Get a new Mac Pro or wait?

[apolloa]

I purchased my nMP 6 months after the release date. I, like several others, made the mistake of focusing on some of the negative comments. This was followed by the greatly exaggerated expectations that an update/graded nMP would occur the follow year.

The best decision I made was to pull the trigger. To date, I've had the benefit of one hell of a fast and efficient machine. If you have a "special" take advantage of it.

Now for my opinion...as we all have one. The next major update will occur with the incorporation of TB3. Between now and then there will more than likely be bumps in the performance. And yes, you will continue to hear from the same people about how the previous model or hack'n sack system is/was better. Keep in mind, they exist on every forum.

Best of luck with your decision my friend.

Sounds just like the iPod Touch, so many people on here and around the Web including tech journalists declared Apple had killed it off, it would be gone by the end of the year, and then Apple launch a fully upgraded model with new specs.

Point being you can never predict what Apple is going to do. I think the only device it's killed off is the MacBook Pro 17".

So to the Op wait if you can, but 20% is a pretty good discount on a machine as expensive as that.

 

[wesk702]

The six core nMP isn't worth a £1000/$1500 when you look at the components.

I thought they did a breakdown with all the components with an equivalent PC spec wise and it was in fact a value?

Edit: here it is
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/arti...-pro-a-better-value-than-the-sum-of-its-parts

 

[linuxcooldude]

The six core nMP isn't worth a £1000/$1500 when you look at the components.

Considering the one I configured uses D700's, if I bought the PC version, i could not afford the workstation to put them inside.

 

[AidenShaw]

Considering the one I configured uses D700's, if I bought the PC version, i could not afford the workstation to put them inside.

Do you think that a D700 is a W9000?

LOL

 

[linuxcooldude]

Do you think that a D700 is a W9000?

LOL

Very close to a W9000. Yeah, blah, blah under clocked ect.

 

[tubular-]

Do you think that a D700 is a W9000?

LOL

Very close to a W9000. Yeah, blah, blah under clocked ect.

Out of curiosity...

Given that a W9100 has more RAM than 2x D700s (16 vs 12), 1.5x the TFLOP performance of one D700 and the issue of no Crossfire in OS X - shouldn't a single W9100 in Windows be very competitive, if not surpass, 2x D700 in OS X?

And if so, considering a W9100 is $3k, aren't the cost comparisons no longer valid? IE if building a Windows PC to compete with a Mac Pro, for the same price, having X99 and a W9100 it would be no contest performance wise.

Just thinking out loud, any thoughts?

 

[Stacc]

Out of curiosity...

Given that a W9100 has more RAM than 2x D700s (16 vs 12), 1.5x the TFLOP performance of one D700 and the issue of no Crossfire in OS X - shouldn't a single W9100 in Windows be very competitive, if not surpass, 2x D700 in OS X?

And if so, considering a W9100 is $3k, aren't the cost comparisons no longer valid? IE if building a Windows PC to compete with a Mac Pro, for the same price, having X99 and a W9100 it would be no contest performance wise.

Just thinking out loud, any thoughts?

Essentially you are correct, that the AMD W9100 (and other GPUs based on its Hawaii processor) perform better than the D700. Also keep in mind that the added cost of the Firepro line is mostly due to windows/linux drivers, and most of the performance of these GPUs can be found in the much cheaper consumer lines. For instance the same performance of the AMD 9100 can be found in the AMD R9 290x/390x, just without the extra memory.

Most of the hardware in the Mac Pro (CPU, GPU, chipset, etc) is 1 to 2 generations old, making it not competitive when directly comparing the hardware specifications and cost.

 

[tubular-]

Essentially you are correct, that the AMD W9100 (and other GPUs based on its Hawaii processor) perform better than the D700. Also keep in mind that the added cost of the Firepro line is mostly due to windows/linux drivers, and most of the performance of these GPUs can be found in the much cheaper consumer lines. For instance the same performance of the AMD 9100 can be found in the AMD R9 290x/390x, just without the extra memory.

Most of the hardware in the Mac Pro (CPU, GPU, chipset, etc) is 1 to 2 generations old, making it not competitive when directly comparing the hardware specifications and cost.

Ok thanks, I got a little confused when I saw a couple posters above mention that it was a value compared to PC parts. Maybe 2 years ago but definitely not now.