Now that the 7xx GPU's are out the quad can upgrade the iMac cannot. The same applies to the processor, that change will push it above the imac by the same amount the iMac beats the quad now. Mac Pro flexibility vs iMac limited modernness.
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Just bought a new 12 core and I see no improvement over 08 Model?
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Now that the 7xx GPU's are out the quad can upgrade the iMac cannot. The same applies to the processor, that change will push it above the imac by the same amount the iMac beats the quad now. Mac Pro flexibility vs iMac limited modernness.
He mentions the beach ball.
Is it possible the 10GB of RAM is not enough?
I don't know what the 2008 MP had, but if it is the same, 8 cores with 10GB is not the same as 12 cores with 10GB. Especially in single core operations.
Clean installs always rock.
Old HDD's never do.
Is it possible the 10GB of RAM is not enough?
I don't know what the 2008 MP had, but if it is the same, 8 cores with 10GB is not the same as 12 cores with 10GB. Especially in single core operations.
Clean installs always rock.
Old HDD's never do.
I have 3 monitors and extra backup hds. Hard to go with an iMac in my case.
I just ran battlefield on my computer. I'm constantly maxed at 60 fps huge improvement. It only slightly dropped when I went to ultra graphics settings. Very impressed.
Does streaming your computer to like twitch.tv require more cores or a high CPU clock speed?
My last computer could not handle steaming and playing games at the same time very well.
I just ran battlefield on my computer. I'm constantly maxed at 60 fps huge improvement. It only slightly dropped when I went to ultra graphics settings. Very impressed.
Does streaming your computer to like twitch.tv require more cores or a high CPU clock speed?
My last computer could not handle steaming and playing games at the same time very well.
fairly low latency drives, fast-ish Nic, and a quiet network is all ya need to stream 1080p. Even an ancient PentiumPro with 1GB RAM will do if those other conditions are met.
With my MP1,1 just using one of the Nics I can stream four 1080P movies (to different machines on the LAN) without seeing the CPU graphs increase almost at all. And that only requires about 1.2MB/s total bandwidth over the LAN.
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fairly low latency drives, fast-ish Nic, and a quiet network is all ya need to stream 1080p. Even an ancient PentiumPro with 1GB RAM will do if those other conditions are met.
Go into the PowerPC section and tell them that..My quad could stream 1080 in full screen and that was it if you did anything else it lagged.
If it lagged then it's because something was contenting for bus time and preventing the stream data from populating as it should. Nothing to do with CPU speed (if in a DMA system).
And remember... we're specifically talking about over a network here. Not to a GPU in the same system - which is a different bag of butterflies.
my quad was hooked to the same network my MP's were/are..
SSD same on both, more than enough RAM on both the difference is the computer..The MP's can the Quad could not..
Ya I dunno twitch specifically. If you're streaming from a file then it is as I explained. I guess twitch must screen-grab at the same time so of course that's yet another bag of butterflies.
Streaming itself doesn't need much to accomplish. You just have to keep the stream saturated and that's only about 200 to 300KB/s per stream for 1080/p 30 with surround. If you're additionally writing 20 or 30 screen grabs per second or sending that stream to a GPU then there's going to be other issues to consider.
Streaming itself doesn't need much to accomplish. You just have to keep the stream saturated and that's only about 200 to 300KB/s per stream for 1080/p 30 with surround. If you're additionally writing 20 or 30 screen grabs per second or sending that stream to a GPU then there's going to be other issues to consider.
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None of the Mac Pros were able to be selectively clocked from the factory and the only ones that could be overclocked were by using a software USB overclock utility.
Yep, I used ZDNet back in the day.
http://www.zdnet.de/39192217/exclusive-zdnet-overclocking-tool-enhances-performance-of-mac-pro/
By the way, I'm assuming Twitch doesn't need 12 cores? It'll do just fine with a Quad and a higher CPU.
http://www.zdnet.de/39192217/exclusive-zdnet-overclocking-tool-enhances-performance-of-mac-pro/
By the way, I'm assuming Twitch doesn't need 12 cores? It'll do just fine with a Quad and a higher CPU.
That is the problem right there. I don't think you need to add any hardware, just a clean install of OS X.
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Do yourself a favour and wait until Monday's WWDC keynote. The current Mac Pro is honestly not even close to worth the money if games are you goal. A new Mac Pro should at least have a modern video card which would be MUCH better suited to games. Not to mention much newer CPU's and USB 3.0 and so on.
4 hyper-threaded cores should be okay. People struggle with faster CPUs that lack hyper-threading.
A 6 core would be best.
No mac is designed for any heavy gaming at all.. what are you talking about? No, if the OP wants to play heavy duty games and use SLI or real CROSSFIRE, then he is better served by building his own PC. The new Mac Pro if it should come it going to be a big disappointment given that so far there will be no internal expansion at all for it..
It will probably resemble that of a Mac Mini just with PRO stuck on it.
No, PC is the way to go for extreme, heavy gaming.. NOT THE MAC.
It will probably resemble that of a Mac Mini just with PRO stuck on it.
No, PC is the way to go for extreme, heavy gaming.. NOT THE MAC.
If you are planning to put your same hard drive (and or GPU. Does not matter) in whatever comes out it will feel just as slow as the 2008 and the 2010 doing what you are doing. You should have saved $2000.00 and bought a $200.00 SSD.
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I have a GTX 680 in my Mac Pro. Is that not suited to games? The 3,33GHz hex uses barely 40% on even demanding games. PCI 3, SATA 3, more powerful PSU are better indicators of game possibilities for the new "Pro". Your going to get a crap card by default. Plan for it.
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