Today we received our Mac Pro with 2 Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs installed. A few minutes after unpacking it Serendipity Blackmagic 3.3 was up and running. A quick inspection of the “Cluster Manager” window revealed a speed rating of 705 !!
Blackmagic 3.3 includes a new feature which allows multiple jobs imaging and rendering at the same time, up to a maximum of 2 x the number of CPUs, to better utilise quad core processors. Here are some results from our first run on the Mac Pro.
In all cases we submitted 2 8 up screened jobs and timed how long it took from start to finish including spooling, imaging and rendering.
Case 1: 1 imaging and 1 rendering job allowed: Time taken 7 minutes 33 seconds
Case 2: 2 Imaging and 2 rendering jobs allowed: Time taken 5 minutes 59 seconds
As you can see the new feature really takes advantage of the 4 cpus in the Mac Pro. Expect Blackmagic 3.3 to be released in the next day or two.
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