Recent content by WarthogARJ

Aha!!!! OK, there's an EXCELLENT forum, with GREAT links: eGPU made simple Feedback: (1) Graphics Co-Processor: The Graphics Co-Processor issue is a red herring. Other people on Reddit/eGPU had asked exactly the same question, and the general reply was a bit vague. But nobody had actually found...

Hi, Actually, your system is a good one to use as a Windows-based benchmark. Have you ever run GeekBench on yours? Or other benchmarks? And what would it cost to buy your system now? Have you ever considered using an eGPU to get a more powerful GPU capabilty? Sure: I wasn't upset by it. And...

Additional: I bought my used 2019 Intel-based 27" iMac as a cost-effective way to have an Intel Mac with good specs. Apple's move to ARM causes some issues wth running Intel-based software. And I don't like Apple's overall hardware move to components you cannot easily repair let alone upgrade as...

Hi, I'm considering buying an eGPU to give me some flexibility with my "new" 2nd hand 27" iMac 2019. Can anyone point me to a good overall review/discussion of eGPU's in general? I'd like to be able to compare various eGPU against each other in terms of performance benchmarks. I see an eGPU as...

In direct answer to the qustion: NO. There are ZERO wear problems due to partitioning an SSD. An SSD does NOT use the file/partition system in order to write to any specific PLACE on the SSD. Your data can be spread out all over the SSD. There might be OTHER issues associated with a LOT of...

So, thanks for your feedback in any case, you make some good points. (1) Mac/Desktop Development stunted: I'd agree with you, I think they've lost the plot, and are obsessed with the mobile market. Part of the issue is they went ffrom a fairly small number of very devoted users, and then as...

Rei, Well, thanks for your reply. But first of all, my question was about METAL capable GPU's. It's even got it in the Subject heading. And my points are on that topic. You seem to have missed that in your reply. As I noted, the implications of Apple's development of Metal is not just for...

Ah, great. Well, I recently bough a Mac Pro 2010 for peanuts, and have been messing with it. It had a Radeon HD 5770, and I always intended on upgrading that. As well as make it possible to boot with an NVMI SSD. And probably run Catalina. I didn't realise it would need a Metal capable GPU to...

Hi, Forgive me if I have missed a discussion on this, but when I search for Metal or related on the Forum, I don't find much. And what I did find was not very useful. There are two issues here, the first is for Mac owners, the second is about what one of the biggest companies in the world...

Hi, Dunno if you are still watching this thread, and I'm about to post a new one on a related topic. However, I think the MAIN difference between a "Mac" GPU and non-Mac is going to be if it is Metal capable. See the following link for more details: Metal Capable GPU and Mac OSx Upgrade The...

Hi, Nice effort in collecting these. And is quite an effort: not many people listened to how to run the test, or report the data....:-} Couple comments about the data in the compiled lists: (1) One comment about a few cases where the entries are recorded as Multi GPU's. I think they should be...

Actuallly.....no. If you found them strange tangents, then I suspect you didn't read my reply very carefully. Although if anything, I'm maybe a bit guilty of hijacking the thread a bit, but it was in response to Cucker Tarlson's comment that: "All coolers lose liquid". Initially I didn't see...

Heh heh heh.....well, go ahead with that opinion...... I dunno what your background is, and no offence, if you've got a fundamental foundation in physics or engineering. It's no problem if you don't, it just determines the level at which i can use to explain things. In any case, I'm writing...

Yeah, very well done Review. I'm not a gamer, although maybe now I've seen some of the games out there now, it's a good addition/substance abuse issue to add to the list....like running after sheep nekked at midnight on the Yorkshire Moors was exciting the first few times, but maybe is time for...

I dunno where you lads have worked, but you can classify cooling systems in two types: with poor instrumetation and with good instrumentation. That's going from computer cooling, to automative to industrial grade in refineries and such. The former costs you about 10% less up front, and then...