However if money was not a factor I'd have an 8-12 core Mac Pro. ![]() In general the top-spec iMac is a good video editing platform. Would it be better to have a top-spec Retina iMac connected to a top-quality Thunderbolt RAID array with separate Thunderbolt backup, or a 4-6 core Mac Pro with a cheap external drive and cheap USB backup? Video editing takes a lot of disk space, and it must be backed up. (6) You must consider what a given budget will purchase - beyond the computer. See /shop/turnkey/MacPro20.r/Apple_Mac_Pro_2013 It's less powerful but supposed to run cooler. Then I started looking at the I5(3.7GHz 6core Intel Core i5) I mentioned and found that its actually pretty good but lacks the additional cores and multithreading. (5) Mac Pro CPUs can be upgraded in the field, although not with Apple's blessing. Its very important for me that my mac will be strong but as silent as possible and find a sweet spot. The opposing view is you must have 8 or more cores to really see that difference, which makes the price differential between Mac Pro and iMac even greater. An 8-core or higher Mac Pro is probably faster on some common FCP X tasks than a top-spec Mac Pro. (4) FCP X workloads tend to be very CPU-bound and are multithreaded. Putting an integrated GPU in Xeon would waste millions of transistors better needed for typical server features. This was a technical issue because Quick Sync requires the on-chip GPU (even if the machine has a discrete GPU). It was a decision by Intel to not include that on Xeon. The fact that Mac Pros don't have Quick Sync is beyond Apple's control. The opposing view is that's a "one trick pony" which vanishes when using other export options such as ProRes. ![]() For the narrow case of single-pass export to H.264 the iMac is much faster than a Mac Pro. (3) The iMac uses Intel Core CPUs which have Quick Sync, essentially an on-chip hardware transcoder. There are reports the Retina iMac with upgraded M295X GPU runs hotter hence fan spins louder under heavy load vs the non-Retina version, but I don't think anyone has objectively measured this on a calibrated FCP X workflow. That said most people doing professional editing on an iMac don't have problems with this. (2) The Mac Pro has good thermal design and can sustain high duty cycle CPU & GPU operations while staying relatively quiet. I'm not sure if common FCP X tasks do that yet. IF the app takes advantage of that, and IF the iMac workflow is GPU-bound, the Mac Pro would be faster. (1) The Mac Pro is available with much faster GPU performance. You have well described the dilemma which exists between certain configurations of Mac Pro and top-end iMac. I just installed your app, and am at home, unable to test it fully.im using IMAC 27 inch late 2013.i want to buy new mac which is completely for Final Cut pro X use only.reasearched through internet.surprisingly i found Imac and mac pro doesnt has big difference in Fcp work but Mac pro is nearly cost two Imac's cost.why a.work station(Mac pro) doesnt have a big difference with Imac. As far as I can tell, the app does permit power-source-based switching without the login display resolution problem! I have to test the effects on an external projector display next week when I'm in a classroom, however it may limit the resolution available to me when running on battery power and connecting a projector. ![]() This application allows me to choose the card to use when I want to save battery power and have no external display connected.īut it resets automatic switching if it was turned off before the app was run. This seems to be an Apple bug triggered by some update in the past couple of months, at least on my MBP. You can't get back the highest resolution and have black bars at the top and bottom of the screen (the higher resolution setting is not available on the integrated card, and for some reason the system won't permit the change). On some Macs with dual cards, such as my 2011 MBP, use of the Energy Saver automatic graphics switching will trigger a display problem when logging out and logging back in: the display will be stuck on a lower-resolution option until restart.
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