12 Core / 64GB Ram ???????

Carl S. · Apr 20, 2011, 10:15 PM

I was on Apple.Com checking out the refurbs and got a random idea in my head. I was curious to see what a maxed out mac pro would cost. So 23K later I had a beast of a machine. But I am curious, what is the use of having two 6-core processors and 64gigs of ram. Is there any application in the world that benefits from this much power. whats the point?.. just curious

mikeyg36 · Apr 20, 2011, 10:30 PM

The only applications that might use this are military applications. Which are most likely classified applications. But in short, no, a normal application wouldn't use it.

beto2k7 · Apr 20, 2011, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyg36

The only applications that might use this are military applications. Which are most likely classified applications. But in short, no, a normal application wouldn't use it.

Depends on what you call normal.

Mathematica 8

mikeyg36 · Apr 20, 2011, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by beto2k7

Depends on what you call normal.

Mathematica 8

Word processing, iTunes, iLife apps, and even pro apps such as Aperture and Final Cut. Final Cut Pro X will make more use though.

FluJunkie · Apr 20, 2011, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by beto2k7

Depends on what you call normal.

Mathematica 8

Indeed. I can definitely think of some scientific computing applications that will, essentially, eat as much resources as you want to give them.

strausd · Apr 20, 2011, 11:59 PM

AE, Premiere, and Maya are my main applications. All of which still have the ability to render faster even with my 12-core machine. When it comes to video and 3D rendering, render times can always be faster.

Torster · Apr 21, 2011, 01:34 AM

The new Final Cut Pro X will take full advantage of all cores and as much RAM as you can throw at it.

Its fully optimized for OpenCL, Grand Central Dispatch, and is native 64-bit. Pair a 12-core with 64 GB of RAM and a wicked OpenCL-compatible graphics card and you'll have a monster FCP machine.

highdefw · Apr 21, 2011, 03:03 AM

I can max it in Maya with fluid simulations...that's a good size scene, but definitely possible.

Zeov · Apr 23, 2011, 02:43 PM

having lots of games running at once is awesome !

Legion93 · Apr 23, 2011, 02:50 PM

You can eventually control the alien mothership in space with 64GB of RAM.

GLS · Apr 23, 2011, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Legion93

You can eventually control the alien mothership in space with 64GB of RAM.

Jeff Goldblum brought down an entire alien fleet with less than 64GB.....

Legion93 · Apr 23, 2011, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GLS

Jeff Goldblum brought down an entire alien fleet with less than 64GB.....

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Haha, luckily it wasn't independence day for him, since using a windows XP machine (I would presume) would cause a destruction of an alien mothership, and besides, how can you upload a virus to a ship the size of Jupiter in literally 60 seconds? You would need quantum-core infinite RAM with turbo powered processors, enough to power the sun.

MattDSLR · Apr 23, 2011, 09:32 PM

Lighroom

GLS · Apr 23, 2011, 09:38 PM

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Haha, luckily it wasn't independence day for him, since using a windows XP machine (I would presume) would cause a destruction of an alien mothership, and besides, how can you upload a virus to a ship the size of Jupiter in literally 60 seconds? You would need quantum-core infinite RAM with turbo powered processors, enough to power the sun.

He used a Mac.

Jbgloss · Apr 23, 2011, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by GLS

He used a Mac.

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HAHAHAHAH

This thread has gone tooooooo - freaking amazing comedy

LOVE IT!!!!

LMAO

2 more days - I am back home from a Colombia. Bought my new MP Hex 3.33 and had it for exactly 2 weeks and headed down here for a month..... GRRRR 2 more days back to work with the 2 ACD's waiting - love my MBP but can't wait to get home and get to work!!!!!

Legion93 · Apr 23, 2011, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by GLS

He used a Mac.

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Looks like Mac OS X Cheetah or Puma :d

daneoni · Apr 24, 2011, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Legion93

Looks like Mac OS X Cheetah or Puma :d

Or rather System 7

alphaod · Apr 25, 2011, 10:01 PM

If you have to ask, you don't need it; if you need it, you either wish you had it or already have it.

seek3r · Apr 25, 2011, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyg36

The only applications that might use this are military applications. Which are most likely classified applications. But in short, no, a normal application wouldn't use it.

In my line of work there are a *lot* of Apps that will happily gobble that CPU power, memory, or both. NAMD will eat the CPU and ask for more, as will portions of Amber. NWChem is another hog there, etc.

(Of course I don't *usually* run these local, the system I just ran a NAMD job on is a "small" cluster of 2u dell boxes with 4-way 12 core AMDs and 2GB/core for 48 core/96GB Mem per machine, 14 nodes total, but I do run them local for testing and small jobs...)

Not normal usage for most perhaps perhaps, but not military, and not out of line for use on a "pro" machine....

nanofrog · Apr 25, 2011, 11:23 PM

Just a few off hand that aren't military specific:

TCAD
LabVIEW
Matlab

tpavur · Apr 25, 2011, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyg36

The only applications that might use this are military applications. Which are most likely classified applications. But in short, no, a normal application wouldn't use it.

Just so you know there are no military applications that benefit from this.

seek3r · Apr 26, 2011, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by tpavur

Just so you know there are no military applications that benefit from this.

Well, that's not true either, weapons modeling comes to mind for one, so does mapping and GIS work, nuclear physics, both modeling (though, like MD, most likely done on a cluster, not local) and post-process...

ScottishCaptain · Apr 26, 2011, 03:07 AM

"The point" is that it's a professional machine for people who do professional work with it.

This could include Final Cut, Logic 9, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Zbrush, Modo, Maya, or any other heavyweight application that can truly utilize the power of 12 cores.

When you do this sort of stuff for a living, time is money. Being able to do stuff faster and twiddle your thumbs less just means that you'll probably be able to get more done and make more money.

It's not a machine for surfing the web and posting to Facebook. And that's the point.

-SC

Darien Red Sox · Apr 27, 2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tpavur

Just so you know there are no military applications that benefit from this.

The training programs the military uses for training would benefit from this, though I have not seen them in person because they are classified I am told they take up a massive amount of disk space and everything in the simulation is correct in terms of physics. Though these programs run on Linux and not Mac.

Carl S. · Apr 27, 2011, 04:15 PM

Halarious. I was just curious wasa justifies 12 Core and 64gb of ram. I have been using a octo-core with 16gb and it does everything i need and then some so i thought....wtf would you need 64gb.

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Carl S. macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2010	12 Core / 64GB Ram ??????? I was on Apple.Com checking out the refurbs and got a random idea in my head. I was curious to see what a maxed out mac pro would cost. So 23K later I had a beast of a machine. But I am curious, what is the use of having two 6-core processors and 64gigs of ram. Is there any application in the world that benefits from this much power. whats the point?.. just curious
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mikeyg36 macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maryland	No The only applications that might use this are military applications. Which are most likely classified applications. But in short, no, a normal application wouldn't use it.
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strausd macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas	AE, Premiere, and Maya are my main applications. All of which still have the ability to render faster even with my 12-core machine. When it comes to video and 3D rendering, render times can always be faster.
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Torster macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Folsom, CA	The new Final Cut Pro X will take full advantage of all cores and as much RAM as you can throw at it. Its fully optimized for OpenCL, Grand Central Dispatch, and is native 64-bit. Pair a 12-core with 64 GB of RAM and a wicked OpenCL-compatible graphics card and you'll have a monster FCP machine.
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nanofrog macrumors G4 Join Date: May 2008	Just a few off hand that aren't military specific: TCAD LabVIEW Matlab
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Apr 26, 2011, 03:07 AM	#23
ScottishCaptain macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2008	"The point" is that it's a professional machine for people who do professional work with it. This could include Final Cut, Logic 9, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Zbrush, Modo, Maya, or any other heavyweight application that can truly utilize the power of 12 cores. When you do this sort of stuff for a living, time is money. Being able to do stuff faster and twiddle your thumbs less just means that you'll probably be able to get more done and make more money. It's not a machine for surfing the web and posting to Facebook. And that's the point. -SC __________________ 2010 Mac Pro (MacPro5,1), 2*2.93ghz, 64GB, 4x2TB, Apple RAID Card, 5970 GPU, 2xSD, Eizo CG276W
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Carl S. Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2010	Halarious. I was just curious wasa justifies 12 Core and 64gb of ram. I have been using a octo-core with 16gb and it does everything i need and then some so i thought....wtf would you need 64gb.
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