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Re: I would not do it. Because...
In reply to Robert Peters,
6 months ago
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Robert Peters wrote:
After purchasing a Nikon D800 I hit a massive performance wall with my MacPro (2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon).
I purchased the latest version of a 3.33GHz, 6-core MacPro and increased the memory to 16 GB. Unsatisfactory result: I got a factor of 2(!) decrease in rendering time for $3000. That was unacceptable so I returned the MacPro to Apple.
Is this typical of a Mac Pro? In another thread he mentions that this is even with an SSD installed.
I'm just about to buy a second hand 2.66GHz 4-core 2009 Mac Pro, but reading the above scares me. I understand however (from reading the Mac Performance Guide) that a lot can be done regarding speed increases with HDD RAID-0 configurations, SSDs (for boot and scratch disks) as well as sufficient RAM.
Please do assure me someone that I'm not making a silly choice about investing in a Mac Pro (and not even the current model)
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