Opinions, Mac pro 12 core or 6 core for video editing?

I knew someone would take the bait. Westmere i7 = Westmere Xeon in everything except dual QPI and thus MP. And no, I know they aren't, but that doesnt stop them for being two processsors, effectively 2 i7s with the additon of double QPI so that can fit on a dual socket motherboard.

¿ Which choice will give you better peace-of-mind, and allow you to sleep at night without worrying you made the wrong decison ?

If you are not sure, I think sending back the 12-core will haunt you.

This is not a technical issue. The 6-core will be plenty fast enough.

This is an emotional issue, and keeping the 12-core is the emotional decision.

By that math, 30% seems not very efficient.

A true comparison or setup 2x3,33 yielding 28,000 score, then yes, this is a wash and sometimes not that.

If you needed 6x8GB RAM, maybe.

by the time software catches up? it still won't be any faster and there will be 8-core single socket and better designs and memory. there already is a fatter QuickPath with L3 and data management and predictive instruction branching.

getting data where it is needed, to processor and cire with 12 is harder, why I quote a 70% for cpu #2.

Apple missed 2012 so they are trailling HP on Xeon and features, and now nothing to lok forward to until Late 2013 / Early 2014 more likely.

Unless you do put $3200 into a set of dual cpus, and recoup sell the 2.4's

Just come see me. I'll put two 3.33GHz 6 core Xeons in your 12 core and you'll be content for a while. You can trade your 6-core in for the upgrade and we'll work out the cash difference in value.

There's no need to choose. And even if you chose incorrectly, the fact that you have to actually CHECK to see which is better means they're nearly indistinguishable which means you shouldn't care which you're rid of. Anyway - what's wrong with a render farm?

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Well would you like to make that 12-core unit the X5650 version? It'd be a 2.66GHz, which are a considerable upgrade... or we could even upgrade it to a 12-core 3.33GHz. Drop me a line if you feel like stepping it up.

Regards

The approved method for getting in touch is to post an email in your profile. If you prefer, it can be a "disposable" one. Then when you click on the name, the email will show to logged-in users as part of the profile.

Emails posted openly on the forums themselves tend to attract ants spambots, so they hosts generally remove them.

I have had my email available in my profile for years, and I do not get spam attributable to the forums.

As you can see from my post volume, I AM actually a noob. So thank you for protocol. 🙂

Regards,

TW

So per the suggestions of Grant, if you click on my profile you'll see my email which I believe is viewable to all. Drop me a line and we'll get you info on it.

We even could send you a drop in replacement of the whole CPU assembly + RAM. Pop yours out, pop the one from us in, no real technical knowledge required (even if you have extensive amounts).

Regards

trumahw-

You CAN discretely post a link to your informational or commercial website, as long as you also add that disclaimer that reminds readers you might be getting compensated in the process. But if that is all you ever do without providing any other helpful information, it is frowned upon.

The extreme example: you cannot tell users "just log off here and go to my website instead".

Thanks Grant - is the method previously used in which I suggested he drop me an email within the guidelines?

Regards

Truman