Haven’t seen any overheating issue on our 12 core / D700 trashcans even under sustained heavy load. Overall performance is very good and unlike Windows, Nuke on OS X doesn’t have a hissy fit with a massive script.
I wouldn’t exactly call Resolve a ‘light weight GPU app’. It is true that you can build a faster PC for less money, but then you’re stuck with Windoze. So, it’s a matter of picking your poison, because neither solution is ideal. We can’t go Linux, because we need to run things like Adobe Premiere etc. Personally I’m neck deep into Mac gear and software, so it would be tricky or me to switch at this point. I really don’t want to get into a whole OSx vs Windows vs Mackintosh va dishwasher debate. Everyone needs to choose what fits their needs. Feli ____________________________________________________ www.felidigiorgio.com [email protected] > On Sep 26, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Randy Little <[email protected]> wrote: > > It was always included in graphics and at trade shows. On the topic of the > Macpro as a workstation though. For nuke its fine, for heavy GPU it will > 100% overheat. even a light weight GPU app like Resolve can have issues. > Drop frames.etc. you can google mac pro firepro d700 problems. IF they > make a new version I would wait for that. I still find it very under > powered for Comp. I would rather slap down the cash for dual xeons in > something like an ASUS g2 2000 esc with 4 full x16 pci-e v2 slots. I get a > Geekbench score around 38,900 with dual 2680 v2. So a Macpro cost about > the same with one proc and old ATI cards (no cuda) and scores about 8000 > points less. through in a pci-e direct ssd and 3-4 titans or just GTX 980's > and go fast. I have zero love for window and would rather Run OS X as an > artist station then Redhat (or Cent) but I don't like waiting on the machine > to catch up with me. Of course that all depends on if they have fixed the > 24C Threading bug in 9.0v8. > > https://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks > <https://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks> > > Randy S. Little
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