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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by mhh__ on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @03:41PM (#30606562)
> Gaming benchmarks are completely irrelevant when discussing the actual raw power of the GPU.

Maybe, but the "raw power" is useless if it can't be exploited.

> Legacy games written for x86 CPUs obviously are going to perform poorly.

Not if they're GPU-bound. Even native performance isn't that impressive

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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by Omniusaspirer on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @04:11PM (#30607027)
If the power is substantial enough it will get exploited eventually. Hopefully even if Metal ports don't occur the eventual Asahi-adjacent open source drivers will open the gaming doors.
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