macOS Sierra PB: Need testers for new AMD Radeon drivers!

[jerryy2345]

Well you would get an 8-10-12 or 16 core and disable hyper threading in bios.
Personally I would like a 16 core if it clocks to the same speed as the 8 core Ryzens.
As it is effectively 2 cpus welded together.. then there is a good chance it will.

Leaves a lot of head room to have multiple apps running in the background and while always having a core ready and able to give it's full attention.. 12 cores would probably be the sweet spot though..

I don't really game though.. people who don't want more cores seems to be mostly gamers..
Alternatively I would rather actually see fewer but much larger cores/cache.

I take it that you are hoping for more than slightly refreshed dual-core notebooks from next week's show.

 

[AlGrey]

Good news; RX580 will be supported

And vega

 

[DigitalF]

Hope, drivers will be available right in developers beta... But anyway, that's really good news, cuz as I understand there will also be support for previous Radeon RX 4xx series...

 

[Gigamaxx]

High Sierra! Here we come, available later this month for public beta users.

 

[khriswithak]

Any idea of how much the AMD Vega cards will cost (from lowest range to highest). Wondering if they will all be way out of my price range and I should just settle for a RX 580 card.

Do we know which Vega card version Apple is planning on using in the new iMac Pro coming out at the end of the year?

 

[Gigamaxx]

Vega is supposed to be priced right around the 1080-1080ti mark for the gaming 8-16gb models, $599, $499, $399, amd so on. Rumored to be competitive with the Pascal pricing scheme.

Initial launch, Vega Frontier edition? $1000, +- $200, similar to TitanXP.

 

[jerryy2345]

Vega is supposed to be priced right around the 1080-1080ti mark for the gaming 8-16gb models, $599, $499, $399, amd so on. Rumored to be competitive with the Pascal pricing scheme.

Initial launch, Vega Frontier edition? $1000, +- $200, similar to TitanXP.

Now you know why it has taken so long for Vega to be released, Apple bought out the supply .

 

[jerryy2345]

Well you would get an 8-10-12 or 16 core and disable hyper threading in bios.
Personally I would like a 16 core if it clocks to the same speed as the 8 core Ryzens.
As it is effectively 2 cpus welded together.. then there is a good chance it will.

Leaves a lot of head room to have multiple apps running in the background and while always having a core ready and able to give it's full attention.. 12 cores would probably be the sweet spot though..

I don't really game though.. people who don't want more cores seems to be mostly gamers..
Alternatively I would rather actually see fewer but much larger cores/cache.

Apple must have had you in mind.

 

[imuck]

this external gpu things makes me curious.
and i'm really excited what hardware they'll put in the new mac pro, since the iMac pro really is high-end.. but non-upgradeable, so this is a bonus for the mac pro.

 

[rhys216]

Apple must have had you in mind.

It's a bit late for them. I have a maxed 5k imac already.. but I prefer my hack if I'm honest. Have it setup just how I like..
Probably sell the 5k soon..

I know the imac pro is supposed to have improved cooling.. but I like a **completely** silent system when under load. No fans above 600rpm. Water pump isolated and undervolted.