Quoted for truth. Anandtech did a study on these 8 core intels and they go way past their TDP if you want to take full advantage of them.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13400/intel-9th-gen-core-i9-9900k-i7-9700k-i5-9600k-review/21
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Apple Updates iMac Lineup With Up to 8-Core 9th-Gen Intel Processors and Radeon Pro Vega Graphics Options
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Quoted for truth. Anandtech did a study on these 8 core intels and they go way past their TDP if you want to take full advantage of them.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13400/intel-9th-gen-core-i9-9900k-i7-9700k-i5-9600k-review/21
Yup, more so than CPU/GPU bumps any day of the week
The $700 1TB SSD pricing is making my eyes bleed!
Someone please tell supply chain Timmy that SSD prices are significantly lower than 3 years ago!!!
In fact a lower tier Sata SSD option should at least be offered over the craptastic fusion drives that are so 2012. 1TB Sata SSD go for $100 all day long. Meanwhile top tier Samsung 1TB NVME are around $200 now. The $700 pricing is pure greed.
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I just built a i9 Hackintosh and you need high end Noctua cooling, AIO, or custom water cooling if you really want that i9 to perform at full performance with 8 cores blazing at STOCK not overclocked speeds.... You're not going to get that with that dinky iMac cooler without fans blazing
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I agree with the SSD complaining, especially with the higher end default configuration. However, there is an option to update to vega graphics in the options when you configure a BTO. This was missed out in the article?
I agree about the 5400rpm atrocity but I think I’d rather have that than Apple shipping with soldered SSD. At least that 5400 is replaceable in the future.
Is it just me or are the bezels on one of the images on the Apple site a lot smaller than they actually are?
I would love for them to bring a redesigned iLamp. An ultra thin edge to edge OLED display floating in front of you with so much flexibility. I think that's the most iconic designed they've ever had and way beyond it's time nobody else can pull out a design like and I don't remember somebody copies it until recently when Microsoft released the Surface Studio.
Apple just doesn't care any more.
If you're unsure, take a step back and take a survey of what's been happening, it's as clear day.
They did the absolute minimum by only upgrading the CPU. eg It even still has Bluetooth 4.2 not 5.0 !
I don't mind this design but it has thermal issues, as well the mac mini does. They don't care about macOS, if they did care we'll be seeing better products than these.
If you're unsure, take a step back and take a survey of what's been happening, it's as clear day.
They did the absolute minimum by only upgrading the CPU. eg It even still has Bluetooth 4.2 not 5.0 !
I don't mind this design but it has thermal issues, as well the mac mini does. They don't care about macOS, if they did care we'll be seeing better products than these.
So besides marketing numbers, what are exact speed bumps against 2017 hardware? I have 2017 27-inch iMac with i5 CPU and 580 GPU. Is there notable performance increase with 6-core i5 and 580X GPU? I was thinking of selling it and buying mid-tier with 6-core i5 and 575X and 512 GB SSD.
Just saw the first Geekbench scores and it looks like iMac is still the fastest Mac in existence. CPU scores are just unreal for a Mac: Single core over 6,000. Multicore close to 40,000:
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/12463224
Has anyone seen Vega 48 compute benchmarks? Based on the 80,000 result of the Vega 20s, you could be looking at close to 200,000 !!!
Well, I bet in a week or two we'll see review sites benchmark these more.
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/12463224
Has anyone seen Vega 48 compute benchmarks? Based on the 80,000 result of the Vega 20s, you could be looking at close to 200,000 !!!
Well, I bet in a week or two we'll see review sites benchmark these more.
I remember I had a guy on here telling me that 5400 rpm was fine because he never turned his computer off and had all of his applications constantly running and never closed any of them... all on 4 GB of RAM, mind you (he was shilling for the 2014 entry-level Mini at the time).
Looks like a sign to finally upgrade our mid-2007 C2D iMac.
Very underwhelming, but expected..
Why should I get a new iMac(27", 3.7GHz 6-Core i9, 32GB Memory, 1TB SSD and Vega 48 w/ 8GB) for $4249.00 vs 2017 Refurbished iMac Pro (27", Beautiful space grey color, 3.2GHz 8-Core Xeon, 32GB Memory, 1TB SSD and Vega 56 w. 8GB) for $4199.00.
Why should I get a new iMac(27", 3.7GHz 6-Core i9, 32GB Memory, 1TB SSD and Vega 48 w/ 8GB) for $4249.00 vs 2017 Refurbished iMac Pro (27", Beautiful space grey color, 3.2GHz 8-Core Xeon, 32GB Memory, 1TB SSD and Vega 56 w. 8GB) for $4199.00.
5400rpm drives are slow garbage. For a "premium" brand, including these slow ass drives in 2019 is an absolute joke, and yes, the average consumer can tell the difference between a slow 5400rpm drive, and an SSD.
Flattering angle, that's it.Is it just me or are the bezels on one of the images on the Apple site a lot smaller than they actually are?
Wow cool, been waiting for a update to the line tho also a re-design would have been cool, tho no 16gb graphic option on 27” iMac?
It absolutely looks like they altered the picture to make the bezels smaller to me.
Are you being facetious? Anyone getting a 5400 drive is going to complain about opening times on apps and wonder why it's not speedy like their phone. Then someone is going to be like "oh you gotta get an SSD with those for that to happen."
