![]() If was making that purchase today I might go for a 2017 iMac instead. According to Blender, the new Metal GPU support allows for rendering times that are up to 2 times quicker. The Mac Pro mid 20 (both 5.1 models) can support Metal if you fit them with a Metal capable GPU. At the time I was unimpressed that the 2015 21.5"/4K machines only had iGPUs. The Metal GPU rendering is also available on Macs with an AMD graphics card. At worse your GPU choice might not work at all leaving wasted time and effort.įor what its worth when I've been using an eGPU with a 21.5" 2011 iMac (6770M) since late 2016. Option C: Follow the example of the 27" 2011 owners with bad 6790Ms and physically disassemble the iMac to replace the old gpu with a metal capable MXM GPU. Since 2011 iMacs lack Apple's official eGPU blessing you will need to disable System Integrity Protection and make kext edits. The simplest, most future proof, and only option with official Apple support. So, ranked from lowest to highest risk (and highest to lowest expense) That isn't to say you can't but rather a warning that you would be dabbling in hackintosh territory where every MacOS upgrade risks needing system reconfiguration or a broken setup. ![]() With 57 billion transistors 70 per cent more than M1 Pro and 3.5x more than M1 M1 Max is the largest chip Apple has ever built. Apple does not support GPU upgrades on 2011 iMacs. M1 Max features the same powerful 10-core CPU as M1 Pro and adds a massive 32-core GPU for up to 4x faster graphics performance than M1.
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