Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:57 pm
I'd like to replace my 2017 iMac with a Mac Studio. I know the MS will be much faster but I've not found a lot of more recent info on people's experiences--like June 2022 or later. Most search results are back in April, when folks hadn't had a lot of time on the hardware. I've watched/read lots of reviews of the hardware but want real world experiences.
So, any particular joys/disappointments you've had with a Studio? I primarily use BRAW footage (up to 7 tracks, 4K, 4.6K, 6K) and a varying amount of Color and Fusion effects. Yeah, pretty loose requirements but...
1) How many BRAW tracks before you can't get 30fps playback without proxies? Obviously dependent on the amount of color/fusion nodes, etc--again, looking for gut-feel experiences.
2) Rendering BRAW to MP4/H.265--good improvements here?
3) Places where Fusion doesn't seem to exploit the hardware's capabilities?
4) Importance you place on Max vs Ultra, 48 vs 64 GPU cores, 64 vs 128 GB?
My video is mostly on external T3 RAID 0 drive configs but I'd probably spend the money to max out the SSD (yeah, expensive but I *try* to not upgrade frequently.) Do you feel that Resolve is CPU/GPU constrained or disk read constrained (assuming good/great read speeds?)
Things I hope to improve when I upgrade: 1) much faster rendering for delivery, 2) smoother playback in the edit tab, 3) faster updating when Fusion tab changes are made.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
Kevin
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DR Studio (most current non-beta), macOS (most current non-beta)
2023 Mac Studio Ultra, 192GB RAM, 60-core GPU option