Larry Towers
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BTW don’t forget to admit that you were were wrong when you posted last year that you knew for certain there would be no new MacPro : )
No he was right. This is a new macpro just like Final cut ProX Is the new Final Cut PRO. Actually FCPX is more capable.
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You haven’t used many computers if you think this is a beast. The numbers they are comparing it to are the current ENTRY LEVEL SINGLE PROCESSOR MAC PROS not dual 12 core systems!
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Are you drinking Koolaid?
The spacs are comparing the New Mac Pro to the current ENTRY LEVEL mac Pro!!!!!
+ No meaningful expansion Thunderbolt 2.0 is too slow. It is only twice as fast as thunderbolt. Thunderbolt is the equivalent of PCIe2.0 x 4 So Thunderbolt 2.0 = PCIe x 2.0 x 8 WOW!
Do you have any idea how fast Current PCIe 3.0 is? PCIe 3.0’s 8 GT/s bit rate effectively delivers 985 MB/s per lane, double PCIe 2.0 bandwidth.
Thunderbolt 2 is PCI 32.0 compatible but does not operate at full bandwidth (obviously) since it is only 2x faster than thunderbolt! What do you think happens when you put a PCIe 3.0 X16 card in an expansion chassis that is only as fast (at BEST!) as a pci 2.0 x 8 bus?
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It isn’t Sad. A professional recognizes specs that are limiting.
i.e. 1-They brag about PCIe bandwidth of up to 40GBps!
But you can’t get access to that bandwidth! This design limits expandability to thunderbolt 2 @ 20gbps (bits not Bytes!) that’s less than 7% of available bandwidth available to peripherals!!!!
2-The numbers they compare to are the current ENTRY LEVEL SINGLE PROCESSOR MAC PRO
This is NOT a huge upgrade.
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No this is the way backwards. This isn’t stone tools and animal skins. It’s an xacto knife and spandex.
How is being limited to a single processor moving forward? Tundebolt 2.0 is NOT NOT NOT fast enough for high speed expansion for graphics or processing. -
Loser. Complete loser. A mac mini on steroids. Thunderbolt 2 is not fast enough to support Multiple fast graphics cards. Its the equivalent of a PCIE 3.o x 4 slot BFD. Wow. Amazingly terrible. I don’t know what to do for next year. We have 30 2008 macPros to replace that I held off on. WOW just wow. I can’t believe how terrible this is!
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I know this is old but the info is incorrect.
When you link by AMA volume, avid is looking for a specific volume structure consistent with specific formats.
To select image sequences simply link by file and select all of the files -
I am not sure that the conclusions being drawn by this comparison are correct. One can only compare levels by looking at the levels of the originating video in the original form. Once something is transcoded to something else one must factor in any processing that takes place. The direct hdsdi output of an Fs100 is not full swing. I see no reason to believe that the AVCHD file is full swing. Importing to full may simply be remapping to full not maintaining exact original values.
The only way to know for sure is to use scopes on the original file. -
You know what would be compelling at those still high prices? A box that would work for FCP, After Effects anything quicktime video out etc. as well, even if only for output/display; even if in a dual boot configuration.
Sorry, I am not that impressed. Too much money for something that only works with one damned application. -
The simplest work around is to open an audio only version of your hd sequence in a frame rate compatible SD project and export from there.