Which MacBook 16“ config

[enemy14123]

Hello

i want to buy a nee MacBook Pro 16“.
Im coming from a mid 2012 Retina 15“.

I use the MacBook for lightroom and Ps.
In Future i will buy a Sony A7r4 61mp Pixel Monster.

now i cant decide between These configs.

1) 2.4 i9 (is ist worth the 220€?)
32gb RAM
5500m 8gb
2tb ssd


2) 2.4 i9
64gb RAM
5500m 8gb
1 tb ssd

Greetings

 

[casperes1996]

Neither. Get that 2.4GHz processor out of here, and get the 2.3GHz version.
Under absolutely optimal, perfect circumstances, the difference is about 4% between the two.

Regarding the config question you actually asked, I don't think you'll ever need 64gigs, but you can always add external storage, you can't add extra RAM, so if you think you might need it there's that. But I really don't think you'll need more than 32GB, so if you feel the extra SSD would add convenience I'd take that.

 

[maflynn]

now i cant decide between These configs.

1) 2.4 i9 (is ist worth the 220€?)
32gb RAM
5500m 8gb
2tb ssd


2) 2.4 i9
64gb RAM
5500m 8gb
1 tb ssd

Another vote for neither.

32GB of ram is overkill, never mind 64GB. I'm not sure about the 5500M, I suppose its a nice to have but LR and I suppose PS won't fully leverage the power of the GPU.

As for the SSD, its either you need 2 TB of storage or you don't. If you don't stick with 1TB.

 

[casperes1996]

32GB of ram is overkill, never mind 64GB. I'm not sure about the 5500M, I suppose its a nice to have but LR and I suppose PS won't fully leverage the power of the GPU.

PS won't. But if you get the second tier of base config, which is the only way to get the 2.3GHz i9 which is much, much better value than the 2.4GHz, you get the 5500M with it, which makes a lot more sense

 

[rex450se]

I'd go with the 2.3GHz i9, 64GB Ram, 8GB 5500M and the 2TB SSD. Those A7R4 files are a monster. The CPU spec bump isn't needed, and the Ram from 32GB to 64GB probably isn't either but if you start stitching panoramic's together or working with multiple images at once you'd rather not find out that you should have gone with more, as at that point there isn't much you can do. I'd also go with 2TB of storage so you can work with a bunch of images quickly. I'd rather work off of the internal storage, then once complete offload to external drives, but I hate trying to rely on that connection when on a plane or moving about. 2TB will allow you to move a whole project, like a wedding or photo shoot, and work off the faster hard drive before you need to move files because your hard drive is full. I've got an A7III with considerable smaller files and I have about 600GB of files I'm currently working on my laptop across numerous projects. It's so much easier not having to worry about moving files around to fit the next project.

 

[velocityg4]

RAM:
Going by the calculation on CGDirector. Assuming 61MP resolution and 14bpc. You would need 320 MB RAM per layer in Photoshop. Taken to the extreme with Pixel Shift providing 240.8MP you'd need 1,264 MB RAM per layer in Photoshop. With other RAM hungry programs running, a lot of layers in Photoshop or multiple images opened in Photoshop. I suppose taken to the extreme. You could use more than 32GB RAM editing shots from that Sony camera.

If the document size of your files are over 1GB. Puget Systems recommends 64GB RAM.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/recomm...-Adobe-Photoshop-139/Hardware-Recommendations

SSD:
Given the massive files sizes. Definitely 2TB. I imagine you'll also be using a NAS or external RAID for those huge images.

CPU: As has been said. Not worth the upgrade.

GPU: Photoshop doesn't use the GPU much. Even in the GPU accelerated tasks. There is only a small benefit over integrated graphics. Once you hit the performance of a mid range GPU like a GTX 1060 or even a 1050. There is practically no difference betweeen that and a monster like a Titan RTX 24GB.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Photoshop-CC-2017-NVIDIA-GeForce-GPU-Performance-899/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...IA-GeForce-RTX-2080-2080-Ti-Performance-1235/
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...-Roundup-NVIDIA-SUPER-vs-AMD-RX-5700-XT-1552/

I'd likely go with
- i9 2.3Ghz
- 64GB RAM
- 2TB SSD
- 4GB 5500M

It's $100 more than you were planning to spend but the safer bet. Although you'd likely be fine with 32GB RAM. It's a 10% cost increase to go from should be enough RAM to definitely enough RAM.

 

[enemy14123]

Thank you all for all replies ☺️

 

[badsimian]

I agree with the last suggestion. If they did a 2.3GHz with 5300 I’d get that then get the ram and storage which will be more meaningful overall.

 

[enemy14123]

So Guys

Thank you all for your help

I have 10 percent discount of my BTO order in Austria

Here is the config I ordered.

Prozessor: 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 Prozessor
Display: 16" Retina
Farbe: SpaceGrau
Arbeitsspeicher: 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4 SDRAM
Festplatte: 2 TB SSD Speicher
Grafikunterstützung: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB

4.283 Euro

 

[aclarubicin]

So Guys

Thank you all for your help

I have 10 percent discount of my BTO order in Austria

Here is the config I ordered.

Prozessor: 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 Prozessor
Display: 16" Retina
Farbe: SpaceGrau
Arbeitsspeicher: 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4 SDRAM
Festplatte: 2 TB SSD Speicher
Grafikunterstützung: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB

4.283 Euro

how’d you get the discount?

 

[enemy14123]

Black Friday by Mcshark

 

[littlepud]

I have a i9 2.3, 32 GB, 5500M 8 GB, 1 TB on order.

 

[TheRealAlex]

Perfect config,

WiFi 6 and a 10nm Intel i7 10510U

 

[enemy14123]

I was very happy for this 500€ Discount
This was My black friday purchase

 

[casperes1996]

WiFi 6 and a 10nm Intel i7 10510U

Why would you want a CPU so substantially less powerful? Also the 10510U is 14nm

 

[mikedit]

I have a i9 2.3, 32 GB, 5500M 8 GB, 1 TB on order.

Ordered the same on Thursday this week.

 

[TheRealAlex]

Why would you want a CPU so substantially less powerful? Also the 10510U is 14nm

Sorry I meant 13” config which I’m sure Apple will update to 14” MBP soon. I just can’t deal with the security vulnerabilities of Zombie load and Spectre and Meltdown.
by 10th Gen 10nm Gen Sunnycove or better.

 

[casperes1996]

Sorry I meant 13” config which I’m sure Apple will update to 14” MBP soon. I just can’t deal with the security vulnerabilities of Zombie load and Spectre and Meltdown.

Right. Well, good news then, there are new vulnerabilities discovered that affect Intel's hardware mitigated chips as well

by 10th Gen 10nm Gen Sunnycove or better.

The way 10th gen is split currently, the best CPUs are on 14nm with the best iGPUs on 10nm