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Which MacPro for ViaCAD (#3321)
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joev  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:32:41 AM(UTC)
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I looking into getting a new MacPro, I've narrowed it down to:
One 3.33GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Westmere
or
Two 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Westmere (8 cores)
both would have the ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB video card.

Feedback welcomed!

Joe
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NickB  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:24:11 AM(UTC)
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Shark is based on a kernel writen by [URL="http://www.spatial.com/"]Spatial[/URL].

The current Mac kernel is not multithreaded, although a 64 bit multithreaded Windows version is apperently in development. Once that ships I would guess that we might see a Mac version in a few months, or a year. Given the current state of things, I would go with the faster machine with less cores. Add as much third party (non Apple) memory as you can, and add a Sanforce based SSD for the system, applications and day to day storage.

The ATI video is problematic as it does not support Cuda - required by many GPU based renderers such as [URL="http://www.refractivesoftware.com/"]Octane Render.[/URL] If you have the patience, a Hackintosh is a much better buy than a MacPro.
Shark FX 9 build 1143
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3.6 GHz Core i7, 8GB, GTX 760 2GB

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Jean-Francois Jacques  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:27:51 AM(UTC)
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I read some benchmarks, your best bet is 6 cores with a better clockwise (3.33GHz). Too many applications don't take advantage of Multi-Core. 8 Cores is perfect for Multi-tasking, but 6 Cores is still perfect.

FYI.
http://www.macworld.com/article..._8_core_macpro_2010.html
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