Bought a few new Mac Pros; Impressions thus far... | ||||||
| posted by Brian Krusic on June 19, 2014, 11:50 a.m. (1 day ago) | ||||||
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| meh Im actually disappointed. I chose the 3.7GHz quad core + D500 + 64GB RAM setup as this was mainly an AE CS6 /Lightroom CC need for an insane project (think 5K). Looking at how both warez faired, it seemed like they benefit from speed rather then core count, hence why I chose the higher clocked option. Additionally, we also rented a pair of older 5,1 Mac Pros from Sergio over at Smart Source and those ran the same or a tad faster in various AE/Lightroom tasks. They had the 1GB Radeons. While I havent had any time to debug this surprising outcome and the project is delivered (for now), Im stuck with what to do next in terms of blazing next gen Mac stations. Would any one mind sharing there experiences with the new Borg Cylinders? Oh, not real crazy with the flash storage performance either. Seems like SSD is just fine. While at first I didnt care for tinkering with the hardware and welcomed there closed hardware approach, now Im thinking not so good. If I wanted a larger drive, its a wait time due to the factory having to do it. If I wanted FC, etc, its more waiting on PCIe-TB unit etc Time is money and money is time. I really wanted to be a fan, I really did. Now, its just egg in my face as artists, VFX sups, CD are saying Brian, whats going on At any rate, comments are appreciated, in any form. - Brian SoCals #1 Sandpaper Superstore. More Grit For Less Green. |