Intel Mac Pro Users with 192GB of RAM, Views on New Machine?

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The old Intel Mac Pro maxxed out at 1.5TB of RAM, the new one maxxes out at 192GB.I've been wondering recently about those with > 192GB of RAM in the Intel model, what are your views on the new Apple Silicon version?Is it still useful for you?Does the less RAM matter less because it's faster (as is the SSD when it comes to swapping etc)?Are you screwed because you need all of that RAM, are dependent on macOS specific software and now there is no upgrade path?Or are you going to move to a PC running Windows or Linux with all of the RAM you need?OR are you just sticking with the machine you have because the build quality is great and it does everything you need + will last for a long time to come?Also, what do you need all of that RAM for anyway?Cheers

barbariangrunge · Accepted Answer

Why not just use Ubuntu and a custom desktop? It&rsquo;s basically intended for use as something server like at that point anyway. Then ssh into it with your ultraportable laptop. You can mail me the money you saved, I&rsquo;ll spend it on something good. Don&rsquo;t worry

hulitu · Answer

> The old Intel Mac Pro maxxed out at 1.5TB of RAM, the new one maxxes out at 192GB.I mean if this is not a regression, then what. I could live with 192GB just as I lived with 12MB back in the day. Now there might be some workloads which benefit from more RAM (like some concurent youtube sessions) but besides that, if i stay away from Teams, i think i can make it. All in all, i can always use the excess RAM as a RAM drive. /s

uniacid · Answer

My question would be why not hackintosh? easy to build these days, more customizable and able to get even better performance than Apple silicon...

edude03 · Answer

My 2019 mac pro has 384gb of ram I believe - I honestly don't need this much RAM but I'm keeping it because for my work (devops) and for my creative endeavours (music and video production) most of my apps and plugins don't support arm yet in fact even the ones that support arm perform better under x86 still for some reason

mejutoco · Answer

IMO there is some lack of information on this. Especially in how the on-socket RAM performs in combination with the GPU.If anybody using llama or Stable diffusion with such a setup could share their experience vs a more traditional Nvidia GPU setup it would be very interesting.

dlqx · Answer

I am sorry, I am out of memory :p

acr25 · Answer

This question seems to ignore how RAM works in the Apple Silicon machines. It's part of a system--as available, as quickly, to the CPU as to the GPU.

Intel Mac Pro Users with > 192GB of RAM, Views on New Machine?

Why not just use Ubuntu and a custom desktop? It’s basically intended for use as something server like at that point anyway. Then ssh into it with your ultraportable laptop. You can mail me the money you saved, I’ll spend it on something good. Don’t worry

My question would be why not hackintosh? easy to build these days, more customizable and able to get even better performance than Apple silicon...

IMO there is some lack of information on this. Especially in how the on-socket RAM performs in combination with the GPU.
If anybody using llama or Stable diffusion with such a setup could share their experience vs a more traditional Nvidia GPU setup it would be very interesting.

I am sorry, I am out of memory :p

This question seems to ignore how RAM works in the Apple Silicon machines. It's part of a system--as available, as quickly, to the CPU as to the GPU.