
Apple Introduces New High-End Graphics Options for Mac Pro
Apple today began offering new high-end graphics upgrade options for both the tower and rack versions of the Mac Pro desktop computer. This comes on...

The W6800X Duo sounds lit. Looks like the standalone cost will be around £5000.
Yeah 11.4There’s only drivers for these in Big Sur yeah? Not for Catalina?
The W6800 Duo seems like the best balance here - the W6900x does seem pretty expensive for a single GPU. Curious if the 60 vs 80 CU makes a huge difference, but I still rather have 2x W6800 for the same or less price I think€6900.00 for the W6900X.... good grief.
Not to mention, you should double-check and make certain your workflow can use multiple GPU's.I'm not so sure. They've used the 6800 for it (rather than the 6800xt), so the actual difference in compute power (compared to the Vega II) is most likely going to be pretty negligible.
I'm not so sure. They've used the 6800 for it (rather than the 6800xt), so the actual difference in compute power (compared to the Vega II) is most likely going to be pretty negligible.
Resolve uses multiple GPUs just fine.Not to mention, you should double-check and make certain your workflow can use multiple GPU's.
Not completely. It is removed from the Mac Pro BTO page but you can still buy it as an after purchase option.Looks like Apple just removed the Vega II options from the store.
So I’m confused which would be more powerful out of aIt'll surely be wayyyy faster than a Vega II and decently faster than a Vega II Duo (at around the same price).
If the metal benchmark for a single W6800 is 143,840 and the Duo roughly doubles it, it'll be a massive 287,680.
If the Vega II Duo is around 196,604 (just a rough doubling from the chart below) then the new Duo 2 would be about 46% faster.
Maybe not worth it if you already own a Vega II Duo, but a great update from something like the W5700X... a lot of people bought that card anticipating these Big Navi cards.
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On Barefeats.com which I think is the best resource for it, the Geekbench Metal scores come in at:So I’m confused which would be more powerful out of a
Radeon Pro Vega II MPX Module
And say a single 6800x module?
On Barefeats.com which I think is the best resource for it, the Geekbench Metal scores come in at:
VEGA II: 98,302
W6800: 143,840
6900 XT: 175,078
There may be some differences between the AMD W6800 and the Apple MPX module, but probably not by much.
So I would say that these do make the Vega II cards obsolete (in terms of if you wanted to buy now) which is why it looks like they're being phased out.
Obviously if you already have one they're still great and indeed may not be worth upgrading if they get the job done.