#Render metals in cheetah3d for mac#
#Render metals in cheetah3d pro#
#Render metals in cheetah3d Pc#
#Render metals in cheetah3d professional#

What do we care for the environment, global warming (or covid-deaths, for that matter), the future in general? It's certainly more important, isn't it, that the 1% super-rich make a few bucks more now than that our grand-children have a non-dystopian future. But, to be fair, Apple isn't alone there. That's not only bad for my wallet, it's much more so for the environment (where Apple doesn't shine anyways).

#Render metals in cheetah3d professional#

They don't want you to repair their stuff, and for the new iphone they really went out of their way to make sure that even professional 3d-party-firms can't repair them anymore.

#Render metals in cheetah3d Pc#

If I could, I'd wait, though, to see what they do with the iMacs 27', which, imho where a long time rather modestly priced and with an excellent screen really comparable to what you could get for your money in the pc world (not so anymore for the last 2 generations).Īlso I do share Misoversaturated's concerns about the throw-away philosophy. That tells me that something on professional level will be a bit more than the actual hardware, especially as the policy didn't change where they ask an insane amount of money for rather small upgrades. For what it is, it is rather expensive, more so than the last generation (and you can't even use eGPU at the moment).

#Render metals in cheetah3d pro#

A MacBook Pro with the same configuration would be roughly 2750 US $ for me. Imagine your company bought one of those earlier this year and now has to learn that the new superior architecture introduced right now is not part of the replaceability compare an overpriced laptop with a mac mini. There is no GPU support in those entry M1 models, which I find reasonable given the power efficiency which would be totally wasted once you connect a Blackmagic eGPU.īut this may change once their own GPUs are ready, I would be quite happy with a MacBook Air once I get eGPU support.Īlso I'm concerned that the throw-away-after-two-years-when-it's-outdated philosophy from the iPhone world will now be firmly established in the Mac world too - except of course for the 50 000$ Mac Pro where everything will be replaceable including the monitor stand. I fear the announced upgrades will happen in this 'pro' tier where Apple is known to lose all shame and starts charging their customers as if they were celebrities like those in their ads. The MacBook Pro 13' to me seems already overpriced compared with the Air as it adds only a fan, one GPU core, 20% more screen brightness and the dreadful touch-bar. The just released M1 entry models, a 700$ Mac Mini and the 1000$ MacBook Air are quite reasonably priced, even better considering the current 'cyber deals'. Looks like Apple is making things possible again, if Cheetah3D can too I will gladly buy on of those Mx 16-core machines instead of a Ryzen notebook next year.Ĭlick to expand.Indeed, we'll have to wait and see.

I have been driven into the Blender/Windows/nVidia world very unwillingly and would like to reconnect to my Cheetah on Mac roots. This is the competition (which is a different one from Cheetah3D as a 3D modeler vs Blender) and I really wish for Cheetah to make a stand there.

#Render metals in cheetah3d for mac#

The question is if and when Falcon will utilize Metal on M1 (and successors) including their GPUs and if it can compete with OctaneX, the only M1 ready GPU renderer so far which was announced to come with free licenses for Mac Pro users. So there is no proper way to compare render capabilities of Ryzen APU vs M1. There is no app currently that does hybrid (CPU and GPU) rendering on MacOS M1 and Linux/Windows.Ĭycles and LuxCore do this and can be benched on Windows and Intel Macs, but they have no Metal for Mac implementation, let alone native M1. Click to expand.The M1 architecture is definitely superior to X86 and better multitasking skills are no big surprise.īut for rendering the raw machine power counts and there the Ryzen leads in multicore benchmarks.