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AMD M395X in new Retina iMac
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I'll try to get the M395 in-store today. I'll post the cinebench.
Please keep me updated - I'd love to post my scores in your post. Got the same config, but an i5 in a week.
Got that same model but with 1TB SSD and i5 3.3 in hopes that I'll be able to get screaming PS performance and good 4k editing. Can't wait! The 2010 iMac I'm writing this on is on its last legs.Yeah, you're right..
I don't think that the Apple Stores will have every model in stock for benchmarking and testing to our liking. As for me, I already ordered a i5/M395X/512GB device which I get early next week. Maybe I start a thread here because I intend to install Win 10 and we know everyone loves performance questions
Sorry no, I will compare with the m395x users here. I don't own any AMD desktop cards but I do have a GTX 970
If you are working on long form projects, or things with a lot of effects that will need to render out, the i7 CPU would be very helpful. Just sayin'
The refub offerings from Apple haven't changed in price yet, but that's to be expected. Maybe the 2014s will be cheaper in a few months once 2015 refurbs start showing up.
Definitely do a thread...that's probably the machine I'd pick if I had to pick today.Yeah, you're right..
I don't think that the Apple Stores will have every model in stock for benchmarking and testing to our liking. As for me, I already ordered a i5/M395X/512GB device which I get early next week. Maybe I start a thread here because I intend to install Win 10 and we know everyone loves performance questions
I revised my order and choose the m380 over the m395x. The integrated graphic itself can already run two 5k display so It will be fine for my needs.
I don't think that this is a hard time limit. They constantly evaluate what's best for their needs at that time, thus the change to NVIDIA when they were perfectly efficient and fast, now the tides go back because AMD is top dog when it comes to parallel computing - CUDA is a mess.
i dont think they are going to switch to nvidia. as they write their own Metal libary specificaly for AMD
Isn't Metal close to DX12? I guess it would be independent, because iMacs from 2012 support Metal as well and they all have NVIDIA and Intel graphics...
At this rate Apple should just buy AMD's GPU division as they seem to be the only OEM using their mobile GPU's these days. It would hurt them like me buying a steak dinner for a couple of friends, heck it should be even cheaper than Beats.