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Sorry it should have occurred to me that you’d already considered this.
I am so tempted by this just to futureproof myself against Catalina and no more Nvidia support from Apple. My hatred for the T2 chip architecture is already well documented upthread. Basically I’m in the same boat as Chris, but I’m more attached to CUDA support as working occasionally with tensorflow.
The only issue is my current GPU (running off a 2013 MacBook Pro) is watercooled and I don’t think there’s space for the additional fan in this case, right? It’s currently housed in an eGPU case but that needs thunderbolt, which the G5 doesn’t support. So I’d have to buy another GPU unless anyone has any suggestions. If I can overcome the GPU challenge I’ll take it.
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I've been editing on macs for 20 years but the switch has been on my mind since the trash can mac pros came out. Every time they update the os they add so many shitty little things that I just end up disabling to make it as close to snow leopard as I can. I've used pcs on and off at different facilities over the years and I've spent quite a bit of time remote editing on virtual machines, Avid, premier and after effects just work better on a PC ime.
Like I said the new mac pro is great but I can spend 3k on a pc which will get me an absolute beast and the equivalent mac pro is about 9k. -
If I'm reading you right you're thinking the Mac is a G5. It's the later mid 2010 these grater which I think was no longer a G5 because that referred to the IBM chip?!?
I've got the same machine Gewurst is selling and it has thunderbolt so I'm guessing it would be supported but that may not be the case for GPUs
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ThoseMac Pros are pretty roomy, I would expect you'd fit it in.
You may also be able to add a TB3 add in card to the Mac Pro using a PCIe (I have one).
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There's no cuda support for premiere pro on a mac but that's not the the only reason I'm switching.
I still need a workstation, not an all in one system and to stay with apple I'd have to get the new mac pro. Now I think it's a great machine but I'd be spending an extra 5k for essentially the os.