is Apple also moving to AMD ?

[A10-FTW]

i just see the new (and awesome by the way) Mac Pro and i just note GPU 

[piplupgao]

We've known this for a while.

[Coombzy]

the original mac pro is AMD the macbooks on the other hand are Nvidia so who knows

[Kirihuna]

As for GPUs, not right now. 750M is in the new rMBP (though the highest BTO option only). All MBA's and MBPs have iGPUs. iMacs have iGPU and some have Nvidia mGPUs.

 

My guess for why they went with the AMD workstation cards for Mac Pro is because AMD is pushing for OpenCL / GL more than Nvidia is. Apple LOVES OpenCL / GL.

[chromeboy42]

 Most of their products use iGPUs and nvidia mobile GPUs. As far as I am aware only the trashcan mac uses AMD parts.

[A10-FTW]

As for GPUs, not right now. 750M is in the new rMBP (though the highest BTO option only). All MBA's and MBPs have iGPUs. iMacs have iGPU and some have Nvidia mGPUs.

 

My guess for why they went with the AMD workstation cards for Mac Pro is because AMD is pushing for OpenCL / GL more than Nvidia is. Apple LOVES OpenCL / GL.

good to know  thanks

[KaareKanin]

Apple has never been firmly in either camp when it comes to GPU. 

[James_AJ]

Apple was always AMD. Sure, there are Nvidia chips on laptop lines, but for towers, it was always AMD because a. it has connection with a lot of people over at AMD (some of former Apple employees work at AMD and the other way) and b. OpenCL. The entire OS depends on OpenCL for GPU computing. Proprietary CUDA ain't gonna cut it for them.

[Kirihuna]

good to know  thanks

It's just my guess. Mac Pro does not look very upgradable for the future. With AMD pushing for Open CL / Open GL more and more, I would say they're taking a gamble that AMD will have better support in the short term (1 to 5 years) for those two.

 

Surprised though they don't let you pick between the two, Nvidia or AMD.

[A10-FTW]

Apple was always AMD. Sure, there are Nvidia chips on laptop lines, but for towers, it was always AMD because a. it has connection with a lot of people over at AMD (some of former Apple employees work at AMD and the other way) and b. OpenCL. The entire OS depends on OpenCL for GPU computing. Proprietary CUDA ain't gonna cut it for them.

wow  awesome

[Guest Gazzer96]

As for GPUs, not right now. 750M is in the new rMBP (though the highest BTO option only). All MBA's and MBPs have iGPUs. iMacs have iGPU and some have Nvidia mGPUs.

 

My guess for why they went with the AMD workstation cards for Mac Pro is because AMD is pushing for OpenCL / GL more than Nvidia is. Apple LOVES OpenCL / GL.

OpenCL will be gone at some point though since NVAPI and Manlte is coming along.

[DenVu]

well i think that they're going to stick to nvidia for their gaming type product but stick with amd for their workstation class products. I am very intrested if apple sees g-sync as something they would want to have in their ips displays (if thats even posible)