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Nvidia Debuts New High-End Titan Xp Graphics Card With Mac Support
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i think, from now on, every mac with tb3 can support eGPU and plug any nvidia pascal like 1070 1080 etc, so i guess this is great news not just for the mac pro users..but for macbook pros,next gen imacs, and probably next gen mac mini with tb3 support
Right?
Right?
So instead of just saying "it's a ridiculous number and can't really apply in anything recognizable as modern graphics hardware" you wanted to run around in circles with replies and such trying to make me feel bad for... reasons?
Thanks, you're super helpful. And yes. Since you didn't specify what kind of screen, I'm pretty sure the digital watch I'm wearing has a compute ability below 12 FLOPS.
Some people seem too touchy.
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And it still makes no sense to buy this one unless you are dying for every last bit of performance.
You also totally missed my initial point, which was that I wasn't sure how far back you'd have to go to find a "computer" that could function with only 12 FLOPS of compute power. Someone else already replied and pointed out that really you'd have to go back to the original hand-held calculators, and provided a source for that assertion. That was useful information. Your replies weren't.
I don't know about that.. Think it can just barely keep up with my MacBook, but I will confirm when I get some new batteries in them to run some benchmark
Yeah I had these just sitting here ready for this glamour shot Will a regular PC version of the Titan X work in macOS? I'm guessing it'll need at least a firmware flash.. I'm just wondering if a lowly GTX1070 can be made to work in a hackintosh..
My question is... how would one use this w/ a Mac??
It won't fit in ANY of the current Macs & macOS doesn't support TB3 external GPUs, soooooooo....
The only thing I can think of that this currently will do is make it possible to run BootCamp games off of.
It won't fit in ANY of the current Macs & macOS doesn't support TB3 external GPUs, soooooooo....
The only thing I can think of that this currently will do is make it possible to run BootCamp games off of.
That would be the way to go, right there.
I know people have trashed the trash can, but the Mac Pro really is a good design, except for the thermal dynamic issues created from housing a power graphics card in a tight space. Those issues go for any system, Mac or PC, because the GPU creates the most heat. Make it external, and the issue is solved.
Also, the graphics card is by far the most regularly replaced piece of hardware in a computer system. Usually year after year, if you're a competitive gamer or professional graphics/video creator who needs the beefiest, most powerful GPU around.
Apple could solve two of it's most vexing issues with a eGPU- being able to upgrade and getting rid of heat.
There are already loads of professional applications that will utilize it. Most video editing and 3D software runs a lot faster with CUDA support, so being able to use the Pascal cards on a Mac is a very welcome development.
Haha was thinking the same thing.. barely faster than a handheld calculator..
Wikipedia source said:
Edit: Just saw someone beat me to the same quote haha.
It may actually incentivize me to purchase a new Mac Pro! For the price, the specs were incredibly underwhelming. If I can get same performance... oh man.
You mean like Metal which had been avaliable for Mac since El Capitan and in a second iteration in Sierra?
Glad they finally fixed the name. Everyone was calling it Titan XP anyway. Of course this is really a "Titan Xp 2" now, or if they went with Apple/Nintendo style naming, "The New Titan Xp"
Metal is still developmental and doesn't have the feature set to match Vulkan or DX.
12 FLOPS... Slower than my Mac Classic!
No way. A Mac Plus could do at least 3 kFLOPS double precision!
Is that so?
To me it seems develpers are moving to Metal for Mac games that are graphics intense and OpenGL (while still ubiquitous and probably will be for quite some time) is being replaced by Vulkan (which sadly isn't supported in MacOS as of now).
Games that utilize the Metal API on MacOS that I know from the top of my head: World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm (though in beta currently), Starcraft 2 (beta currently), Obduction, The Witness, Total War: Warhammer (not yet released), Dirt: Rally (not out yet, but I think it will use Metal), Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (should be out pretty soon).
So things are happening...
That's guaranteed. Remains to be seen if it will have standard PCIe slots, though.
People saying you can't game on a mac is more about market size than hardware. Still, I would love to run this card in Bootcamp.
Is it that bad? Well, at least it's obvious that focus is on Metal which the poster I was quoting didn't mention at all.