Darren Roark
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Yes, it’s 6gb total. I have the 7950 which is similar to the ones in the mac pro and it’s 3gb.
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[Gary Huff] “Seriously, if it was the “integration” that made it faster, then why wouldn’t an iMac also run circles around yours?”
Actually my tower has almost the same geekbench score as an iMac. Even though my tower technically has more muscle, the iMac I used on a freelance job felt snappier.
My retina MBP 15″ gets 13240 on geekbench with a 2.6ghz processor and 16gb vs a 3.5ghz and 32gb on my tower getting around 14800. Not much difference in performance with a big difference in specs.
The main benefit of the tower is the AMD 7950 that gives me much better FCP X performance in playback and rendering. AMD’s OpenCL capabilities are much stronger than Nvidia’s. (I have a 680 I swap out when I need to use Resolve which is a pain)
If this really is from a new 8-core mac pro it’s as fast as the 12-core current tower: https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/86294
Apple are really good at squeezing as much performance out of their hardware. Me, not so much.
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I’ve been on the dev preview for over a month, one thing that still happens with the dock is it will appear on the other display if you happen to click that one first on startup. I can’t seem to figure out how to make it go back to where it belongs without putting the computer to sleep. Really annoying, it’s probably a glitch.
FCPX does seem to have some issues with dual displays that make me think the new version is made for Mavericks and this current one ain’t.
The plus side is, the AMD 7950 now screams compared to mountain lion. It cut the render times in half on certain effects.
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Yes! That works! Well done.
The sad part for me is I’m in the habit of using the bottom half of my trackpad so I swipe off the edge. Need to retrain the Bruce Lee muscle memory.
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Which app? I’m using chrome now in fullscreen and I can do it but it’s really hit or miss. You are right that this isn’t working.
I just noticed that if I keep the pointer down there and then tap the trackpad the dock shows. I really can’t consistently replicate what works yet. Maybe I’ll tell siri to show the dock and have her misunderstand me in an all new way.
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[David Mathis] “While we wait for the new “X” to be released:
https://www.colorgradingcentral.com/lututility“
Just bought that, it’s so helpful and much cheaper than the alternative.
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I’m able to do it but it’s tricky. It’s two swipes of the trackpad. (I’m on a ‘magic’ trackpad not a mouse)
If I’m not swiping perfectly down on the second one, no dock.
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$2999 for the base model seems on the high side when you price out building something similar. That said, it will be a big huge PC case full of cards and loud fans.
I built a thunderbolt customac with the best processor an iMac has now. It’s amazingly fast and cost $1500 all in. But I bet the cheapest new mac pro will run circles around it with how integrated the hardware is. I will get one as the lack of thunderbolt was what caused me to build them in the first place.
The good news is that the ram and the ssd are user upgradeable which is good news. I never buy memory from apple if I can avoid it. It’s so much more expensive than getting the same thing from OWC.
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I have never actually tried major repositioning, you can push in a little, but it’s usually done for correcting misaligned vertical. If the footage was shot flat with no convergence you can probably push in a bit. But if they converged the lenses, then I bet it would be problematic.
Do you have a 3D monitor? I have a cheap HP 23″ 3D LED that I use. I cut in FCPX using HSBS pairs. It really helps me spot sloppy 3D shots that I can either try to avoid or flag for fixing later. The new Teranex and The Foundry’s solutions do a decent job of fixing minor issues, but they are never as good as if it works out of the cameras.
Sadly I am out of town for the next ten days or I’d jump at testing this out. You could test it out with anaglyph glasses yourself using the demo of the Dashwood tools. There are so many Nuke level capabilities in there you would be able to get your head around if it’s acceptable.
I would love to know what you find out.
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[Oliver Peters] “That would be 65GB, not 6.5.”
Geez, I can’t believe I messed up that math. That makes a whole lot more sense considering FCP X runs terribly on less than 16GB.