FS5: What do you use to Edit FS5 4k?

S

sebmour

Member
Looking at upgrading my Mid 2012 Macbook pro computer. I am new to 4K. Shot with C100 since they it came onto the market.
I was wondering what can edit the 4K from the FS5 in full res playback? I already have 2 NEC 4K monitors for photo/video work.

I am more inclined towards the Apple product since I have been using their products for the last 7 years (2 computers).

I am looking at the 27in Retina iMac (I'll update RAM to 32GB by myself)
Screen Shot 2015-12-31 at 13.46.32.jpg

or a Mac Pro.

What scares me is the heat generated in the iMac. It'll wear the CPU and GPU faster.
What dislikes about the Mac Pro is the CPU. No i7 skylake.

Thank for your input,
 
sebmour said:
Looking at upgrading my Mid 2012 Macbook pro computer. I am new to 4K. Shot with C100 since they it came onto the market.
I was wondering what can edit the 4K from the FS5 in full res playback? I already have 2 NEC 4K monitors for photo/video work.

I am more inclined towards the Apple product since I have been using their products for the last 7 years (2 computers).

I am looking at the 27in Retina iMac (I'll update RAM to 32GB by myself)
View attachment 108858

or a Mac Pro.

What scares me is the heat generated in the iMac. It'll wear the CPU and GPU faster.
What dislikes about the Mac Pro is the CPU. No i7 skylake.

Thank for your input,
Click to expand...



Re: Imac heat- I wouldn't be concerned. I've had various Imacs for years and they are always well engineered . I buy the extended service and never need it.
 
The skylake i7 in the latest 5k iMac runs much cooler than the previous generation and suffers no heat throttling which means it's quite a bit faster in real terms than the previous gen. I did some 3d rendering on the iMac to test heat and after an hour of solid rendering and the back was no more than warm and absolutely nothing to worry about.

The performance of the iMac is exceptional and for many tasks it's actually faster than the 6 core Mac Pro. If you are doing long form work or heavy 3D rendering it would be better to invest in a Mac Pro for very long renders. We do a lot of realtime motion graphics, video work and the iMac handles it with ease so a Mac Pro would be a lot of extra horse power and expense we don't currently need.
 
I upgraded to a 2009 mac pro, 12 core 3.46Ghz, 32GB with a GTX980ti. Maybe a bit overkill but I do a lot of concerts with multiple streams. It runs the UHD XAVC L without any issues, a big investment but I'm set for the lifetime of the camera now which I'm hoping is 5-8 years.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top