Is that correct, in that the m3 pro is only 6% faster than the m2 pro? Thats not too great - where the m2 to m3 is 20% gain...
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New MacBook Pro Reviews: Scary Fast, But M3 Pro Chip Has a Catch
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The M3Pro only has three memory units sitting next to it.
And, what evidence do you have that the memory bandwidth in any of these chips is a limiting factor compared to the rest of the system?
Other than the screen brightness and the chips, they are identical to the m2 mbps, right?
Simply people who already have Macs and want to have some fun too, like myself. I'm a casual gamer and never have bought a console or PC for gaming and I've been gaming on my Macs since the Marathon Trilogy on my Perfroma 6200.
If the M3 Pro is really benchmarking at only 6% faster than the M2 Pro, that seems like pretty good evidence that *something* is getting in the way of what would be expected to be bigger increases in performance. Cutting the memory bandwidth by 25 percent seems plenty significant to me.
yep, best of both worlds is a MBP and a PC with 4090's - connected with parsec for that WFH ease but still having the power.
You can have a 14 MBP hooked up to a studio display at home, and have a whisper quiet rendering box in front of you [fans are blasting elsewhere
]I will probably get a M3 Max just for quick viz and also improvements in day to day work, but certainly dont expect it to replace the rendering power of a PC anytime soon.
The lede is buried. The title of the article says "but there is a catch". From quickly reading through the article, I couldn't easily see what the catch is. *sigh*
It's using the same 140W power brick as previous Max, so probably not much hotter.
I get what you are saying, but I think this was a necessary trade-off for the ultimate goal of separating the tiers out further. This generational trade-off (m2pro vs m3pro) will disappear with future generations, and now they have 3 distinct tiers of processor which could make more sense. Before the Max and Pro were tightly tied together in core count and other features, with the only difference being GPU cores and monitor support. Now there is more of a spread between the models, with both additional GPU /and/ CPU cores on the max, and better memory bandwidth available at the higher end. I think it makes sense going forward.
I was holding out for the Mac mini m3pro but given the roughly side-grade of that update (there are still some nice new GPU features with m3pro), I'll probably opt for a refurbished m2pro model instead and not have to wait.
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That's because Apple won't commit to gaming. They want to throw money at gaming once in a while and they want instant results.
I’d just say foolish. Because if they are that foolish, they’d not be wealthy for very long.
Ouch. I feel attacked 😂😁🤣 I maybe foolish because I was thinking of selling my m1pro 16gb ram for an m3 max. I really need the ram and maybe some gpu/cpu power. (Needed the laptop and m1max wastoo delayed at the rjme). With the new m3max Compile times have gone down by more than 100% in some cases. (Firefox was 14-20 min down to 5min). I use virtual machines as well and foolishly only got 16gn of ram.
I usually delay myself to make sure it's not an impulse hype buy. I generally also get to keep laptops 5-8 years. First mac I bought is still around nearly 10 years later. My PCs are giving me too much hassle. Eeven with the better gpu and increased compatiblity.
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I think they like the headline, the media hype. Following through is a different thing entirely.
They have promoted gaming on iPads and iPhones for over a decade… and to this day I don’t have a single game on them. It’s a horrible experience. If they had brought out a custom, apple made attachment to convert it into a handheld games machine I could see it. But the horrible third party stuff that’s too tight, scratches your phone etc. no way.
Apple just don’t seem to do gaming.
It's so good to be in a friendly community of CPU engineering and economics experts with an experience of properly running a successful multi-billion corporations.
He can't stop one of these influencers from buying it and testing it, some of them do that and then just return it. So we'll get reviews eventually.
TBH , i wouldn't play any AAA game on MacBook Pro. Not because of performance , but because heat is intolerable and that way you are killing battery with excessive heat. For that purpose i'm using PS5 or gaming PC. I really don't understand Apple advertising for gaming. To pay 4000 - 7000 $ to play on MacBook Pro M3 Max ?! Ridiculous.