Apple launches new high — end graphics card options for Mac Pro
- New graphic card models are available for the Mac Pro
- Prices range from $2,400 to $5,600 and can be purchased individually or with the purchase of a new Mac Pro
The graphics modules will be available to configure at checkout and also as an individual purchase for users to upgrade their current machines. Prices start at $2,400 for the W6800X, with 32GB GDDR6 RAM, and go up to $5,600.
The new models offer up to 23% faster performance in DaVinci Resolve and 84% faster performance in Octane X.
As noted by Rene Ritchie, AMD announced the new graphics cards in a press release, instead of Apple, suggesting that it is focused on developing a Mac Pro with Apple Silicon for release within the next year.
AMD announcing new Mac Pro graphics instead of Apple is peek 2021 mid-silicon transition energy:
— Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) August 3, 2021
“New AMD Radeon PRO W6000X Series GPUs Bring Groundbreaking High-Performance AMD RDNA 2 Architecture to Mac Pro”https://t.co/l6cbKcyd41
It was previously rumoured that a refresh for the current Mac Pro, with new Intel Xeon chips, was planned for later this year.
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Published to Apple Scoop on 3rd August, 2021.
