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Better spring for the 4GB video card, 5k is going to eat up 2GB of video memory fast.

• jseliger 12y ago
  Better spring for the 4GB video card, 5k is going to eat up 2GB of video memory fast. Can you elaborate on this, or link to someone who has elaborated on it?
  • post_break 12y ago
    That resolution will take a lot of vram to push. Start gaming or editing on it and it will get crushed. Most 290x's start at 4GB, why Apple chose 2GB I don't know. http://www.digitalstormonline.com/unlocked/video-memory-usage-at-4k-uhd-resolutions-idnum146/ http://www.digitalstormonline.com/unlocked/video-memory-usag...
    • vidoc 12y ago
      Considering the lack of games on the mac paltform, this should not be too much of a problem eh ?
      • post_break 12y ago
        There are tons of current gens games for mac thanks to Steam and Mac ports.
      • Alphasite_ 12y ago
        Only 3090 on steam. Which is ~1/3 of the while windows back log. And a large chunk of the imported games are older games, so Linux and Mac both are making steady progress.
      • elif 12y ago
        not to mention running games with PlayOnMac (wine wrapper) or parallels. Honestly you can't name a game that won't play on mac.
        • steveotucker 12y ago
          Definitely disappointed with the GPU options, would have liked to have a beefier AMD option like the Mac Pro.
      • Spiritus 12y ago
        Well you have all of Blizzard's games, World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3...