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When pressed by Gruber, Ternus says that there are PCI cards made specifically for Avid, Pro Tools, video capture cards, networking, and even some custom hardwa
by musictubes 3y ago
When pressed by Gruber, Ternus says that there are PCI cards made specifically for Avid, Pro Tools, video capture cards, networking, and even some custom hardware configurations. The Mac Pro can also be loaded up with a lot of PCIe flash storage.
So yeah, a niche machine but there is a lot more to PCI than graphics cards.
- sudosysgen 3y agoYou can most of that via USB, though. And for storage you'd be better served by M.2.
- musictubes 3y agoProfessional AV rigs can get quite hairy. This video shows how one composer’s computer setup went from a pile of boxes and cables to a single rack mounted machine. I’ve set the playback point to where he shows the difference. https://youtu.be/xNrG2mwt4Uo?t=1995 https://youtu.be/xNrG2mwt4Uo?t=1995 And in this 4 minute video you can see all of his cards installed into his Mac Pro with nary a GPU in sight. https://youtu.be/kIQINCWMd6I https://youtu.be/kIQINCWMd6I And he is just a single person. Imagine a company with 7-10 or more of those machines for both audio and video production. Desktop “workstation” computers have become relics of a bygone age. Having one or two external graphics cards is really only relevant to gamers and hobbyist ML tinkerers. Actual model training is done on the cloud. The few people/organizations that actually use PCI cards in a desktop will be well served by the new Mac Pro.
- DrBenCarson 3y agoYou would but there’s a finite amount of M.2 you can put on a motherboard. NVME is just PCIE at the end of the day so expanding storage is a real use for these slots.