5 THINGS: Blackmagic eGPU Pro & 2018 Mac Mini vs FCPX, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, & Avid ep.304 HD

In this episode of 5 THINGS, Michael test drives & benchmarks the NEW Blackmagic eGPU Pro and a 2018 Mac Mini against Apple FCP X, Adobe Premiere Pro, Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, and Avid Media Composer. Playback, render, and export tests! Full Blog & Transcript: http://5thingsseries.com/blackmagic-egpu-pro-and-2018-mac-mini-vs-fcpx-adobe-premiere-pro-davinci-resolve-and-avid-media-composer/ Evaluation gear provided by Michael Horton / LACPUG RED Footage courtesy RED.com XAVC Footage courtesy Alex Pasquini / alexpasquini.com Cut Trance - Cephelopod by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100273 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ What 5 THINGS do you want to know about? Let me know! Web: http://5thingsseries.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/5thingsseries Twitter: http://twitter.com/michaelkammes/ Excerpt: 1. 2018 Apple Mac Mini What better machine to test how well an external GPU works than with a machine that has a horrible built-in GPU? Yes, tech friends, the powerful top of the line 2018 Mac Mini is built on Intel technology, which means there is a small GPU on the chip. While this GPU, the Intel UHD Graphics 630, isn’t going to break any performance records, it does provide a user with a basic way to feed their screen without a 3rd party graphics card. The Mac Mini also rocks USB-C for Thunderbolt 3 access. It’s this 40Gb connection that provides the bandwidth for an eGPU to shine. Slower I/O, like Thunderbolt 2 or even older simply don’t provide enough bandwidth to accommodate all that a modern GPU can provide. The new Mini provides four USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports, enough for up to 2 eGPUs. I also dig the legacy USB 3 ports, too…as we all have peripherals like keyboards and mice that still rock the legacy USB type A. Back to throughput, the 2018 Mac Mini also has an option for a 10GigE copper connection. I know, many signify 10GigE as a sign that it’s “for professionals”. Quite frankly, 10GigE is the new 1GigE, so if you haven’t been looking into it, now would be a good time. The Mini has many different options, from an entry level i3 processor to the midrange i5, to the i7 model that l I tested with. The units can be configured with 4 or 6 cores, and speeds of up to 4.6GHz in Turbo Boost Mode. For RAM, the 2018 Mini supports up to 64GB, Although you may need to take it to an Apple store to get it installed. You can also build your system out with up to a 2TB PCI SSD. My testing unit was the 6 core i7, with 32GB of RAM. I ran some benchmarks on the Mini and compared the results with other Geekbench scores of other popular Apple machine. Here, we have a top of the line 2013 Mac Pro, and a maxed out 2017 MacBook Pro, plus my Hackintosh build from a few episodes back. You can see the 2018 Mac Mini is apparently no slouch when it comes to performance. Plus, it helps that the last Mac P