^ That price though, hilarious (5149).
(I think I could buy like 5 equal of those used today)
(I think I could buy like 5 equal of those used today)
No kidding! I had to do a currency conversion to find out, for $6k USD I'd be better off buying a Mac Studio with all the accessories I need to transition.lol wow - imagine paying £5k in 2022 for a 2013 Mac Pro!
Honestly? I do. Given that macOS has a new number for every year it comes out (MacOS 20.0 = 2030 (8 years))
Once again, unless macOS gets really bloated for some reason that a 20 core cpu, 64 core gpu and 128gb of memory isn't up to par anymore, there is something absolutely wrong with macOS.
If were talking about lower end M1's then yes, I could potentially see some of those coming to EOL.
Anyone expecting 7+ years of active OS support from a first generation M1 machine purchased this year should contact an Apple Business representative and make your voice heard before spending cash.
There is a complete lack of transparency with respect to Apple's intended timeline and future support. They are not guaranteeing anything right now and never have. Everything is assumed, even the 5-7 year expectation.
Just asking, have ya'll seen any reviews on the M1 Ultra Mac Studio vs the cMP? I know its gonna be blown out of the water but I'd like to see how high it goes. ?
I feel as if I'm bottle necked by the CPU at times (more than likely single thread tasks) even though I have the maximum allowable Xeon to be installed on a 5,1. GPU seems to be alright for being a RX 580 as it seems if I go any further on a GPU upgrade that it wouldn't be much of a performance boost since itself would be bottle necked by the CPU's.You would be the first one to publish a comparison once you got both machines
Before that we could do a thought experiment. So here is what you currently have:
"MacPro 4,1 (flashed to 5,1) - 2x3.46 GHz X5690 Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 128Gb Ram, Sapphire Radeon Nitro+ RX 580 8GB, 1TB Samsung NVMe M2 970 Evo"
And here is what you plan to upgrade to:
"If I were to upgrade, the Mac Studio I would choose the 20-Core M1 Ultra/64-Core GPU/128GB/1TB model."
1. Same 128GB RAM and 1TB SSD capacities but higher throughput in the replacement machine.
2. More CPU cores with much faster single thread and parallel processing
3. M1 Ultra GPU with equivalent performance of overclocked Radeon RX 6600XT*. RX 6600XT is about 2X the performance of Radeon RX 580.
Bite the bullet now or wait for next year? If I were you, I would check:
a. is my workflow bottle necked by RAM and SSD throughput?
b. is it bottle necked by CPU performance? and/or
c. is it bottle necked by GPU performance?
If you're severely bottle necked by one of the above, you're going to see huge benefit in the upgrade. Otherwise, surely you will get a faster machine. But more productive output? Perhaps..
*Based on GB5 metal scores. I'm aware some ppl said the benchmark not fair to Apple GPU and blah. From the same metal score list, M1 Max GPU is about Radeon RX5700 XT. M1 Pro GPU is about Radeon RX580. M1 GPU is about Radeon RX560.
eGPU is far inferior to even PCIE2 16 lanes. GB5 metal test of cMP5,1 with RX-580 is better than 2018 MacMini maxed out with 5700 eGPU.but no M-class product released to date can even work with an eGPU
eGPU is far inferior to even PCIE2 16 lanes. GB5 metal test of cMP5,1 with RX-580 is better than 2018 MacMini maxed out with 5700 eGPU.
Depends on what you mean by "blows away"...Moved to a maxed out spec 16” M1 Max from my 12 core Max Pro 5,1 with 128gb ram/rx580. The new M1 machine blows away the older Mac Pro. I would never go back