ATI GPU the right choice?

[Lance Bachelder]

I agree Apple won’t be paying retail, they’ll be buying a special OEM config and not a full blown PCIe version. But that doesn’t mean we won’t be paying retail for it. A single, less powerful W8000 goes for around $1,400 street price so how much might Apple charge for TWO more powerful GPU’s in a BTO? My guess is a 12 core maxed out Mac Pro will be well north of 7 grand.

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1680680/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[Bill Davis]

I understand that.

But when I read the R2DX size specifications, the very first thing I thought was …

Wow, they just saved themselves a TON of money on logistics and shipping over the old form factor.

A shipping container that could maybe hold 100 full sized MacPros – can probably hold 250 of these little guys.

I think that’s part of the game Apple plays.

Sometimes smaller IS better.

Essentially, why exactly do I still need to rack mount stuff?

I actually sit at a Middle Atlantic desk with a bridge that has two 4 bay rack units built in.
Once upon a time that rack bridge held Tektronic scopes and a monitor switcher and an audio patch bay – none of which I’ve used in at least 5 years.

Today, the only thing I’m still using is a 8 switch power controller that lets me turn on the lights under my desk, a switch for the sub woofer I use when I have to monitor audio that needs full range low end playback – and a switch that turns on the suspended monitor I use for watching the news during my down time.

Everything else on the bridge AND in my 24 space deskside rack stays OFF 95% of the time.

Time to reorganize my space I guess.

I’m configured for a world I USED to work in. Which actually, I didn’t notice until right now.

I can envision right where a MacPro Tube will sit on the bridge at eye height – and unlike my current MacPro – I bet I can retire the Middle atlantic fan-cooled side unit where my old MacPro sits enclosed for sound baffling.

Progress!

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