I don't think this is the reason, otherwise, all Nvidia cards will have UGA support.
I mean if NVIDIA is specifically partnering with Apple for their 20xx GPUs to be "stock" for the mMP.
I don't think this is the reason, otherwise, all Nvidia cards will have UGA support.
A new Mac Pro would support GOP cards
This is just what we "want", not really a fact yet.
Nvidia may be working with Apple, and Apple want to make the 7,1 so "special" again by keeping it with EFI UGA but not UEFI GOP. Therefore, even give us PCIe slots (this will be an extremely good news), and we still can't installed whatever graphic card we want (without breaking boot screen).
Modern Mac firmware does GOP. But no modern Mac has a card slot.
It would be totally bizarre to see Apple fork their firmware for the new Mac Pro and not do GOP. Especially with Apple already recommending PC Cards for the 5,1. I don't think Apple really cares about making the Mac Pro incompatible with UEFI, despite the hand wringing here. The reason the 5,1 doesn't support GOP is because GOP wasn't really on the market when that board was designed.
Agreed. I can see them deciding not to bother updating the 5,1 to UEFI/GOP, but it would be very strange to release an EFI 1.10-based Mac in 2019. But he's right none of us know for certain.
Updated post with new video and further information.
Looks all but confirmed guys.
Well... Time to save money... or write a letter to Santa Claus...
Don't say this! People need to buy the RTX2080 and sell the Pulse cheap to me…It’s nice to have, but nothing I’d ditch my 580 for. Just way to expensive for the addition of a Boot Picker. We alread have free and/or cheap workarounds that are good enough for most of us. If I needed a card in that price range anyway, then this would tip the scales. I don’t, so it doesn’t for me.
What's more interesting than the reality of the card itself is what (if anything) it means--both for the cMP and the 2019.
MacVidCards seems to indicate on Netkas forums that nVidia has snuck this feature in "while no one [was] looking".
He is verifying the EU reports, but seems ready to declare this a victory for cMP users!
This. Super interested in finding out what drove this!
Don't say this! People need to buy the RTX2080 and sell the Pulse cheap to me…
Love that guys avatar.
This bodes well for the 7,1 Mac Pro having full pcie slots I would think. After all, even a modular thunderbolt 3 connection couldn’t provide the same capability as an actual slot.
And I hope hope hope that rumor about the AMD contract ending with Apple is true and we start seeing NVIDIA dGPU back in MBPs as well.
And although people say if it ain't broke, don't fix it or just give us a box with PCIe slots... I would prefer Apple do something else. I mean, wouldn't you?
That would be cool to have PCIe slots in Mac Pro's again. But, I also sort of like how the trashcan Mac Pro is unlike Apple's nemesis, Windows PC's....
And although people say if it ain't broke, don't fix it or just give us a box with PCIe slots... I would prefer Apple do something else. I mean, wouldn't you? Just to have something to aspire to? Like the trashcan Mac Pro is aspirational. Or, the cMP before it was aspirational.
If, Apple brings back PCIe slots and just makes a box tower like the cMP, it would mean Apple gave up.
This is where the modular in the modular Mac Pro comes in. PCIe slots will exist in a modular way. Meaning, an eGPU like box with room for two RTX 2080Ti's with NVLink can be linked or connected to the Mac Pro with some kind of connector that offers full PCIe bandwidth....
And, the way the RTX 2080 is designed in such an elegant industrial looking way with Dual fans for quieter operation might be intentional with Nvidia since the Apple modular GPU-box will compliment it giving the user a way to admire their GPU's via gorilla glass... Apple will do something with the glass, maybe add touch bar functionality to it.
Mark my words.
And although people say if it ain't broke, don't fix it or just give us a box with PCIe slots... I would prefer Apple do something else. I mean, wouldn't you? Just to have something to aspire to? Like the trashcan Mac Pro is aspirational.
If, Apple brings back PCIe slots and just makes a box tower like the cMP, it would mean Apple gave up.
This is where the modular in the modular Mac Pro comes in. PCIe slots will exist in a modular way. Meaning, an eGPU like box with room for two RTX 2080Ti's with NVLink can be linked or connected to the Mac Pro with some kind of connector that offers full PCIe bandwidth....
Meanwhile back at the Ranch... A nice box is fine. Pros need a workhorse not a beauty queen. Something that can grow with the needs of the user, and keep up with the newest tech. as it comes to market.
Thats what the trashcan was. Trash. I use one everyday at work and I prefer my cMP 5,1 in my home studio..
If I want something beautiful I buy some Art..
This bodes well for the 7,1 Mac Pro having full pcie slots I would think. After all, even a modular thunderbolt 3 connection couldn’t provide the same capability as an actual slot.
And I hope hope hope that rumor about the AMD contract ending with Apple is true and we start seeing NVIDIA dGPU back in MBPs as well.
But, the trashcan Mac Pro is like so small compared to it and it kick its butt.
Some people would argue that the trashcan Mac Pro is a work of industrial design art. Industrial Design is actually an actual course in art colleges you can take.
A nice box is fine. Pros need a workhorse not a beauty queen.