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Old April 19th, 2010, 10:18 AM   #1
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gonna buy..macpro..guide please.

hi..all
im going to buy a macpro..the Ist one in the apple website..(which $2499)

is this processor also called as 8 core..?

can i have dual display with the supplied nvidia card..??

those 3 gb ram (which comes with) are a normal kind of ram or fully buffered ram..?and how good it is compared to other..ram?

i do compositing and editing work (with hd footages)..so does this machine helps me for the time being?(until i get money to upgrade)

thanks in advance..it'll be very helpful.
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Old April 19th, 2010, 01:16 PM   #2
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The basic Mac Pro is only 4-core. The nVida card should be dual display. RAM is fully buffered ECC RAM (aka server class RAM). I would get the ATI card, as it will take better advantage of CoreImage/Video?Animation which Motion etc heavily use. Also as for RAM Performance Upgrades; FireWire USB SATA Storage; Memory, more at OWC has good RAM to upgrade your Mac, or just pay the $150 to get the Mac Pro with 6GB RAM.
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Old April 20th, 2010, 03:08 AM   #3
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And if you don't REALLY need one now... wait a little bit.
Mac Pro updates should be around the corner.
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Old April 20th, 2010, 08:28 AM   #4
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Just got the 2.93 quad core & it works great with motion. Don't know if you can get refurbished macs in India, but they are quite a bit cheaper. I got the 2.93 refurbished for the same $ as the 2.66 new.

The standard card works fine for motion, but you will need an adapter for your second display, as it has 1 dual link DVI & a mini display port. My second display is an older 19" VGA display, so I got a mini display>VGA which is a $29 adapter from Apple. They also sell a MDP>DVI for the same $ but if you need another dual link DVI, that adapter is $100.

My Comp came with 2x2Gbs ram and the machine was pretty much maxed out with just the 4Gbs. You can just add 2 ram modules, so I got 2x4Gbs modules (Didn't quite have the cash for 3) so I can upgrade to 12 or 16 in the future. **You can't mix the 4Gbs ram with the 1 & 2 Gbs modules.**

The 3Gbs will work but I think you'd be running it to the maximum most of the time. You can mix the 1 & 2 Gbs ram modules, but not with the 4gbs ram. So you could just get 2Gb to add to the 3 in the machine for 5Gbs total ram & that should hold you for a while.

But as Mathieu said, The new MP are suppose to be out by June if you can wait.
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Old May 3rd, 2010, 07:39 AM   #5
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got it..

thanks for the reply friends..
i bought the basic macpro..
it comes with 3 gb of ram..machine is pretty good..my doubt can i add a 2gb ram of the same kind..but from another brand..?
and so it'll become..5gb..is it possible to have a 5gb ram..?
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Old May 3rd, 2010, 08:56 AM   #6
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I think those machines can take up to 16Gb of RAM with current RAM offerings. I'm running 8Gb on my 7 year old PPC G5 PowerMac, and I sometimes wish I had more :)
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Old May 3rd, 2010, 11:26 AM   #7
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Yes you can add a 2 Gb ram for 5 Gbs. You just can't mix with the 4Gb or 8Gb.

Too bad your in India, as I've got 2x2Gb ram modules out of my 2009 that I'm trying to sell cheap.
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Old May 9th, 2010, 09:08 AM   #8
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I've been waiting for the next Mac Pro update. I read that the chips that will likely be used will not be available in volume from Intel for about a month. I don't really neeeed the upgrade, but I do dislike buying at the end of a cycle.
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