Re: [Nuke-users] OT: iMac with 5K retina display worth it?

2015-02-15 Thread Frank Rueter|OHUfx
Thanks for the info, I had thought as much. That pretty much disqualifies the 5k one for me. I prefer a fast 2k display :) On 15/02/15 8:18 pm, Marten Blumen wrote: AMD on OsX is currently specific for the trash-can Mac for GPU acceleration. i.e. an AMD 7950 card won't give GPU

Re: [Nuke-users] OT: iMac with 5K retina display worth it?

2015-02-15 Thread Feli
I think you would be better off with an entry level Mac Pro or if you can stretch the 6 core with the 500 series card. Once the dual GPU kick in on the Mac Pro it will handily beat any iMac. _ fe...@earthlink.net

Re: [Nuke-users] OT: iMac with 5K retina display worth it?

2015-02-15 Thread Marten Blumen
iMac's can be very fast, the main caveat is when you need to replace the hard drive, it gets a bit crazy, or costly with a repair shop. 27-inch iMac (2012-2013) Hard Drive Installation Video

[Nuke-users] OT: iMac with 5K retina display worth it?

2015-02-14 Thread Frank Rueter|OHUfx
Hi all, sorry for the OT but I was wondering if anybody has had any experience running Nuke (or Hiero) on a new iMac with 5k retina display? I'm a bit suspicious about the whole 5k monitor hype, and seeing the one without retina display comes with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, while the 5K

Re: [Nuke-users] OT: iMac with 5K retina display worth it?

2015-02-14 Thread Gary Jaeger
We have a bunch of them. They work great, but haven’t used Studio (or Hiero) but I don’t think you get GPU support in X. I can check later. Gary Jaeger // Core Studio 249 Princeton Avenue Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 650 728 7060 tel:650%20728%207060 http://corestudio.com http://corestudio.com/ On

Re: [Nuke-users] OT: iMac with 5K retina display worth it?

2015-02-14 Thread Marten Blumen
AMD on OsX is currently specific for the trash-can Mac for GPU acceleration. i.e. an AMD 7950 card won't give GPU acceleration. A request has been made for more AMD acceleration support. On 15 February 2015 at 19:26, Gary Jaeger g...@corestudio.com wrote: We have a bunch of them. They work