Installed Windows on Imac Pro. Don't want to go back.

[Pangalactic]

iMac Pro isn't a gaming machine... You could get an equally performing desktop gaming PC for less.

Of course, if I wanted to buy a pure gaming machine I would go for a windows PC! But since I already have an iMac Pro, I found using Windows on it to be very enjoyable and I rarely switch back to MacOS now. It's obviously not a top of the line gaming machine, but it's exceptionally good for the majority of the games since at 2K resolution I can play almost anything with max settings at 60 FPS.

Also, as an all-in-one solution, I think it's much better than anything windows has to offer. Great speakers, great screen, great port selection, supports eGPUs, very compact - I love it!

 

[_Kiki_]

Of course, if I wanted to buy a pure gaming machine I would go for a windows PC! But since I already have an iMac Pro, I found using Windows on it to be very enjoyable and I rarely switch back to MacOS now. It's obviously not a top of the line gaming machine, but it's exceptionally good for the majority of the games since at 2K resolution I can play almost anything with max settings at 60 FPS.

Also, as an all-in-one solution, I think it's much better than anything windows has to offer. Great speakers, great screen, great port selection, supports eGPUs, very compact - I love it!

Where do you see eGPU support ?

 

[Icaras]

Well I do, just because it's a workstation doesn't mean it cannot do other things

So glad you stuck with your guns on your response there. The old “why would you game on your Mac” bit is so tiresome. Some people just want ONE machine to do multiple things, and that includes gaming. Although I understand why some may go that route, I find it more of a hassle to house, maintain, and pay (both in product cost and in energy consumption) to run two separate Mac and Windows machines.

 

[maflynn]

The old “why would you game on your Mac” bit is so tiresome

I was pleasantly surprised at how well my 2015 iMac ran some games. I've since lost my windows partition thanks to Mojave, and at this point I'll not bring it back but I was impressed. I mostly don't game on my computer, I'm happy with my ps4 but it was and continues to be an option if I'm so moved

 

[G4DPII]

W10 has run better on Mac Hardare than Mos OS has done for a number of years. No need to use bootcamp drivers in windows. There is nothing unique to Apple about the components. Windows will find the best drivers on it's own.

Partition Drive > Install Windows on it's own > Install BootCamp Software only if you want a dual boot machine.

Do not install the half arsed half baked drivers Apple provide.

 

[ioioos]

I run a 2014 high end iMac (780m graphics) with bootcamp and its great for gaming. I love being able to run both operating systems and Windows 10 is excellent.

I actually have less problems with an iMac/bootcamp/Windows gaming setup than my Son's PC build. Sure I can't run the modern games in ultra, but I can still play every major game at medium to high.

I find myself in Windows 10 more and more. I swapped iMovie/Final cut express/iPhoto for Adobe Premiere/photoshop Elements and haven't looked back. Much better encoding options and much faster rendering.

 

[Glockworkorange]

This is just my honest impression

So, I've been using Parallels for a while to run various VM stuff, kind of got tired of it and decided to install bootcamp Windows on my Imac Pro (base config).

And oh boy was I impressed with how it runs!

Let's start with games. One of my favorites- Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. It's made in Unity and is available for both MacOS and Windows. Pretty good looking and not that demanding.

MacOS:
5k - couldn't even load, crashed all the time
2K - loaded up the intro and crashed right afterwards
1600x900 - kind of worked with some lag

Windows:
5k - fully functional with just a little bit of lag
2k - wonderful performance with over 60FPS

What a difference! And I know people will say that "game is not optimized for Mac" or "Macs are not designed for games" - that's absolutely true, but the same iMac Pro that can hardly play stuff in MacOS does wonders with Windows. And it's a wonderful gaming machine - sure it's not a GTX 1080ti, but in 2K it runs most games extremely well on the gorgeous screen.

Speaking of GTX 1080ti - why the hell Apple doesn't promote Macs for gaming with TB3 and eGPUs is beyond me (well we know Timmy only cares about iPhones at this stage, but anyway) - that could easily push them into the gaming market. Doesn't work with MacOS...but works in Windows with no problems. I've tried my 1080ti eGPU and everything on Ultra in 2K is just wonderful.

Now let's get into the more serious stuff, Premiere Pro - that was another shocker. Checked the rendering times, they are down like by a quarter! Wow! Again I don't know what Adobe thinks about Mac and Windows, just my observation.

Boot and restart times - actually faster in windows.

Overall I'm just very impressed with Windows on the iMac Pro - didn't have any scaling issues, works blazing fast, the majority of the apps that I use are also available, and gaming is an absolute joy on this (as opposed to MacOS)

By the way this is all just my opinion, if you love MacOS I have absolutely no objections to this - but at this stage I noticed that just don't want to boot back into MacOS the only two things I miss are Final Cut (yup, it's still the best One-Man-Army video editor in my opinion to this date) and a proper notification system (windows as far as I understand doesn't force all apps to use the same notification rules, so there are quite a few times when I get messages on slack/whatsapp with a number pop-up but no proper notification), everything else is very impressive.

Great, stick with Windows.
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Where do you see eGPU support ?

High Sierra, last update

 

[Glockworkorange]

I don't think anyone on this forum is going to recommend you install a pirated version of Windows in Parallels.