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Will I have enough processing power?
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<blockquote data-quote="lclev" data-source="post: 1683341" data-attributes="member: 307555"><p>I agree chas_m, but when I checked out the models the OP listed, they both will come with SSD's and it looks like Intel Iris Pro Graphics (different chipsets) and will use up to 1.5 GB of system memory for GPU processing. I did not dig any deeper into the video card aspect of it then that.</p><p></p><p>I am well aware of how SSD's and a high end video card will add a whole new level of speed to video editing. I just used multi-camera in Premiere Pro to mix a four camera wedding taping. First time I have used my Mac Pro to do this. In the past I have used my Windows 7 editor as the Mac Pro addition is recent. The MP has a nVidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB onboard memory, dual 6-core Xeons, and 32GB of system memory. In the past, on the Windows editor - which has an SSD, dual Xeons, 24GB memory, and Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 with 4GB - I would get some stuttering on the different camera views. I won't go into the total details. I will say there was no comparison and I was more than pleased with the MP's performance. </p><p></p><p>Yes, I do agree that an SSD plus a beefy video card makes a big difference. But we are talking about a Macbook Pro and there are not as many options. If the OP is planning on doing a lot of 4K long videos then there will be considerable processing time required - like hours. For example, on my MP, I recently finished a project of a taping of a two day conference. It ended up being 4 hours long shot in 4K. It took about an hour and a half to encode then another hour to burn the dual layer DVD. And that is fast when you look at the amount of material, the fact it was 4K, I was squishing it down to fit on the 8.5GB DL disk, and changing the quality because we are not able to mass copy blu-ray yet. I would still be waiting on a MB Pro.</p><p></p><p>Lisa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lclev, post: 1683341, member: 307555"] I agree chas_m, but when I checked out the models the OP listed, they both will come with SSD's and it looks like Intel Iris Pro Graphics (different chipsets) and will use up to 1.5 GB of system memory for GPU processing. I did not dig any deeper into the video card aspect of it then that. I am well aware of how SSD's and a high end video card will add a whole new level of speed to video editing. I just used multi-camera in Premiere Pro to mix a four camera wedding taping. First time I have used my Mac Pro to do this. In the past I have used my Windows 7 editor as the Mac Pro addition is recent. The MP has a nVidia GeForce GTX 780 3GB onboard memory, dual 6-core Xeons, and 32GB of system memory. In the past, on the Windows editor - which has an SSD, dual Xeons, 24GB memory, and Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 with 4GB - I would get some stuttering on the different camera views. I won't go into the total details. I will say there was no comparison and I was more than pleased with the MP's performance. Yes, I do agree that an SSD plus a beefy video card makes a big difference. But we are talking about a Macbook Pro and there are not as many options. If the OP is planning on doing a lot of 4K long videos then there will be considerable processing time required - like hours. For example, on my MP, I recently finished a project of a taping of a two day conference. It ended up being 4 hours long shot in 4K. It took about an hour and a half to encode then another hour to burn the dual layer DVD. And that is fast when you look at the amount of material, the fact it was 4K, I was squishing it down to fit on the 8.5GB DL disk, and changing the quality because we are not able to mass copy blu-ray yet. I would still be waiting on a MB Pro. Lisa [/QUOTE]
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