I thought I'd ask here in case someone may shed some light on how well FCPX stabilization runs on a MacPro in comparison to my current machine. I'm not sure I'm reading the published performance benchmarks correctly (I haven't found any that specifically include stabilization, dunno how it differs from other effects).
I am currently editing on a 2014 rMBP 15 inch 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 with 16GB RAM. I have been happy with its performance, but am now getting into stabilization of relatively challenging video clips. A 10 minute clip takes 60 minutes to process using almost of all 8 so called cores (780% CPU). There are times, I think, I've noticed perhaps CPU related temperature throttling as the CPU utilization drops to 70%. I know just enough to be dangerous, however. I've tried "CoreMelt Lock and Load" without noticeable time improvement (perhaps more efficient code but then it seems to max out at 380% CPU use) and has undesirable artifacts.
I've read a number of posts here, some reviews, and benchmarks and it looks like an 8 core MacPro with dual D700s and at least 64 GB of RAM may be the sweet spot for my application. If I understand the benchmarks and comparative performance sites like Bare Feats reports on, I should expect at least 50% better performance. i.e. that 10 minute clip would take about 30 minutes on this config Mac Pro. Is that in the ball park?
Worth the money and buying timing are subject of another thread
I am currently editing on a 2014 rMBP 15 inch 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 with 16GB RAM. I have been happy with its performance, but am now getting into stabilization of relatively challenging video clips. A 10 minute clip takes 60 minutes to process using almost of all 8 so called cores (780% CPU). There are times, I think, I've noticed perhaps CPU related temperature throttling as the CPU utilization drops to 70%. I know just enough to be dangerous, however. I've tried "CoreMelt Lock and Load" without noticeable time improvement (perhaps more efficient code but then it seems to max out at 380% CPU use) and has undesirable artifacts.
I've read a number of posts here, some reviews, and benchmarks and it looks like an 8 core MacPro with dual D700s and at least 64 GB of RAM may be the sweet spot for my application. If I understand the benchmarks and comparative performance sites like Bare Feats reports on, I should expect at least 50% better performance. i.e. that 10 minute clip would take about 30 minutes on this config Mac Pro. Is that in the ball park?
Worth the money and buying timing are subject of another thread
