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Mac Pro GPU/Memory/CPU/etc Expandability
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[Lance Bachelder] “There’s nothing currently on the market “
But two years from now when I want to upgrade the GPU….
… unless Apple’s thinking is that the next step in TB will be out and I’ll just want to buy a new MacPro.
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[Charlie Austin] “[David Cherniack] “CPU and GPUs face inwards so unlikely.”
Why? Unscrew it, take it out, put in a new one.”
They may connect to the heatsink like a CPU does, with a layer of paste. In that case it would be a bit more complicated.
Jason Jenkins
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No whining from me. Power plus design. I like it. I’m going to order the minute this beast becomes available. Been waiting for it TOO long. FCPX is going to scream on this thing, leaving you stragglers in the dust.
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[Jason Jenkins] “They may connect to the heatsink like a CPU does, with a layer of paste. In that case it would be a bit more complicated.”
One thought is that not being “user” upgradable doesn’t mean not upgradable. Imagine having to buy an “official” Apple approved GPU and take it in to an Apple store (or ship it) to get upgraded… and imagine the cost or Apple encouraging you to buy Mac Pro Apple Care for that. Imagine having to pay for Apple Care annually for that service… and they have another revenue stream.
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[Charlie Austin] “Looks like you’ll be able to do that…”
And that makes me happy.
I have to admit when I first heard “expandable only through Thunderbolt” I was a bit worried that it would be like the mac book pro retina, with ram attached to the motherboard.
For my needs, the new mac pro looks like it might be pretty rocking.
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i think having a highly engineered machine with innovative cooling system get serviced at the store might be an advantage to many people
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[Charlie Austin] “Why? Unscrew it, take it out, put in a new one.”
You’re assuming they’re socketed. Possibly the CPU, I’d not be too sure about the GPUs.
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[Lance Bachelder] “I love it – probably the most powerful workstation to date, at least twice as powerful as anything any of us have ever used (unless you’re running a 12 core tower with dual K6000’s) and everyone is worried about upgrading. This thing is a beast, what could anyone possibly do to upgrade it? There’s nothing currently on the market that could make it any better/faster…”
This is no doubt a powerful computer, and no doubt an improvement over the very dated previous-generation Mac Pro, but it is demonstrably not the most powerful workstation to date. You could stick two GPUs in a PC with a dual-socket motherboard and have a vastly more powerful system. Heck, you stick four GPUs in there.
Apple has has no sustainable hardware advantage with the new Mac Pro over other manufacturers, any of which can and occasionally do put more of these same components in their systems. The new Mac Pro may have sustainable software advantages if Apple standardizes on this design as a platform and provides good tools to developers to exploit it with Mac OS.
I agree with you that this is probably a great upgrade for a lot of Mac Pro users here, but I disagree on the hype: there are compromises in this (as in any) design.
Walter Soyka
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Who said it is the end all, be all? Just hilarious all the complaints yet I’ll bet no one is running anything close to this in their workplace/home.
How powerful or expandable does a machine need to be? And if all you whiners really want/need lots of slots and upgradeability then just switch to a PC… simple. With a Windows machine you’ll always have first access to the latest and fastest graphics cards, memory etc. You can run Resolve, Premiere, Avid, Pro Tools, Vegas etc etc and never need to come to this forum again since you’ll never be running FCPX… 🙂
Lance Bachelder
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Yeah it will look pretty cool with all those rectangular expansion boxes hanging off of it to put my red rocket and Kona card in. Makes racking them in the machine room a nightmare.
Kevin
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