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They said they can't spec bump it. https://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives https://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives > I think we desig
by dfabulich 9y ago
They said they can't spec bump it. https://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives https://daringfireball.net/2017/04/the_mac_pro_lives
> I think we designed ourselves into a bit of a thermal corner, if you will. We designed a system with the kind of GPUs that at the time we thought we needed, and that we thought we could well serve with a two GPU architecture. That that was the thermal limit we needed, or the thermal capacity we needed. But workloads didn’t materialize to fit that as broadly as we hoped.
- steve_musk 9y agoSeems like a poor excuse. Just add in modern CPUs with the same TDP, and for the GPUs two Quadro 5000s (I think even the 6000 would work) have lower TDP than the FirePro D700s currently used.
- ksec 9y agoTo be more precise, according to Anandtech, their design wasn't able to cool 250W GPU in it. This significantly limit the GPU selection they had. The biggest problem is how they didn't know this when they were designing it? And how they managed to find out in 2014 and didn't spoke a word until 2017. And now their answer is 2019. Not to mention, as the OP suggest, they could have fitted Modern Intel CPU and 150W Vega GPU in it, and sell it for lower price.