No you are stuck with Linux. I would run Mac OS vs Windowz all day any day. I have 5 Macs 2 cent and a windows box for quickbooks. Still all comes down to ROI and what can get done in what amount of time.
Resolve is very lightweight in in GPU usage compared to say vray or Maxwell or Octane. Resolve runs a whole lot of light weight threads so its ROPS are not very taxing and don't cause the GPU's memoryto heat like heavier apps. Yet it still overheats. Unless you are doing heavy grades on 4k stereo then you might get into a 3d renderers type of loads maybe. I'm not bagging but those are issues I have had at more then a few places on more then a few Mac Pro's Its a first gen thing. Who's first gen thing is every right? WE have supped up mac Pro 2012's that put the 2013 tube very much in its place. This is a minor score difference for about a $6000 price difference of a 2012 mac pro vs a 2013 tube mac pro. http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/270710?baseline=250471 http://www.digitalproductionme.com/article-9069-apple-mac-pro-users-feel-the-heat/ https://www.google.com/search?q=mac+pro+d700+problems&oq=mac+pro+d700+problems&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.24039j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=mac+pro+d700+overheating Randy S. Little http://www.rslittle.com/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Feli di Giorgio <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > Randy S. Little > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >
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