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If one looks at all the encode/decode streams that Apple claims happen on processor I wonder how significant this is. The graphics and processing speed of the
by detourdog 3y ago
If one looks at all the encode/decode streams that Apple claims happen on processor I wonder how significant this is.
The graphics and processing speed of the Vision Pro makes me wonder if the GPUs are truly needed.
Most of the cards for the M2 Mac Pro are used to access the analog world. It seems that there is power inside the die and if you need an analog signal use a PCI-e port.
- nottorp 3y agoIt's probably good or even powerful for professional video editing. For GPU compute, I'm sure it can't beat 15 kW of nvidia dedicated cards. But then you don't want 15 kW of cooling on your desk.
- detourdog 3y agoWhere I get confused is what is the extra kW doing? It has been at least a decade since I did any intense projects but doesn't 15kW represent the power of an average American household circuit. The entire Mac Pro only supports 3 8k displays with built-in hardware. One would need to add SDI cards to add extra displays but the computer only draws 300 Watts. I could get 50 Mac Pros and give up which would give 150 8k displays without expansion. Maybe one gives up the convenience of a single card solution but there maybe other advantages. I'm mostly curious as to what this work load consists of? but when I read the number 8k encode and decode streams 15 kW represents How much of the power is just getting the data in and out of the card to the processor. Apple Silicon doing the same work on die is going to use less power. I don't doubt that there are faster processing units.