4K editing - 980 vs 980 Ti vs Titan X

[SoyCapitanSoyCapitan]

Premiere Pro CC 2015. I have FCPx but I have never tried to like it. I'm sure if a paying client was to throw some money at me to do their work in FCPx, I would bite the bullet, but otherwise I remain a h8tr.

I have not noticed anything with the current time indicator, but then again I was not really looking to see if anything was odd. Maybe ignorance is bliss?

On another front, I'm wondering if you might be able to answer a Q... I seem to be limited to 4 concurrent unrendered streams of 4K on my timeline with relatively smooth playback even though I get the yellow drop frame indicator. Adding a 5th stream and everything goes choppy. You noted my setup and it's pretty well maxed out. I'm curious what further changes could be made to allow me to have additional 4K streams in the timeline when building composites? I have assumed it's the cMP showing it's limitations somewhere in the data flow architecture.

None I'm afraid. The Westmere CPUs and the chipset they sit on came out back when 4K editing was still new. They start to show their age when you throw more 4K video layers. Even a Haswell based nMP would struggle with what you are doing. You have to use a 3/4 or 1/2 resolution preview in the editing app to get quick feedback. Or use Windows for better performance.

 

[scott.n]

OMG... seriously?

It looks like the 2010 Mac Pro we bought from iPowerSales on Ebay is in fact a 2009. They said it was a mid-2010 MC561LL. A serial number search shows it as an early 2009 MB871LL. Also the EMC number on the back is 2314 and not 2314-2.

The wired thing... the Mac Pro was some how hacked or programmed to ready Mid-2010 under About This Mac, while my 2009 (5,1) still reads Early 2009. Very sneaky. I have heard resellers selling 2009 models as 2010, but I didn't know they could fool the About This Mac to show a 2009 as a 2010.

Anyway... there goes my short period of upgrade bliss. Probably should just stick with my 12 core 2.93GHz anyway and put the upgrade $$$ somewhere else.

It should be easy to tell whether it's really a 2009 or 2010 from the processor/video card info printed on the serial number sticker below the PCIe slots.

About This Mac can be hacked to show anything. A clean install should show the true model.

 

[h9826790]

The about my Mac is cosmetic, you can do whatever you like.