01-18-2007, 07:29 PM

I plan on networking a few computers to help render my video files, in programs that support rendering clusters.

My question is, would I get better performance out of 1 mac pro, or 3 mac minis? I know the mac pro is more powerful, but what is confusing me is that 3 mac minis has 3 more processors the the mac pro, yet it alot less money. I feel like the mac pro is paying for things I don't need like graphics cards, and other higher end equipment when all I really need is processing power.

So if you wanted to get more rendering power, would you go with 3 mac minis or 1 mac pro?

01-19-2007, 10:05 AM

But don't you need the power of the graphics card for video rendering?

01-20-2007, 12:44 PM

You need the graphics card for realtime effects, rendering is done by the processor, my friend has it with 3 powermac g4s, I think I am going to go with the minis because after some research it makes more sense and its cheaper.

01-21-2007, 02:29 PM

Plus Minis and render farms are awesome.

01-22-2007, 04:10 PM

yes they are both awesome, lol, and will be very helpful in the future.