To be clear the Series X doesn't have a 200W GPU. The whole system draws 153W per Microsoft. https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-network/power/learn-about-power-modes
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Major gaming news at WWDC: Metal and New games
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Okay, I used this:
AMD Xbox Series X GPU Specs
AMD Scarlett, 1825 MHz, 3328 Cores, 208 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 10240 MB GDDR6, 1750 MHz, 320 bit
Interesting. I wonder where they got those numbers from and why they differ from what MS put out.Okay, I used this:
AMD Xbox Series X GPU Specs
AMD Scarlett, 1825 MHz, 3328 Cores, 208 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 10240 MB GDDR6, 1750 MHz, 320 bitwww.techpowerup.com
Not to mention one’s an ultraportable and the other is a console tethered by power. Just the most bone headed comparison that fools no one.
I believe that the XBox Series S & X have had one small redesign already (just as the PS5 has had). Could they have switched out power supplies at that time?
They mention that this is a new model that essentially simplifies calling ExecuteIndirect.
Metal can build Indirect Command Buffers on the GPU that will allow a compute shader to create work for a brand new compute shader, which I'm guessing is the same as ExecuteIndirect (although I don't know enough about DX12 to be sure).
They also mention that this is a collaboration with Epic, so I'm guessing Apple aren't currently in the loop
It should be possible for Apple to add this paradigm to Metal if it takes off though.
I don’t really have anything to add to @jmho’s reply. I think CUDA had this kind of feature for a while. Not sure whether Metal’s GPU-side command buffers have the same overall capability, but they are definitely less ergonomic.
Fata Deum, a kickstarter project will come to Mac.
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Fort Solis got a release date, Aug 22 on Mac, PC and PS5, 9 days before BG3. Sooner than I thought! A new trailer is out.
Fata Deum - The God Sim on Steam
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Fort Solis got a release date, Aug 22 on Mac, PC and PS5, 9 days before BG3. Sooner than I thought! A new trailer is out.
Looks very Firewatch-y, which is awesome!Fata Deum, a kickstarter project will come to Mac.
Fata Deum - The God Sim on Steam
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Fort Solis got a release date, Aug 22 on Mac, PC and PS5, 9 days before BG3. Sooner than I thought! A new trailer is out.
Just to update as its been a few days. Been running this since the new update. I no longer experience the constant 1-2 minute freezing I was before. This is a good update! I am honestly surprised this issue wasn't more popular. I have 5 Apple Silicon Macs that all produced this freezing bug. Glad it's fixed though.
And the other thing that was fixed, it no longer switches my virtual desktop on my OTHER screen when I launch Steam. YAY!!!!
Well prior to the update Macs were in a bad place. Bad hardware, bad software updates, a decreasing userbase, and Apple basically spitting in the mouth of every game developer, so Valve decided "well screw you guys we're going home" and pretty much left the Mac client on maintenance mode prioritizing VR and their future Linux endeavors with the Steam Deck. Hell they're more focused on bringing Steam to ChromeOS than they are improving the Mac client, as evident from the fact the Steam Client STILL isn't on ARM.
I think you are overthinking this. Steam is pretty much horrible on any platform, Windows included. It's just bad product management and bad programming, not necessarily platform deprioritization.
There are simply no alternatives. Epic Store is even worse software-wise. But if you look at Steam support forums, there are tons of complaints and widespread bugs that take years to be fixed.
If it makes you feel any better it's also not on Windows for ARM either.
If it makes you feel any better it's also not on Windows for ARM either.
I don't see a world where Windows for ARM is a thing at all lmao. ARM is gonna be Mac dominated by the end of the decade.
ARM also has a healthy momentum for cloud computing. And with the new Nvidia superchip it’s establishing itself as a platform for ML.
Hasn't nvidia always sold system on chips with ARM cores (or at least going back to the Zune)?
Outside of data centers and the Nintendo Switch I don't see Nvidia ARM systems reaching general consumers. Plus when it comes to ARM desktops/laptops, the Mac is always what comes to mind. No one considers the Surface Pro X, they're looking at the Macbook Air and Pro instead, since the ARM Macs are cheaper, and outperform the ARM PCs.
Even Microsoft's own ARM SDK is more expensive and performs worse than an M2 Mac Mini.
General consumers, probably not. But I see ARM becoming more prevalent on servers. And someone has to program those. At the end of the day, Nvidia’s push for supercomputing will probably -paradoxically enough - be a good opportunity for Apple and Metal.
TBF the ARM devkit comes with 32GB RAM and 512GB SSD, once you add that to the Mini it is decidedly more expensive. Plus you can upgrade the storage yourself which the Mini really should have especially with all the wasted space in the base model.
First come first serve though? Although I guess they already skipped the BSDs and Haiku...