ok... so here is my issue. I'm in college now and my major is Visual Effects and Motion Graphics, so i will obviously be working with a lot of video editing software and visual effects software (essentially the Adobe Suite)
Now, i am able to buy a Mac Pro for about $3500 give or take a few hundred. What i am wondering is which to get?? here are my two setups...
# Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
# 8GB (4x2GB)
# 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
# One 18x SuperDrive
OR
# One 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
# 8GB (4x2GB)
# 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
# Two 18x SuperDrives
They both run me about the exact same price, except for the Quad-core (second set up) is $50 less. Considering my major and the software i will be using, which would you recomend getting?!
This really comes down to Processor Speed vs amount of Cores. When it comes down to Video Editing and Visual Effects stuff, what would be better? a faster processor or more cores?
P.S. I am leaning more towards the quad-core 2.93, because of the faster processor of course, but the 8-core can have more ram (up to 32 gb, opposed to the quad core only up to 8 gb)
I also want to add that i will be dual booting Vista using boot camp on this Mac mainly for gaming... now again, same question, just factoring in gaming as another use for this computer
and sorry for the extremely long post, haha
Now, i am able to buy a Mac Pro for about $3500 give or take a few hundred. What i am wondering is which to get?? here are my two setups...
# Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
# 8GB (4x2GB)
# 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
# One 18x SuperDrive
OR
# One 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
# 8GB (4x2GB)
# 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
# Two 18x SuperDrives
They both run me about the exact same price, except for the Quad-core (second set up) is $50 less. Considering my major and the software i will be using, which would you recomend getting?!
This really comes down to Processor Speed vs amount of Cores. When it comes down to Video Editing and Visual Effects stuff, what would be better? a faster processor or more cores?
P.S. I am leaning more towards the quad-core 2.93, because of the faster processor of course, but the 8-core can have more ram (up to 32 gb, opposed to the quad core only up to 8 gb)
I also want to add that i will be dual booting Vista using boot camp on this Mac mainly for gaming... now again, same question, just factoring in gaming as another use for this computer
and sorry for the extremely long post, haha