In my opinion the best decision would be the top version with m395 because of the fusion drive (or the 256 pure ssd) and, as fat jez said, a better processor
You get a slightly faster i5 as well.
That's actually the point: you want at least a Fusion, so the first option it's a nono IMHO (7200RPM drive). The middle one seems reasonable, but the Fusion Drive you are getting has a poor 24GB ssd inside so what's the point? You have to upgrade. At the end the one you want is the third model which all in all gives you the best bang for your buck.Oh well, that's true. These 0,1 GHz will improve the the overall performance dramaticly
But the price differences differ anyway if you add BTO options. If I add a 512 GB SSD on these 3 Models, the price difference between the low end and high end is only 90€.
I wonder how close the 395 is to the 395x in Final Cut Pro X?
OK - so I did 8 Heaven benchmarks with the settings suggested in the first post in this thread. I have enclosed the results of the 1st and the 8th test - can you guess which is which?
The results of all 8 test are pretty much the same. So as far as I can see there's no throttling. Of course I don't know if a lot more tests will give another picture.
As far as temperature goes, the temperature goes to about 90 after the first benchmark and reaches 97 in the second. After that it is 98-99 and did not once reach 100.
As far as the fan goes, I can hear it when the fan ramps up when the temperature reaches about 99 degrees. But it is not very much - the fan is still very quite. If the sound bothers you then you seriously have a super duper sensitive hearing.
That's actually the point: you want at least a Fusion, so the first option it's a nono IMHO (7200RPM drive). The middle one seems reasonable, but the Fusion Drive you are getting has a poor 24GB ssd inside so what's the point? You have to upgrade. At the end the one you want is the third model which all in all gives you the best bang for your buck.
Now that is something I'm very keen to know. There hasn't been much mention of the new iMac in regards to video editing.
0.1ghz along with 0.3ghz in turbo mode and gpu bump for $100 makes the decision harder to make.Oh well, that's true. These 0,1 GHz will improve the the overall performance dramaticly
But the price differences differ anyway if you add BTO options. If I add a 512 GB SSD on these 3 Models, the price difference between the low end and high end is only 90€.
I dont have bootcamp but I can try Diablo 3 tomorrow. I dont know if there is a benchmark function ingame though.Do you have access to Diablo III, Tomb Raider, and/or Left 4 Dead 2? If so it would be great to compare with http://barefeats.com/imac5k13.html results. We could then isolate what the M395X is doing.
Also do you have boot camp installed? If so, could you please try http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ GPU-Z? If not could you go to system profiler and take a screenshot of your “Graphics/Displays” screen? (For reference, look at http://www.anandtech.com/show/9276/2015-15inch-retina-macbook-pros-dgpu-r9-m370x-is-cape-verde)
Do you have access to Diablo III, Tomb Raider, and/or Left 4 Dead 2? If so it would be great to compare with http://barefeats.com/imac5k13.html results. We could then isolate what the M395X is doing.
Also do you have boot camp installed? If so, could you please try http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ GPU-Z? If not could you go to system profiler and take a screenshot of your “Graphics/Displays” screen? (For reference, look at http://www.anandtech.com/show/9276/2015-15inch-retina-macbook-pros-dgpu-r9-m370x-is-cape-verde)
Technically, only the first post is supposed to be interesting, assuming that fruitpunch.ben is keeping up.This thread is sure getting off topic. I was mainly interested in the original subject and it is beginning to get frustrating wading through the rest.
The Iris Pro doesn't support 5k. Perhaps Apple wanted to take advantage of market segments that consider graphics cards to be an expensive extravagance, but for some reason, won't be satisfied with the 4k. It's an awful lot of money to pay for user accessible dimm slots, so maybe the extra resollution is compelling.Am I reading those GFXBench marks wrong or is the m380 underpowered compared to the other cards? I know that was obvious, but it looks pretty significant.
I've now got my i7 395X up and running in Windows, after an absolute NIGHTMARE transferring my Thunderbolt SSD Boot Camp partition over to the new Mac. Don't ask…
Anyway, while I don't have any good news for those 'upgrading' from a 295X, I think I've got some positive numbers for those stepping up from the late 2012 680MX.
I benchmarked Batman Arkham City and Company of Heroes 2, and at 1440p under the exact same settings (everything essentially on 'maximum', with Vsync off) on both machines, I got…
Batman, 680MX:
Minimum FPS: 20
Maximum FPS: 30
Average FPS: 29
Batman, 395X
Minimum FPS: 17
Maximum FPS: 58
Average FPS: 29
So, apart from that weird maximum, kinda meh. However…
CoH2, 680MX
Minimum FPS: 7.28
Maximum FPS: 20.25
Average FPS: 13.26
CoH2, 395X
Minimum FPS: 8.70
Maximum FPS: 30.04
Average FPS: 20.05
So, while the 395X doesn't appear to be any kind of giant leap beyond the 680MX in the 2012, it is a bit of an upgrade. And man, that screen…
Hope that helps. I'm certainly sold, anyway.
Finally some light at the end of the tunnel. I am still waiting for my 395x machine (should come Thursday). I am also upgrading from the 2012 machine...How about the heat issue and the noise. Did you notice any difference to the 2012 machine? If you have any more comparison between the 680MX and the 395x, pleeeaaasseee share!![]()
Oh well, that's true. These 0,1 GHz will improve the the overall performance dramaticly
But the price differences differ anyway if you add BTO options. If I add a 512 GB SSD on these 3 Models, the price difference between the low end and high end is only 90€.
Have you run gfxbench? Have you looked at the visuals?And I think even the difference between the the M390 and M395 is also not really worth the extra +300$. OK, you also get a bigger Fusion drive with that extra, but even when you count 100$ for the bigger Fusion the performance boost isn't that much.