Basic 3D effects and New Mac Pro

Hi
We are running Premiere CC on the New Mac Pro.
We use a lot of Basic3D effects in our editing in Premiere.
After we changed our machine to new Mac Pro (black),
whenever I try to render the Basic 3D section or export the video that
has the Basic 3D effects, the computer crashes.
While previewing, it gives me some digital noize looking like
the software is having problem processing the video.
How can we solve this problem?
The premiere crashes without any warning.
I can force quit the software.
The only way is to restart computer by hitting the power button.
I restarted the new computer numerous times.

Hi Vinay,
Here's the specification:
[Mac]
New black mac pro
Processor 3.5 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5
Memory 32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 ECC
Graphics AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB
Software OS X 10.9.2 (13C64)
[Premiere]
Premiere pro CC Version 7.2.1 (4)
The type of media I'm using is Avi and Apple ProRes 422.
The effect I'm using is Basic 3D.
I had to restart my computer more than 10 times while I was exporting the sequence by hitting power button.
I finally went in to Project Setting and in General,
I changed the Renerer from OpenCL to Software only, it got stable.
So I guess is that the solution?
Is there other way to solve?
Thank you.

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