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Waiting for the 2018 MBP
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But AMD doesn't have a highend VEGA for laptops yet? Only the integrated VEGA version I thought...
They announced a dedicated Vega Mobile at CES.
And Intel doesn't have any new CPUs yet as well. We will still get them though
And as Poki mentioned above, dedicated mobile Vega has been most likely shipping to partners for some time now, just not in an released product.Ah cool then, I mean if it's ready in time to ship with the new MBP's.
When it comes to the release schedule, I'm afraid Intel is much more of a problem than AMD.
I'll just leave it here
https://wccftech.com/intel-leaked-roadmap-cascade-lake-sp-coffee-lake-e-h-s-cpus/
https://wccftech.com/intel-leaked-roadmap-cascade-lake-sp-coffee-lake-e-h-s-cpus/
I think someone already posted this link yesterday. Not a lot of useful information though. Just a few more infos about the 45W H-series 6-core i7 and i9 chips, as well as the 45W 6-core Xeon chips. Seems like the 28W chips will be the last at the party again.
Hopefully, 6-core i7 wouldn't cost you second kidney, if Apple decides to use that on the 15" MBP.
(Already the 15" 512gb model costs 3400€ in Europe)
What's the consensus?
We'll see a 6 Core in the 15" but no 32 RAM?
What's the likelihood of Nvidia 1050/1060?
We'll see a 6 Core in the 15" but no 32 RAM?
What's the likelihood of Nvidia 1050/1060?
6-core with 16gb of ram.
Likelihood that we see Nvidia at all in Apple's macbooks? currently almost 0%. Its going to be Vega.
6 core --> hopefully yes
32 GB RAM --> most likely not, as the new chips still won't support LPDDR4
Nvidia likelihood --> close to 0, due to TDP constraints and Apple not being on good terms with the company
Hmm, I guess I'll suck it up with this 2017 for a bit longer and upgrade in 2019.
Hopefully by then eGPU will be out of developer support.
Hopefully by then eGPU will be out of developer support.
I'm interested in those 45W 6-core Xeons, but as far as I know Xeons don't have integrated gpus thus Apple likely won't use them in MBPs but it would be cool if they managed to deliver a MBP with new Xeons and Vega. It would be a perfect mobile workstation for me (not considering outdated 16 gigs of ram).
They include the same GPU as the non-Xeon CPUs are are basically identical to the later anyway. At least according to the leaks.
Reasons such as this are why I'm giving serious thought to buying something like an Alienware desktop for performance, sticking linux on it and getting a 13" quad-core MPB as new laptop whenever they become avaialable
Probably not enough space at the logic board for that. Unless they can reduce the CPU/GPU package somehow (e.g. by using Intel's G series packages, but that would most likely mean no Coffee Lake).
32GB Ram would be great but only if Intel's CPU finally support it at low power consumption. 16GB is good enough though and I'm a pro user.
More important is a really good GPU that finally gives some kickass performance on the MBP and doesn't have all the issues that the new MBP's have with strange graphics/ UI artefacts and errors. Hope they can fix that.
If the new Vega GPU is really good then the MBP's can finally be a great gaming machine too. My gut feeling says yes.
More important is a really good GPU that finally gives some kickass performance on the MBP and doesn't have all the issues that the new MBP's have with strange graphics/ UI artefacts and errors. Hope they can fix that.
If the new Vega GPU is really good then the MBP's can finally be a great gaming machine too. My gut feeling says yes.
We will see what gives once new MBP's announced. But the examples (games) on the 1050 Ti that I've seen are pretty good to me. I don't need the very latest and most high-end in GPU's and for laptops it's not even possible unless using external GPU.
The 65W Kaby Lake G chips are only slightly faster than a GTX 1050 Ti. That's certainly nothing a new 35W Vega-based GPU couldn't do I think.
They need to find someway to get a 32GB machine even if it means a thicker case. Absurd when the iMac can go to 128GB. I can still remember the furore when the iMac got the G5 before the Powerbook (which of course it never did).
Don't you get... Intel's current CPU architecture does not really support 32GB for mobile. Unless you cram desktop grade ram into a laptop.
But sorry no I don't want Apple laptops to look like this...
I'm a pro user doing video editing and 3D graphics, Photoshop, etc and i don't know why people constantly whine about not having more ram. Not saying 32gb or more isn't nice but i have absolutely no problems working with 16gb.