OK, the shackles are off; yeah! The AutoDesk reseller down here - Cinesys - has it and I spent several hours on it yesterday. Spec wise, if your Mac Pro Model Identifier is MacPro 4,1, you're good to go. The better the NVidia card, the better it will run. Their Mac has a Quadro FX4800 and ran fine... I'd be fine with it. I'm told the 5600 now works perfectly in the Mac Pro. Storage wise -- this made me smile from ear to rear -- run whatever you want to run. Obviously the faster the array (ie. SAS vs. SATA) and the faster the connection (Fiber vs. SCSI) the better. Not having Batch is no big deal for me, I haven't been on Smoke since version 6.5 so I'm used to processing ;o) Hell, I do a shiteload now on DS & FCP!!! Is it fast??? Man, it screams! I look forward to hearing what you guys think when you get your hands on it.
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