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Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra by mannanj on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @10:20AM (#49434652)
About 20 years ago my dad bought me a $5k computer, it was future proof for about "5 years" before we had to upgrade its internal parts (more memory, new graphics card).

It was future proof but not really because it struggled a lot in its final years.

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Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra by sschueller on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @11:44AM (#49436055)
He had that option,l. However buying apple hardware todqy you are stuck and need to replace all of it even if for example the CPU is plenty fast but you need more memory or GPU power.
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Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra by i5heu on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @11:12AM (#49435559)
My 6 year old mediocre gaming PC is still a mediocre gaming PC.

I expect it to stay a mediocre gaming PC for the next 3 years maybe 5 years.

16GB RAM RTX 3060 TI (8 GB VRAM)

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Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra by mannanj on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @09:29PM (#49458291)
Nice. Curious, what do you play with that thing? Do you think you'll still play those in 3-5 years? And are there games you do want to play but can't?
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Re:New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra by i5heu on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:50AM (#49466790)
I like to test new releases that are story heavy.

I also like 4K with 90 to 120fps which leads me most of the time to use almost minimal settings.

Look at steam hardware reviews. My setup is quite the default thing. Games optimize for it

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