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2017 iMac refresh wish list [merged]
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I suggest getting along with the prices of Xeon CPUs. Skylake X will have much higher price margin than Skylake - X HEDT lineup. 8 core CPU can cost around 1.5K$, alone. GPU - another 500$. You already are at 2000. And you get 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB SSD as standard.
That is what an 18C Dell workstation with similar specs will run you and you don't get a 5K display with it.
Pretty awesome updates from Apple today. Should be something for everyone looking for an iMac. Although if you want true top of the line performance you gotta wait until december and stomach the $5k price of the iMac pro.
Yep, 5.5 TFLOPS. This is basically the same configuration as the desktop RX 480.
That seems like a silly thing from selling you on the iMac. They already seriously redesigned the cooling system. I think you have been spending too much time reading about PC hardware.
Yep, 5.5 TFLOPS. This is basically the same configuration as the desktop RX 480.
That seems like a silly thing from selling you on the iMac. They already seriously redesigned the cooling system. I think you have been spending too much time reading about PC hardware.
I am actually hardcore Liquid Cooling user. Every High End build I have made has Liquid Cooling. I know what can be achieved with it.
Is the 8GB VRAM version legit? Think it's worth paying for that model now, rather than waiting until December? I am only concerned about the heating issues that are already present in the iMac 5Ks according to posters here... if that's not an issue, I may pull the plug later. Cheers!
The iMac Pro will have much better cooling because it will be using much hotter parts.
I expect the 580 will have similar TDPs to the 395, both from process improvements and perhaps via mild under-clocking.
Hi CWallace, thanks for your knowledge - it's really appreciated.
Can you break this down for me further: Will the 580 provide the ability to edit 3 x 4K video files in a multi-cam edit in native 4K? If you don't know the answer to that, can you explain what TDP means? And whether you think the iMac will run cooler than last years?
In simpleton terms, what does this mean?
The 5.7TFLOPS will run a lot hotter than the 5.5 TFLOPS Radeon Pro 580 at 35w less?? Therefore meaning that it's more energy efficient? Do we expect this to run hot inside the current iMac chassis?
Since this is a new generation of chips, the 580 Pro is more efficient and should achieve much better performance than the previous M395X at the same thermal load. While obviously no one outside of Apple has tested them yet, it should run just fine in the new iMac.