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MP 7,1 Mac Pro (2019) most popular configuration

just pulled the trigger on
  • 48GB (6x8GB) of DDR4 ECC memory
  • 1TB SSD storage
  • 3.2GHz 16‑core Intel Xeon W processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
  • Radeon Pro Vega II with 32GB of HBM2 memory
wanted to pull the trigger on the Afterburner, but wasn't sure on the specifics, like transcoding with effects for real time scrubbing and playback? I figured, ill let the reviews happen, and maybe next year ill pull the trigger on it. In the mean time, 16 cores, and Vega II should be way more than enough. 48gb is good enough, since im working with 4k to 6k footage, with no other progs open.
 
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zephonic said:
Funny, now that the pricing is known, the iMac Pro is beginning to look like a steal.

But no upgradeability, so questionable longevity.
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It needs an upgrade. It isn't on the list for the XDR.

"...
  • Mac Pro (2019) with MPX Module GPUs
  • 15-inch MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
  • 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019)
  • 21.5-inch iMac (2019)
  • 27-inch iMac (2019)
  • Any Mac model with Thunderbolt 3 ports paired with Blackmagic eGPU or Blackmagic eGPU Pro
... "
https://www.apple.com/pro-display-xdr/specs/

I think it is the TBv3 controller. The 21.5 iMac obviously has a much less capable GPU. But need a TBv3 controller than can do DisplayPort 1.4.

All Apple needs to do is put a W2200 series in it with a price drop ( or base core count increase; shift higher cores down to current price points), bump the TBv3 controller and roll out the 8TB storage option here too.
(if they weren't snoring could have done that with the memory bump and 64x update on a minor model change. )
 
I did base everything. 256GB SSD, 32GB RAM, etc. Planning to upgrade the RAM later to 96+ at least. Also planning to put 4TB's of NVME's in via a PCIe card.

Noticing how 0 people went with 256GB SSD - is that not going to be enough for me to run the OS off of comfortably?
 
I got...

16c Xeon
96GB
1TB SSD
1x Vega II Duo

Will probably also get a PCIe M.2 card.
 
Contemplating 24-core, 48GB, 2TB (maybe 4TB), 1 x Pro Vega II (580X seems pointless) plus nice little discount from Apple Business. A shade over £13K.

i use C4D, Motion, ZBrush, Substance Painter etc. The multiple cores are useful for rendering until such times as AMD/Metal catches up with Nvidia/CUDA.
 
skippermonkey said:
Contemplating 24-core, 48GB, 2TB (maybe 4TB), 1 x Pro Vega II (580X seems pointless) plus nice little discount from Apple Business. A shade over £13K.

i use C4D, Motion, ZBrush, Substance Painter etc. The multiple cores are useful for rendering until such times as AMD/Metal catches up with Nvidia/CUDA.
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Pretty much the spec I'm looking at for the same applications. I think it's worth waiting for the other GPU options to be made available and Octane/Redshift benchmarks/performance reports are out before ordering the Pro Vega II though. Are you ordering the display?

Is Apple business discount applicable to sole traders registered for VAT?
 
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DoofenshmirtzEI said:
The $10K price on the Watch was entirely bling, not extra functionality. Two very different markets.

I currently have punched up a 12-core, 48GB, 580X, 1TB storage system priced at $7699. I might punch up to the 16-core (+$1K, but slightly faster clock speed on the 12-core, and not sure what 4 extra cores would get me), and/or 96GB (+$700) on the memory, which would put it at $9399 for both. The only thing I need a graphics card for is to run multiple monitors, so I don't think I need more than the base graphics card.

Am I a rich prosumer? This is a personal purchase, so that would put it in the -sumer category, and I make my living programming for MacOS, so pro-? What would I use it for? I have survived 30 years in this industry by always staying current on my skills in a broad sense, not just what I use right now for my employer. I have seen entire segments be born or implode into a fiery death in very short timeframes, and seen coworkers who were unprepared go down with the ship (although a friend informs me the market for COBOL programmers is hot right now, so many banks with so much legacy software). So this is in part an investment in the capability to tinker with those cutting edge technologies so that I may continue to make the kind of income that allows me to spend $10K on my "personal" computer. Is that rich?
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You could upgrade to Radeon later..
 
zephonic said:
Funny, now that the pricing is known, the iMac Pro is beginning to look like a steal.

But no upgradeability, so questionable longevity.
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FYI, OWC will upgrade the RAM in mine from 128GB to 256GB for $1,800 with the $700 trade in. I am not likely to do that though, will probably upgrade to the Mac Pro in a few years. My 10 core has been an excellent value thus far so I look forward to using it while the Mac Pro third party options get settled.

If I were to pull the trigger on the Mac Pro now, I would go:

16 core
32GB RAM ( Upgrade via Crucial )
Vega II Duo
4TB

Average Pro said:
12 core
96GB RAM
Radeon Pro 580X
2TB SSD

For Photography
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What are you doing for a monitor?
 
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vel0city said:
Pretty much the spec I'm looking at for the same applications. I think it's worth waiting for the other GPU options to be made available and Octane/Redshift benchmarks/performance reports are out before ordering the Pro Vega II though. Are you ordering the display?

Is Apple business discount applicable to sole traders registered for VAT?
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Part of the reason for potentially upgrading to the Pro Vega II (ignoring the stupid price) is that I either have to wait for the next option (more waiting), or throw in a 580X – but that's not a card I want and resale will be rubbish. So I might as well get a beefy GPU right from the outset. The Nvidia ship has sailed so it doesn't really matter what the Octane/Redshift benchmarks are.

Can't afford/justify the display, sadly.

No, for Apple business you just need to be a customer spending a load of money as far as I can tell!
 
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skippermonkey said:
No, for Apple business you just need to be a customer spending a load of money as far as I can tell!
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I think they just wanted basic info back when I signed up, company names, tax IDs etc... Discounts kick in after some minimal spend annually ($5k I think? could be a rolling 12 month window, in any case it's low). First tier discounts are usually 6% on hardware and 10% on cables etc... Something like that.

edit to add: there are often better deals from partners than business pricing if you are willing to look around and don't care about working with multiple vendors etc...
 
thisisnotmyname said:
I think they just wanted basic info back when I signed up, company names, tax IDs etc... Discounts kick in after some minimal spend annually ($5k I think? could be a rolling 12 month window, in any case it's low). First tier discounts are usually 6% on hardware and 10% on cables etc... Something like that.

edit to add: there are often better deals from partners than business pricing if you are willing to look around and don't care about working with multiple vendors etc...
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I got the Mac Pro on business discount but will look for the XDR on other retailers!
 
goMac said:
They already announced a new GPU for it. It's a Radeon 5700, which is about twice as powerful as a 580.
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Maybe on paper, but there’s a LOT of work Apple needs to do with the drivers to make RX 5700 XT in Catalina perform better than an RX580 in Mojave. Personally seeing ~33% better performance with the RX580 in METAL. Benchmarks like GB5 show ~15-20% better performance for RX580.
 
I went with:

12 core Xeon
32GB (96GB via 3rd Party)
1TB SSD
Radeon Pro Vega II

Will port my AJA Kona, Highpoint 7101A with Samsung 970 PRO SSDs, and Highpoint USB 3.1 Gen2 card over. Will probably get Afterburner later on, once I see what it actually fully does.
 
thisisnotmyname said:
Why are you bringing a USB card? It has 3.1 gen 2 native.
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Good question, isn't it better to have another dedicated USB bus if you are running lots of USB devices from your machine? I have over twenty synths and consoles requiring USB
 
Hard to define ‘Running’ but everything works much better and more reliably with it in my MP USB et al. I’ll have several PCI slots spare in my nMP so can’t hurt I imagine.
 
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thisisnotmyname said:
Why are you bringing a USB card? It has 3.1 gen 2 native.
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Because I have the card already and there are more than enough PCIe slots on the new machine. It may be native, but there are only 2 USB A ports on the machine. It's a 4xUSB A 3.1 Gen 2 card, so this would give me 6 USB A ports that I could use for a bunch on things I have. Keyboard, webcam, etc.
 
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