Bryan Roberts
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I see your point except, it’s the same layout as the 2012 so really it’s only
5 year old machine vs 8/9 :). I saw a YouTube video comparing a guys hack into ah build vs a 3.47 12 core Mac Pro. In the end, he said the hacking oath was marginally faster but recommended if you already had a Mac Pro tower to upgrade but if you were starting fresh, to go custom hackintosh build. I ended up doing the upgrade… definitely worth it, nice performance boost, no cooling issues thus far. Totally plug and play system tray swap, $600.EDITOR
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The wrinkle is my 1080Ti has two big fans that vent the hot air back into the case rather than a stock blower going out of the case.
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Thanks Brent. Any issues with the 3.46? I just pulled the trigger this afternoon. $645 from Ebay with free shipping and they just ship me the entire tray, no need to swap out. I guess prices are falling since the new new mac pro has been confirmed from Apple… or maybe because we’re talking about a computer upgrade for an 8 year old system 🙂
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I’ll keep my pc options open when we have a clear next Mac Pro option next year.
Re heat issues – does anyone know: is it more efficient for cooling to run my system with the side panel on or just completely remove it? I have mine off now but considering the extra heat I’ll be dealing with, want to make sure I’m not creating an issue by trying to be clever and leaving the side panel off!
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Thanks guys for your insights. Interesting article. While there doesn’t seem to be a huge gain between those processors listed, I’m guessing going from a 2.93 Octo to 12 core 3.43 would be fairly sizable woudn’t you think? For me performance is all about real-time playback quality, ease of dealing with more compressed 4K codecs, and maybe the biggest is export speed.
I’ve been cutting on a Mac for 13 years and every single client I have is Mac based. Almost every final delivery asks for ProRes. I simply don’t want to deal with the inconvenience of being the lone PC user in my pool and having things not work smoothly when we’re working with files back and forth on tight deadlines. It’s the same reason why I tried to switch from iOS to Android. Great phones now, Android is a wonderful os… but all my clients have iPhones and when a director is in India or wherever the hell they may be shooting and they ask to hop on a FaceTime call before they go to sleep, it’s very inconvenient for me to say, sorry can you download skype and use it instead. I know it sounds cheesy but when you’re freelance and have great clients / directors etc. – you want everything in your relationship to be in their language so there’s a lesser chance that you start having people start whispering other editors in their ears between projects 🙂
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My god Chris, that helped out that particular shot quite well. Now to try it out across the show, very interesting… THANK YOU SIR.
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Thanks Vince,
I am alas just the editor so I have no idea what happened in prepro or on shoot day. It’s a good director friend of mine who’s directed concerts for Madonna, Kanye etc. but was pretty angry at how things transpired with the LD and those first couple songs, not sure exactly what transpired. Clearly they were just lighting for the audience during the first couple then got on the same page. Ugh.
Can anyone speak to if this sort of artifacting will get the show bounced during QC? We need a green light QC report from a post house before submitting for broadcast.
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Thanks Shane as always. The first couple songs were the main problem area as the lighting tech didn’t execute the original plan for lighting, by song 3 it was all dialed in.
It was shot with 9 Alexas as the main cams, then two roaming Alexas, some DSLR roamers and then maybe 5 gopros, it was a big show at a huge venue for a big band – I’m staying vague so this thread isn’t attached to their names on the internet when people search for them.
My source files are ProRes 4444 (I cut with ProRes Proxy 1080 files, wow those are amazing) and each file that runs through the entire show is around 700GB each.
So it sounds like we’ll just have to accept the consequences of being dark and boosting up then eh? We still need it to pass QC before it airs, I wonder if this will bounce us…
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Thanks guys. I hadnt considered the no prores export thing. That could be a major issue as almost every final delivery I have is ProRes or someone is requesting assets in ProRes. Hmmm… that’s frustrating that it’s the only major issue I see as an issue. Perhaps I should seriously look at upgrading my processors with one of those tray swap out programs and consider upgrading my GTX780 to one of the new GTX’s that were just released (as soon as Mac OS supports them)…
[EDIT] – Nevermind, SATA II is going to really hurt me getting the drive speed I need for great RED 4k or similar type playback speeds… damn…
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