Rick Lang
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If that’s all you want to do, you may not need the Pro model so you can save some money. Thunderbolt may be the constraint since my guess is you may not achieve realtime on the 4x lane capability of TB versus the minimum 8x lanes required by the card. Physically you have the 16x lanes available on the Sonnet, but you may not see the throughput. Looking at the Red site, I couldn’t see any power requirements to know how many watts it takes or if you need an additional power connector.
I would ask this question on Reduser. I’m sure someone there has all the answers rather than my speculation!
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[Brian Cooney] “Does Resolve 9 lite require a CUDA card? I purchased a new iMac and it has the nVidia GTX680MX in it.. so that’s cool”
Yes, you have good CUDA capability in that new iMac. Congratulations.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Some have gone, some will go, some will wait, some will stay, and some will come. When Tim spoke in 2012 about addressing the needs of the professional creative communities, he gave an ambiguous timeframe “later in 2013” which could mean ‘later, not now but in 2013’ or it could mean ‘late in the year 2013’ however I suspect it meant the latter with new hardware to be delivered about October 2013 if it is ready then.
If he was planning on that distant a release, the date could change depending on so many factors related to introducing new technology. As an example, what if the new design includes the next generation of Thunderbolt? Perhaps that would be optical, not copper, at far greater speeds and/or bandwidth which could disrupt the hardware playing field. If you were announcing to the world that you will be bringiing “something really great” to the dinner table, then you have set expectations that it will be something really delicious after all. What we’ve speculated about would be tasty appetizers but we may be surprised by a new satisfying entreé we hadn’t realized how much we craved until it is served on our platter.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Memory often helps but 16GB is likely fine. Since current memory is amazingly inexpensive and you plan to stick with the machine, I’d double the memory to 32GB. FCPX loves memory. As for the graphics card, take a look at Barefeats.com benchmarks to weigh some options like a GTX680. 512 MB of video memory is cutting it close; things will likely run better today with 1 or 2 GB video memory. If it is within your budget go for 2 GB video memory and that should be good for years to come.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Julian, cannot comment on the plugins, but from what you said, your system will certainly work with FCPX. You might consider upgrading to a more recent graphics card and later in 2013, take a look at the update to the Mac Pro if you are interested in a new machine. You might even consider the iMac 2012 or iMac 2013 which will likely both outperform your current Mac Pro. But no need to spend money until you feel it’s needed. If you wanted to begin grading in DaVinci Resolve, you will have to make one if these three suggested upgrades to your machine.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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You might want to add what you want to do with FCPX in terms of the source of your video that you are bringing into FCPX and the type of deliverables you want to produce. And specify any handoffs or round-tripping you want to do such as DaVinci Reslve for grading for example.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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You could check out LaCie’s website but a search brought up this 1TB USB3 FireWire 800 rugged drive.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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I strongly recommend you use a 7200rpm drive rather than the 5400rpm LaCie drive.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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I concur with Erik’s recommendation. You might also consider the Fusion drive on either the 1TB or 3TB system drive. I wish it was larger than 128GB, but may still do a great job giving you extra speed overall. A little pricey but would have a been a no-brainier if it was 256GB instead of 128GB. Don’t know if you can wait for the benchmarks that should be available by the end of this year from Barefeats and Macworld among other sites.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Franz:
“I think your own post raises questions about how solid the base is when manufacturing simply follows cheap labour. ”I completely agree with you on that point. I don’t think Foxconn and/or Apple assembling iMac BTO computers this year (in Freemont, California) or manufacturing Mac Pro computers next year can be categorized as chasing cheap labour. If that was true, them these new jobs would be very ephemeral and would not be any stimulus to American manufacturing as you correctly point out. I understand Freemont was one of the locales where Apple used to make computers. California has been hard hit particularly in the aerospace sector as well as other areas. I hope they get a few jobs out of this. I used to live in LA.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB