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Mac Pro GPU limits for Video Editors

orph said:
ill have to have a look for the adobe blog thing about it, CUDA is not dead but is being fazed out from adobe.
there's an adobe blog article some where listing what is accelerated (not much) by the gpu and which things need CUDA/openCL (openCL did most things that CUDA did if not all now).
there are some plugins that do need CUDA but if you had them you know already.

AE has replaced a lot of it's CUDA accelerated parts with cinema 4D in CC

CUDA only did a few specialist parts of work
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Not sure about Adobe fasing out CUDA, but they have taken an active role with using OpenCL. I've read the same Adobe blog. There is only 4 things that are not accelerated with Radeon cards than GeForce in Premiere Pro. Lightroom also uses Radeon Acceleration ( Depending on supported cards ) It works good with my D700's.

investing in FCP-X workflows is playing with fire.
Its use is tied to macOS and Apple isn't interested in making workstations anymore.
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Its more like I'm on fire ( Speed ) using my FCP X workflow for over a year now. I've tried PC workstation with Adobe PP, Lightworks ect. But FCP X is my NLE of choice and it serves me extremely well.

Yes Davinci Resolve uses and prefers CUDA.
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A lot has changed. On my 2013 Mac Pro DaVinci Resolve uses BOTH my D700 GPU's with the free version. It quite fast for me in DaVinci.
 
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nice detailed reply :D
got to say im happy to hear about DaVinci Resolve ^^ it's a ray of hope, something that might relay become a game changer ill have to dive back in to it.

it's also CUDA dose less than you think/want more is CPU dependent than you like
 
Daniel Reed said:
Never seen glitches in Adobe apps w/ Maxwell Titan-X cards w/ the back heatspreader option.
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Good to hear! Just invested in those :)

Daniel Reed said:
Sure the new 2017 (i)Mac maxed out will be pretty sweet (and costly), but after 2017...
...what can one buy from Apple to run it? an A12X based Mac?
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I am actually somehow extremely confident that this might as well be how the future looks like, and I am somehow fine with it.
 
I am looking to get a used Mac Pro 2012 for video production using primarily Adobe Software. I have the option to buy one with the Nvidia Titan X 12 GB or the Nvidia GTX 680 4GB. I have looked into both and from a benchmark perspective the Titan seems to kill the 680. But I am using this machine as mainly a render station, not necessarily a full editing machine. Price being equal, which one of those cards would be best?

Also, I was looking at Adobe's site and the Titan isn't one of the supported cards for Premiere. Does anyone know if that is true? Or had experience using the Titan with Adobe software? Does it work?

Any info would be helpful.
 
Same price for both Titan X (Maxwell) and 680??? Then of course go for the Titan X. It's either the Titan X too cheap, or the 680 too expensive.

I am not a Nvidia guy, can't tell you what exactly will happen. But if you do a quick search, there should be few guys running Adobe software with TitanX in this forum.
 
lazerbrains said:
I am looking to get a used Mac Pro 2012 for video production using primarily Adobe Software. I have the option to buy one with the Nvidia Titan X 12 GB or the Nvidia GTX 680 4GB. I have looked into both and from a benchmark perspective the Titan seems to kill the 680. But I am using this machine as mainly a render station, not necessarily a full editing machine. Price being equal, which one of those cards would be best?

Also, I was looking at Adobe's site and the Titan isn't one of the supported cards for Premiere. Does anyone know if that is true? Or had experience using the Titan with Adobe software? Does it work?

Any info would be helpful.
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Both cards are nice. If price is not an issue, my preference would be the Titan as it is a powerhouse card and is newer so more apt to not become outdated. Make sure to check each cards power needs too.

Also I would not put too much credence in the cards adobe lists. I am running a Gigabyte GTX 780 which according to Adobe will not run OpenCL - but my card does and it works fine. It is also not on the "approved" list for CUDA but with a little creative editing of the text file that holds the list of approved cards my card now runs CUDA also. I can choose which one I want to use with each project. I tend to let it default to OpenCL.

Adobe tends to list the cards they have tested and are slow to add to the list.

Lisa
 
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lazerbrains said:
I am looking to get a used Mac Pro 2012 for video production using primarily Adobe Software. I have the option to buy one with the Nvidia Titan X 12 GB or the Nvidia GTX 680 4GB. I have looked into both and from a benchmark perspective the Titan seems to kill the 680. But I am using this machine as mainly a render station, not necessarily a full editing machine. Price being equal, which one of those cards would be best?

Also, I was looking at Adobe's site and the Titan isn't one of the supported cards for Premiere. Does anyone know if that is true? Or had experience using the Titan with Adobe software? Does it work?

Any info would be helpful.
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- Make sure it is the GTX Titan X (Maxwell), not the Titan X (Pascal)
- GTX Titan X needs Nvidia web drivers, GTX 680 works with OS X native drivers
- GTX Titan X is much better than GTX 680
- GTX Titan X works with the internal Mac Pro PSU (I have one running), but you need special power cables
- If you want boot screen and PCI-E 2.0 speed under Windows, send it to MVC for flashing
 
I'll add that I use the Titan X in my Mac Pro for Adobe cc, mostly for Premiere and Media Encoder. I have never had one issue with it, running both under CUDA and OpenCL acceleration. It is very fast... although I do notice a speed difference with CUDA being a bit faster overall.
 
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Great! I think I will go with the Titan and see how it goes. Thanks for your input. Has anyone else used the Titan X card with Adobe software? If so what is your experience?
 
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For Davinci, the Maxwell Titan X 12GB is the beefiest option currently available. And since colour-grading is generally going to require more GPU grunt than any other stage of post-production - that's the option that I've gone with.
 
lazerbrains said:
Great! I think I will go with the Titan and see how it goes. Thanks for your input. Has anyone else used the Titan X card with Adobe software? If so what is your experience?
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I pulled the trigger on a 980Ti last week and am still waiting for it to arrive, but was talking with the folks at Bizon Tech and they are telling me this:

If your planning on working with 4K res video, we actually recommend the Titan X card:
https://bizon-tech.com/us/nvidia-titanx-mac.html

This is the top–level graphics card for Mac. You will get a significant performance increase across the board in Adobe Premiere, After Effects & DaVinci Resolve.

If you're working with standard HD, the GTX 980 Ti will be fine.

Our recommendations are based on our graphics card experience, numerous benchmarks and searching for the best solution for our customers.
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Not sure how I feel about that advice but now I definitely am considering sending the used 980 Ti back in exchange for the Titan X.
 
http://www.macvidcards.com is worth a look, has info to.

:3 i love it when people say "power" hope they know your workflow before giving advice. a titan may be faster depending on what kind of work you actually do.

when you get it check to see if it says macvideocards in the system info :rolleyes: some of them do
 
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Yep :D I just love how the charge almost 400 CAD for AMD cards (7950/70, and R9s) that you can buy for 100 and flash it in matter of minutes...
 
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