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> Yes, definitely not true for all programmers. I guess with games, if you cannot get real time with instant compiles development experience with 120fps running
by maccard 5y ago
> Yes, definitely not true for all programmers. I guess with games, if you cannot get real time with instant compiles development experience with 120fps running 8k in debug mode, there is a room for improvement.
Day to day that doesn't matter. I work on multiplayer games, and being able to run 8/12/16 clients on one machine at 10 fps at ultra low graphics is far more important than being able to run stupid resolutions. You do bring up another point though - GPU performance. Apologies for the links but I'm on my phone, but [0] and [1] have 3dmark benchmarks for the M1 GPU and an RTX 3090 GPU - the 3090 scores twice what the M1 GPU does. This might not be important to you, but it is to some people.
> And for my workloads, the laptop is no more a limiting factor
Ultimately that's all it comes down to. If you're not limited by the form factor/performance of a laptop power to you, but some of us are!
[0] https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-M1-GPU-GPU-Benchmarks-and-Specs.503610.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-M1-GPU-GPU-Benchmarks-an...
[1] https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-3090-GPU-Benchmarks-and-Specs.495276.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-3090-GPU-Be...
- Aeolun 5y ago> the 3090 scores twice what the M1 GPU does It helps that you can buy a maxed out macbook pro for the price of a single 3090 though.
- maccard 5y agoI can buy a high spec showhorse for $40k, or a new mid range sedan for $40k. That doesn't mean that the maxed out showhorse will work for commuting to work every day.
- CobaltFire 5y agoA 3090 is $2300 right now, even paying the scalper tax. How much M1 MacBook Pro is that getting you? That said, I do wish the M1 GPU could game; my downtime hobby is the only thing stopping me from buying one.
- jhickok 5y ago>A 3090 is $2300 right now, even paying the scalper tax. Where can you find that? lowest I can find is 2800 new. There are some pre-owned for 2700 and some open auctions at roughly 2300 but those will land substantially higher than 2300 I would imagine.
- Shorel 5y agoThe 3090 is such an overpowered (and expensive) card, that another GPU doing half of what the 3090 can do is still damn right impressive. And in a Laptop!
- amatecha 5y agoYeah that's actually a serious compliment to the M1 GPU if the 3090 is merely double the scores?! I expected it should be like 4x or more! That's awesome.