amd's vega mobile tips up in apple's new mac systems

First announced at AMD's CES Tech Day, the company promised that it would bring version of its Vega chip to market, to in the mobile space.   With ultra-low z-height of 1.7mm  and HBM2 stack, the mobile chip was breath of fresh air in market that's dominated by Nvidia..   It's not exactly clear which systems will get the update — Apple's landing page for MacBook Pro refers to all 15-inch systems being able to add GPU, except only the top-end $2,800 base-price edition lists Vega as addition for the platform...   Anandtech has put together chart showing how Vega and Vega 20 might compare with Pro 560X ..   Core counts are up by 1.25x for the configuration, with 2.35x as much bandwidth for Vega Vega 16 compared with Pro 560X.   ROPs could also be doubled compared with that GPU ..   The problem here, of course, is that Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pros are objectively terrible deals for any gamer and it's not clear how much these improved capabilities will translate into improved in various rendering or GPU-accelerated apps.   AMD's GPUs have developed reputation for being efficient than their Nvidia counterparts in part because AMD has had to push its cards far out of their ideal clock ranges order to compete against Team Green.   it's often possible to draw power for only modestly performance.   Vega could be power-sipping part much more on par with what laptop users expect, despite SKU's reputation for being power-hungry..   Apple Launches New MacBook Air, Mac Mini, iPad Pro,   Apple May Have Blocked GrayKey Phone Hacker iOS 12 Update, and Dust Is Still Breaking Apple's Improved MacBook Pro Keyboards...   Read more