I Put a GPU in the M2 Mac Pro

Save 20% on a monthly subscription plus a 7-day trial at Access over 230 premium feature enabled Mac and iOS apps with Setapp: Apple’s M2 Ultra powered Mac Pro is the final step in their Apple Silicon transition. But without GPU support or meaningful expansion, is it worth nearly double the price of a comparable Mac Studio? Discuss on the forum: Buy an Apple Mac Pro M2 Ultra: Buy an Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra: Buy an Intel Core i9-13900K CPU: Buy Trident Z5 RGB 6000MHz CL36 2x16GB DDR5 RAM: Buy a Zotac AMP Extreme Airo GeForce RTX 4090 Graphics Card: Buy a Samsung 970 Pro 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD: Buy a Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler: Buy an ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT Graphics Card on eBay: Buy a BlackMagic Design DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder: Buy a Mellanox MT27800 ConnectX-5 Dual SFP Network Interface Card: Buy an Intel X540-AT2 Dual 10GbE Network Interface Card on eBay: Check out an Apex Storage X21 NVMe AIC: Buy a Broadcom SAS 9305-16i Host Bus Adapter: Buy an ASUS XG-C100C Network Adapter Card: Buy an Elgato Capture HD60 Pro Capture Card: Check out the Liqid Honey Badger LQD4500 PCIe AIC SSD: Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: ► LTX 2023 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: ► EQUIPMENT WE USE TO FILM LTT: ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: FOLLOW US --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok: @linustech Twitch: MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: iTunes Download Link: Artist Link: Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: Listen on Spotify: Artist Link: Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:41 What’s new on the outside? 2:23 M2 Ultra... Why that’s a problem. 4:31 Why we didn’t test our Intel Mac Pro 5:05 Productivity benchmarks 7:05 Synthetic benchmarks 7:42 Thermal testing 9:30 Power consumption 10:26 Internal layout and expansion 13:11 Testing out PCI-E cards 15:42 Conclusion