Re: New Black Mac Pro vs last Gen
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:54 pm
Sounds like you have a 1,1 or 1,2. Your friend may have a newer machine. Big advances have been made in the years since Apple switched to Intel CPUs. Google Geekbench scores or download Mactracker and and compare for an idea.
Altiverb is no longer a concern on newer machines, but I even recall being able to run three or four with a few VI's to boot on my G5 Quad. Now I almost always have at least four Altiverb instantiations running in DP, usually with a number of VI's and tons of other plug ins. Too many VI's will push my Mac at buffer of 64, but I have so far been able to run every project, including some very beefy ones, with a buffer of 128 all the way from start to finish with CPU headroom to spare.
Altiverb is no longer a concern on newer machines, but I even recall being able to run three or four with a few VI's to boot on my G5 Quad. Now I almost always have at least four Altiverb instantiations running in DP, usually with a number of VI's and tons of other plug ins. Too many VI's will push my Mac at buffer of 64, but I have so far been able to run every project, including some very beefy ones, with a buffer of 128 all the way from start to finish with CPU headroom to spare.