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nVidia GTX 1080

I hope we do get drivers for the 1080, I think I might do an Unraid hackintosh to replace my 5,1.

The hexcore xeon Mac Pro I got in 2010 has about the same power as my 4770k. Maybe I'll get a 7770k 8 core and just divvy up the ports and cores as needed.
 
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slughead said:
The hexcore xeon Mac Pro I got in 2010 has about the same power as my 4770k. Maybe I'll get a 7770k 8 core and just divvy up the ports and cores as needed.
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7770K, 8 core? Are you sure it is Intel's product? ;)

7700K. And highest core count is 4C/8T.
 
koyoot said:
7770K, 8 core? Are you sure it is Intel's product? ;)

7700K. And highest core count is 4C/8T.
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My bad, I didn't know kaby lake wasn't going to do an 8 or 10 core like the i7 6950k and the various 5xxxK.

On the plus side, kaby lake will hopefully push down those prices!
 
slughead said:
My bad, I didn't know kaby lake wasn't going to do an 8 or 10 core like the i7 6950k and the various 5xxxK.

On the plus side, kaby lake will hopefully push down those prices!
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Hopefully later on in the year we should see them. 10 cores on a i7 my how things have changed since ivy bridge EP

Of course that 10 core would be a skylake!
 
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slughead said:
On the plus side, kaby lake will hopefully push down those prices!
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Prices for what? Everything we know about Kaby Lake is that it has exactly the same price point as Skylake. Because it is fundamentally THE SAME architecture, on slightly improved 14 nm node. 200MHZ higher core clocks, without any improvement in IPC, and maybe 3% better power efficiency.

Only thing new will be Skylake-E/EP. But that is due Q2-Q3 2017.
 
koyoot said:
Prices for what? Everything we know about Kaby Lake is that it has exactly the same price point as Skylake. Because it is fundamentally THE SAME architecture, on slightly improved 14 nm node. 200MHZ higher core clocks, without any improvement in IPC, and maybe 3% better power efficiency.

Only thing new will be Skylake-E/EP. But that is due Q2-Q3 2017.
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Iirc skylake ep will use the improved 14nm node. Cant recall where I read that.
 
koyoot said:
No it would not. 75W GTX 1050 Ti, has 2.15 TFLOPs of compute power. Radeon Pro 460 at 35W has 1.86. Downclocking the GTX 1050 Ti to 35W Thermal envelope will give AT BEST the same exact performance.
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Please, stop basing arguments on never-to-be-reached mathematical peak performance.

If MacRumours would let me make a filter that said

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I'd use it in a heartbeat.
 
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AidenShaw said:
Please, stop basing arguments on never-to-be-reached mathematical peak performance.

If MacRumours would let me make a filter that said

IGNORE((member == koyoot) && (body CONTAINS tflop))​

I'd use it in a heartbeat.
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Read again. I do not think you have understood the post. Unless you are saying that GTX 1050 Ti in 35W TDP would not achieve performance level from Radeon Pro 460. Then yes, most likely you are correct.

And if you will want to say that TFLOPs is not everything. If your software is not optimized, or optimized for specific hardware, then yes it is not everything. When it is optimized for compute performance of the hardware - then yes, it is everything, regardless of your hardware brand.
 
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Great deals to be had on the 980 Ti. It remains one of the most powerful GPUs for Mac OS. I found an open box GTX 980 Ti Hybrid at MicroCenter for $331. The liquid cooling system is amazing. I ran benchmarks on it for nearly an hour and the temp never got above 56 C degree.

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SoyCapitanSoyCapitan said:
So the Thunder2 is still the easy bet with Sierra and MBP16?
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Unfortunately yes. It's the only Thunderbolt eGPU enclosure I've tested which works fully in both macOS and Windows for my 2016 MacBook Pro.

The Thunder3 is partially functional in macOS and works very well in Windows 10.

The Node does not work in macOS at all for external GPU. It is running well in Windows 10.
 
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theitsage said:
Unfortunately yes. It's the only Thunderbolt eGPU enclosure I've tested which works fully in both macOS and Windows for my 2016 MacBook Pro.

The Thunder3 is partially functional in macOS and works very well in Windows 10.

The Node does not work in macOS at all for external GPU. It is running well in Windows 10.
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Has AKITIO made any official comments on the Thunder3 eGPU for 2016 MacBook Pro?

I read your article here.
https://www.theitsage.com/thunderbolt-3-egpu-late-2016-macbook-pro/

Is their a reason that Apple has nixed the eGPUs on the market? Are they going to make one?
 
I can attest to the lower TDP in the GTX 1070 as an advantage. I tried both a reference cooler GTX 980 Ti and a founder edition GTX 1070 inside a Asus G20AJ. The 980 Ti was heating that computer up within 10 minutes of heavy use. The GTX 1070 would run for hours without issues.

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I can attest to the lower TDP in the GTX 1070 as an advantage. I tried both a reference cooler GTX 980 Ti and a founder edition GTX 1070 inside a Asus G20AJ. The 980 Ti was heating that computer up within 10 minutes of heavy use. The GTX 1070 would run for hours without issues.

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My experience with a GTX 980 Ti was pretty much the same as yours. I tried using a GTX 980 Ti in my hackintosh briefly and it was enough to cause my CPU temps to increase by several degrees Celsius even at idle. I went back to my old GTX 980 everything was cool again.
 
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pastrychef said:
My experience with a GTX 980 Ti was pretty much the same as yours. I tried using a GTX 980 Ti in my hackintosh briefly and it was enough to cause my CPU temps to increase by several degrees Celsius even at idle. I went back to my old GTX 980 everything was cool again.
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Had the GTX 980 Ti blower style or open air coolers?
 
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