ritmoloco

My Conservatory will buy for my courses a new Mac Pro . I want to ask some advice about the best computer desktop between 4-Core or 6-Core to use principally for Max and Jitter. Is the multithreading processing better with more Cores? or is enougth to work with only Quad-Core and to ask for another graphic card (internal or external)? thanks a lot for helping me to get the best choice.

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If care is taken to make Max apps multithread-capable, then yes the 6-core will deliver more than the 4-core. But without care taken for multithreading the GHz count will be more decisive than the core count.

Tough call. It really depends on what kind of Max apps will be run on it and what the skill level of the developer is. These Mac Pro's are damn fast but it takes a certain expertise to get everything out of 'm, both on the CPU and GPU side. Inefficient coding will make everything run on 1 CPU core, ignoring the GPU's, and thus using like 10% of the full potential.

Running multiple applications alongside each other (Max and others) will benefit from more CPU cores. High-res, multi-display graphic applications will benefit from beefed up gfx cards. The higher the specs the longer it will take before the machine is outdated.

If care is taken to make Max apps multithread-capable, then yes the 6-core will deliver more than the 4-core. But without care taken for multithreading the GHz count will be more decisive than the core count. 

Running multiple applications alongside each other (Max and others) will benefit from more CPU cores. High-res, multi-display graphic applications will benefit from beefed up gfx cards. The higher the specs the longer it will take before the machine is outdated.


New MacPro Quad-Core or 6-Core for Max&Jitter ?