Will X99 ever be natively supported?

Now that z170 and Skylake are here, and it's been a year since the Haswell-E X99 chips came out (with no use in any Apple products yet), should we ever expect to see native X99 support?

I'm likely building a new machine soon and am considering the Haswell-E i7-5820K with the X99 chipset. I know some have gotten it to run OS X, but there seem to be lingering issues with power management, etc. Is it foolish to buy X99 at this point with the hopes of a stable and native-like OS X experience?

Any speculation or thoughts from those running X99 systems would be very welcome!

Only time will tell. Since only the Mac Pro would use this type of chipset, we'll have to await the new Mac Pro which, IMO, will likely be based upon the Skylake Xenon processor and X100 motherboard chipset. But, like anybody else, I'm just guessing...like the so called pundits.

What are your requirements for a new system - apps, games and/or...?

Thanks for the reply, Stork.

Yeah, I can't help but imagine that the next Mac Pros will be on the X100 chipset. But who knows, I guess.

I do scientific computing. Modeling work, number crunching, frequent VM use (where extra cores and RAM are nice), etc. My 3770k system suits me mostly well (could probably use more RAM), but I now have the opportunity to replace and repurpose it.

highlatitude said:

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I do scientific computing. Modeling work, number crunching, ...

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Ah, the memories. As a retired engineer, I have a FORTRAN compiler on one of my hacks to satisfy my left part of my brain. Well, good luck in your upgrading/updating your system.

Stork said:

Ah, the memories. As a retired engineer, I have a FORTRAN compiler on one of my hacks to satisfy my left part of my brain. Well, good luck in your upgrading/updating your system.

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Does anyone ever use Fortran for anything anymore? Last time I did any programming in Fortran I used Fortran 7. Years ago now!

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Does anyone ever use Fortran for anything anymore? Last time I did any programming in Fortran I used Fortran 7. Years ago now!

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Yeah, it's being used by scientist and engineers that want to spend their time analyzing the data, not programming C++.

Oh, well, we digress from the original topic.

Going Bald said:

Does anyone ever use Fortran for anything anymore? Last time I did any programming in Fortran I used Fortran 7. Years ago now!

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Oh yes, Fortran is huge in the climate/earth system/ocean modeling communities!

Honestly native support doesnt seem like that huge of a deal. So you are missing some power management features..... There is a big drop in electrical usage when the processor is idling, and if you are concerned that isnt enough, just shut down the computer when you are not using it. My X99 yosemite build takes about 20 seconds to boot up. So if I walk up and turn on the computer, then pull out my chair, sit down and move my mouse and keyboard into position, it is ready to log in.

Not exactly problematic.

So in terms of power management... are you talking loss of sleep?

Does speedstep work?