Thanks so much for all interesting posts here about the new mac mini and eGPUs, esp. to F-Train.
But still I can’t decide if I should buy a new mac mini (with an eGPU) or wait for the next mac pro.
I’m still working on a Mac Pro from 2006 - Dual Core Intel Xeon 3Ghz, 18 RAM with a Radeon HD 5770.
Of course the silver baby or cheese grater is getting old but still reliable.
Working means: 8 hours a day with Photoshop and Capture One.
So I don’t need the new mac for gaming, rendering or movies.
I would like to know your experiences when it comes to huge files, lots of layers, masks, gaussian blur or liquify in photoshop on the new mac mini.
Can you work with it (even without an eGPU) or is it slow or even very slow?
Let's try a comparison:
If I switch off the AMD Radeon Pro 455 on my Mac Book Pro (from 2016, 2,7Ghz, i7, 16GB RAM) and continue working in Photoshop only with the Intel HD Graphics 530
it’s getting really slow with all the tasks that need a graphic card for example Blur or Liquify. I could not work without the AMD.
Is this comparison correct? Is the mac mini with Intel UHD 630 as slow as a Mac Book Pro with a Intel HD 530?
Next comparison: The new mac mini will be faster than my mac pro cheese grater. But is the Intel UHD 630 faster than the Radeon HD 5770?
Thanks for reading!
Silver Baby
But still I can’t decide if I should buy a new mac mini (with an eGPU) or wait for the next mac pro.
I’m still working on a Mac Pro from 2006 - Dual Core Intel Xeon 3Ghz, 18 RAM with a Radeon HD 5770.
Of course the silver baby or cheese grater is getting old but still reliable.
Working means: 8 hours a day with Photoshop and Capture One.
So I don’t need the new mac for gaming, rendering or movies.
I would like to know your experiences when it comes to huge files, lots of layers, masks, gaussian blur or liquify in photoshop on the new mac mini.
Can you work with it (even without an eGPU) or is it slow or even very slow?
Let's try a comparison:
If I switch off the AMD Radeon Pro 455 on my Mac Book Pro (from 2016, 2,7Ghz, i7, 16GB RAM) and continue working in Photoshop only with the Intel HD Graphics 530
it’s getting really slow with all the tasks that need a graphic card for example Blur or Liquify. I could not work without the AMD.
Is this comparison correct? Is the mac mini with Intel UHD 630 as slow as a Mac Book Pro with a Intel HD 530?
Next comparison: The new mac mini will be faster than my mac pro cheese grater. But is the Intel UHD 630 faster than the Radeon HD 5770?
Thanks for reading!
Silver Baby