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[Jeremy Garchow] “I’ve never done a speed comparison, but my guess is that the new MacPro is going to win in day to day use. We still have a cheesegrater and editing on it is an exercise in futility. I’d rather edit on a MacBook Air than a cheesegrater in fcpx.
You can keep spending in the 12 core, but the architecture of the new MacPro will make fcpx work more quickly.”
Really? I don’t know much about the new Macs I guess. I edited on a 2012 Macbook Pro i7 quadcore about a month
ago for news coverage for a TV station and it didn’t seem as fast as my 2009 Mac Pro with upgraded CPU, SSD’s,
980Ti GPU and so on. For what it’s worth, I get 25 seconds on the Bruce X test, but I have no idea if that is any
good compared to the new Macs or not. It sure seems to edit fast in FCP X to me, but I will admit I’m not
sure what ‘good’ is.Gabe Strong
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For what it’s worth. I have a 2009 Mac Pro. I got the MacVidCard 980Ti flashed for Mac. Bruce X test
in FCP X in about 25 seconds. More info on my blog at the following postshttps://alaskacameradude.blogspot.com/2015/07/macgyver-pro-upgrade.html
https://alaskacameradude.blogspot.com/2015/09/gpupgrade.html
https://alaskacameradude.blogspot.com/2016/07/macpro-upgrade-3.htmlAny questions, I’m happy to answer. Also I highly recommend the following Facebook
group for getting info on upgrading old ‘cheese grater’ Mac Pro’s:https://www.facebook.com/groups/Mac.Pro.Upgrade/
Gabe Strong
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Not sure why there is this constant chime that
‘Apple might axe FCP X’. It’s not going to happen.
The next release has been previewed already at NAB and
we will get it later this fall. I mean we can play ‘what if’
all day, but it’s kind of silly. What if Adobe raises rent to
$100 per month or $200? What will Adobe users do then?
My current version of FCP X will keep working. For that
matter, I have CS6 and FCP 7 around as well. Not to mention
Resolve. I’d make do without having to be forced on the rental
train. I have always been a ‘slow updater’ anyways….I’m one of the
reasons Adobe had to go CC in the first place…..I totally skipped updates,
sometimes staying with the same ‘old’ NLE version for longer than
*gasp* a whole year!Gabe Strong
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[Oliver Peters] “I’m just saying that based on my experience as a member of the press, beta tester, and high-value customer with some companies, when you show something in a preview, the actual release is usually within a quarter period. That’s been true in the past of Avid, Adobe, Blackmagic Design, and even Apple, to name a few”
Ha, maybe if you specified software only. I am fairly certain one of those companies has certainly ‘shown something in a
preview’ and not had an actual release for much longer than a quarter period……….*cough* Black Magic…..*cough*Gabe Strong
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Really? I have a 980Ti in an (upgraded) 2009 Mac Pro and it works fine with Color Final…..it must
depend on which version you have.
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Yeah, I’m one of those types of editors who does NOT use all the organizational keywording and
such. But it works great for the way I edit, which is exactly the style Steve mentioned.Gabe Strong
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[Bret Williams] “What GPU matters. Both rely heavily on the GPU so if your 2009 doesn’t have the right GPU, yeah.”
Interestingly, I actually have a GPU which should favor CC more
than FCP X……a GTX 989Ti (6GB).Gabe Strong
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[John Rofrano] “[Gabe Strong] “Nvidia has made available web drivers so that you can install newer and much more powerful GPU’s in your old Mac Pro’s. How powerful? How about a GTX 980 Ti(6GB)? Or a Titan X (12GB)? Two of the most powerful single cards available. And they work just fine with the available power from the old Mac Pro’s.”
I wasn’t aware that any of the modern cards had a power requirement low enough to be used in the 2010 Mac Pro. That’s good news. Do these cards have the Mac EFI so that they work at boot time? I have a triple boot system so I need to be able to hold the Option key and boot into multiple partitions.~jr
https://www.johnrofrano.com
https://www.vasst.com“Yeah both the 980Ti and Titan X will work. Both connectors (6 to 6 pin and one 8 to 6 pin
adapter) are used, plus the slot supplies 75w. You CAN get Mac EFI on the card. You must
either be a computer specialist of the highest degree to write a Mac EFI for the card, or
you can buy a Mac EFI card from MacVidCards. Or you can send a PC version of one
of those cards to MacVidCards and he will flash it to the Mac EFI
for $180.Gabe Strong
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[Aindreas Gallagher] “Re: Workflow and hardware implications of H264 4k for FCP X vs Premiere?
by Aindreas Gallagher on Nov 25, 2015 at 6:06:03 am[Joe Marler]
PPRO CC works as well or better, with more formats, than FCPX, on older hardware. I think most people on here who use both would agree on that.https://ogallchoir.prosite.com/
producer/editor.grading/motion graphics”Mmmmmm…..I don’t have CC but I tried a trial version of it
and I would certainly NOT agree with what you say.
This is with a 2009 Mac Pro, maybe what type of
‘Older hardware’ you have matters…..Gabe Strong
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[John Rofrano] “Let me tell you why I use the word “just”. Because the 2010 Mac Pro tower is limited as well which makes it not that big an advantage. This was my biggest disappointment. The most powerful GPU made for the 2010 Mac Pro is the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition. That’s the equivalent of an AMD Radeon R9 280 which is no where near as powerful as the R9 290, 295 and 295X.
The limitation comes from the fact that 300w is the maximum limitation on all PCIe slots combined for the 2010 Mac Pro, and the newer graphics cards need more power than the Mac Pro’s PSU can put out. (they need 2x 8 wire connectors and the Mac Pro only has 2x 6 wire connectors). So in order to add a more powerful GPU to a 2010 Mac Pro you need to add an addition power supply. You see you can only take these older technologies so far.”
Well…..yes and no. Yes the most powerful GPU ‘made’ for the 2010 Mac Pro may be the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition. And
yes, you are limited in how much power you can draw from the older Mac Pros. However, Nvidia has made available web drivers
so that you can install newer and much more powerful GPU’s in your old Mac Pro’s. How powerful? How about a GTX 980 Ti(6GB)?
Or a Titan X (12GB)? Two of the most powerful single cards available. And they work just fine with the available power from the old
Mac Pro’s. I have a 2009 single quad core Mac Pro myself. I flashed the firmware and installed a six core 3.46ghz CPU ($235) and
a GTX 980 Ti GPU in mine myself. Fairly cheap (much cheaper than even buying a low end iMac) and my system is faster than a mid
range ‘new’ Mac Pro.Gabe Strong
G-Force Productions
http://www.gforcevideo.com
