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    Premiere CS5 on a MBP with 9600m GT

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by pampas, Nov 2, 2010.

  1. pampas

    pampas Notebook Consultant

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    Well .. after almost killing myself on how to import, edit, export the video on the recent purchase I did (premiere pro cs5) I still have a few questions, altough I kinda got the main things ..

    So, how do I know if CS5 really uses the 9600m GT or it's only using the CPU? Adobe bounced a lot about how their software loves GPU-s more than CPU-s, but in my case the CPU runs hot at around 81 Celsius, while GPU sits at around 64 Celsius. I guess it's not really using any of the GPU functions, and in this case there is no reason to keep the MBP on 9600m GT, should I switch to the weaker 9400m? For the longer time on battery, since no improvements ..

    What about the new MBP, the latest one, is that Nvidia good for CS5? I do a lot of video editing (no big deals, just cuts and so, but the exporting process takes sometimes more than the whole night ..) and I would like to upgrade my MBP to something stronger ..

    Current MBP: 2.66Ghz 15" 4GB RAM, 256GB SSD.
    I aml ooking at an i7 2.8 with 8GB RAM with SSD.

    Besides the stronger CPU, if the GPU also helps I could see a faster video export. Just the CPU alone .. I don't know how much will it do. I am a little upset that the MBP line only got a little bump in speed ($$$$$)

    What do you think?
    Thank you :)
     
    pampas, Nov 2, 2010
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  2. cdcohen

    cdcohen Notebook Consultant

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    I just got the 2.66 i7 and with dynamic graphic switching, this has been my best Mac yet. You will not be disappointed.

    I had major issues with my last C2D 9600GT/9400M MBP15, when it came to doing video editing, and playing world of warcraft casually... I ended up giving this machine to my brother and some software updates seemed to help.

    As far as the CPU, the i7 2.66 (620) versus the i7 (640) is not a big enough difference for me to justify spending the extra $200.00.

    Good luck
     
    cdcohen, Nov 2, 2010
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