing I’ll try to remove.
Yes, I did mix apple memory and the Amazon 120gb. I’ll try removing the apple memory as well.
Thanks for the suggestions!
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That’s what was free to download from MS. If there’s a disk partition just for boot camp and windows 10, it shouldn’t make any difference to iOS what os I run, should it? I could understand if windows 10 had issues itself but it’s been bulletproof with perfect support for my wireless keyboard, Bluetooth, wifi, all ports work perfect… and I can’t stand windows. To be honest, it’s only to run steam games for the kids via steam link to our living room TV, as steam on Mac is a nightmare.
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Hey guys, yes Apple gives you a guide on how to add mixed pairs, it’s even printed on the ram cover. I meant, I always came from the school of never mix ram size… but wasn’t sure if this was an old way or thinking or still a good rule to follow. I know on the 2009 and 2010 there were weird tricks like never fill up all the slots if you want full performance etc., Wanted to make sure I wasn’t doing something that would hit performance even though technically it’s possible.
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Also interesting point. I use compressor quite a bit for dialogue and have it set to internet delivery (I only do online screeners and then a mixer will do a proper mix once we lock).
Guys, I’ve proxied most of the footage BUT I’ve also rendered the entire timeline which is rendering the raw media I’d assume. It’s 4k ProRes 422… Which shouldn’t be difficult to play but it’s not prores proxy ☺ .
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Agree 100%. This is why I’m thinking now maybe it WOULD be worth getting a Vega 64 or Radeon 7 so I can jump to Mojave rather than being stuck on High Sierra (ultimately, this is just to buy me another 1-1.5 years before eventually biting the bullet and getting a 2019 mac pro tower). I would imagine Adobe is putting more resources on optimizing for the latest OS as you’ve said. While the $100 or so price jump from Vega 64 to Radeon 7 is a non-factor and Radeon 7 looks to be a beast as well as a good deal more powerful than a Vega 64, I wonder if it’s a smarter move to go Vega 64 since that card is stock in the iMac Pro and I’m guessing Apple will have spent more time optimizing its drivers vs Radeon 7 which they currently don’t offer in any configuration sold by them.
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That’s interesting, Barefeats seems to generally disagree (other than imac pros) which is why I held onto the hope that my 3.46 12 core could hold me off until figuring out what the hell to do with the 2019 mac pro / hopefully waiting a year to buy one after they’re released to make sure those first run bugs are ironed out.
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Ah, this is an interesting angle. So, full disclosure, I keep a very messy timeline. I always have since FCP days almost 2 decades ago. I cut almost 20 features, some that went theatrical, in my FCP days and never had any performance issues with messy timelines. I use clip enable / disable all over the place to give myself easy option choices so when I go back to a scene, I can see my alt shots I had in my head etc. It never hurt short form stuff like commercials but maybe on longer form work, it has a greater effect. I’ll have to try flattening my timeline since we’re getting closer and closer to locking picture. Thanks for this info.
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The 2019 Mac Pro hasn’t been released yet so what we’re really talking about when comparing any mac computer that doesn’t include a monitor permanently attached to it, is my 2009 mac pro vs. the trash can 2013 Mac Pro which was never updated since 2013. Considering the 2012 Mac Pro was only a processor bump from the 2009 mac pro (now that mine is also running memory at 1333mhz) then we’re only discussing the change from 2012 Mac Pro to the 2013 Mac Pro trash can. Really not much advanced other than a smaller form factor. So in this vein, yeah, on paper my mac tower is 10 years old. In actuality, it’s faster than all but two trash can Mac Pros in every way (save for Thunderbolt) that Apple still sells as new today (which is highway robbery). So while I can agree with you that apple has hardware starved the market for a while, a 2009/10/12 mac pro maxed out is surprisingly up to date and cutting edge with any of apple’s current offerings.
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