Lance Bachelder
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Yeah they’re working on Windows machines now – I plan to install W7000 to test with new CC next week – specs and benchmarks look very promising as the W7000 outperforms Quadro K5000 at just about 1/3 the price! Also has 4 Display ports and can support 4 4K monitors. I plan to add 2 of the new LG 27″ 10bit LCDs and run 3 mon. setup including my Dreamcolor all in 10 bit!
Impressive test:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhjCEDmU9jA
Lance Bachelder
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$ You’re right $ – it would be one thing if the app’s got really better and more stable with each release but that’s not the case. But with every other NLE on this annual NAB update frenzy marketing departments try to keep up with each other without regard to engineers or end user experience.
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RAM will actually be more expensive because it is ECC at very fast speeds Also it does not use an SSD but flash storage via the PCIe bus which is why it is so fast. This type of storage is currently more expensive than SSD…
I’m certain there will be various BTO models and options like other current machines.
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Yes moved to downtown Long Beach. You in OC?
And I’ll take 1080i for sports over 720p anyway – just look at the CBS golf and football.
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I don’t think the base will be 6 grand but a maxed out one will be in that ballpark or more easily. ECC RAM, PCIe storage, Dual uber GPU’s, 12 core Xeon – these are very pricey items, Then factor in Apple’s way higher than average margins on hardware… this ain’t gonna be cheap ’cause you’re gonna wanna ad 2 4K Cinema Display’s and those will be insanely expensive too…
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Yeah I’d just like to see them move to 1080i…
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Exactly – having a killer machine doesn’t make FCPX a killer app. The perception here in L.A. is still extremely negative toward FCPX and it will take a serious upgrade and some “celebrity” endorsements to get back to the standing FCP7 had…
With Adobe CC available in the next few days and even MC 7 beating both the uber Mac Pro and upcoming “pro” version of X to market, it’s gonna take some time to see how this all shakes out…
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I agree Apple won’t be paying retail, they’ll be buying a special OEM config and not a full blown PCIe version. But that doesn’t mean we won’t be paying retail for it. A single, less powerful W8000 goes for around $1,400 street price so how much might Apple charge for TWO more powerful GPU’s in a BTO? My guess is a 12 core maxed out Mac Pro will be well north of 7 grand.
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In studying all the different cards and benchmarks it appears to me that AMD gives you similar performance to Quadro for about half the price. For instance a FirePro W7000 which is around %700 online is similar to a Quadro K5000 which is around $1800 online. Even a W8000 is only around $1300 and that can compete with a K6000 Quadro.
Walter mentioned the Titan – it’s a powerful card but sadly nVidia cripples output on all GeForce cards to 8 bit only. The AMD W7000, for instance, is less expensive than a Titan and can drive 4 10 bit 4K monitors via Display Port 1.2. I’m planning on testing the the W7000 in my PC as ASAP since Adobe CC is optimized for OpenCL and on paper performs better with AMD cards than Quadro.
The truth is for me, if Adobe CC performs well using the AMD W7000 on my PC and has affordable 10bit output to all my displays I would really have no use at all for a Mac in my workflow as I already have a powerful Win 7 workstation. Of course we won’t know ’til next week when Adobe finally released the new suite.
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Another benchmark showing higher end cards:
https://www.fireprographics.com/resources/AMD_W8000_benchmark_V2.pdf
Note that the GPU specs in the new Mac Pro far exceed the W8000 and you get two of them… not bad.
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