After a few years of custom scripts and hacking, Max2 has finally achieved semi-successful EU ZGP use with our long-awaited promise of the easy-to-use EG PU being mostly here today. We're taking a look at AMD's WX 9100 graphics card used inside of Sonnets EG FX Breakaway box.

This is a high-end professional workstation card that supports ECC memory and double precision computation, which is a necessity for specific applications that have a very large or high amount of calculations and can't afford a single error that will end up compounding over time. These workstation specs and features add up to a graphics card costing $1500, which definitely seems high if you're a gamer, but to those buying workstation cards, it's not about the cost. It's about having the capability to do professional-grade work.

The fact that we can now easily connect a professional workstation card to a MacBook Pro to do this type of computation is nothing short of impressive. We'll be comparing this combo to the best GPU available in our I 9 MacBook pro as well as our previously reviewed Blackmagic A GPU. AMD did send out two of these cards, but we had some issues getting both of them to work properly at the same time on our Mac, so at this time, we'll be focusing on just one.

We also had mentioned that we did use a set-a-GPU script that we found online and to enable all of our applications to use the external graphics cards starting off with Geekbench fors OpenCL test. The WX 9100 scored more than double that of our MacBooks internal graphics and a bit higher than Blackmagic's unit, doing a quick benchmark run in Unit Ins Heaven.

The WX 9100 once again performs more than twice as well as the 560 X and about 45% faster than the Blackmagic A GPU. Moving on to video editing tasks, we first ran the Bruce X benchmark for Final Cut Pro, which mostly taxes the graphics cards, here again we saw more than doubling a performance running the final cut on stabilization filter.

The WX 9100 performed the task in just seven seconds compared to 13 seconds on others in DaVinci Resolve. This task went from 28 seconds to 14 seconds rendering a five-minute 4K H.264 project, and we didn't see any improvement in Final Cut Pro and the Blackmagic EGP. You actually slowed it down and resolved 15 both GPUs made this task significantly slower.

We think this is because of two reasons: first off, the i7 and graphics available in the 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro is already fast enough to keep up with the CPU, on top of that there's some bottlenecking having to send the data through the Thunderbolt 3 port not only to the GPU to be rendered but also back to our software. Moving on to much tougher codecs like Canon Cinema RAW light, where our internal graphics card is a huge bottleneck, we see some major improvements even with short one-minute projects.

Not only did our render time go from almost four times as long than the project itself to less than half the time but our timeline performance went from an unusable 20 frames per second to 55 frames per second which is a massive improvement in DaVinci Resolve. We went from 20 minutes to just 8 minutes with a WX 9100, testing read RAW files we don't see much change in Final Cut Pro mainly because our CPU is the bottleneck.

DaVinci Resolve puts a heavier load on graphics so we see about 60% faster speeds with a WX 9100 adding noise reduction is often needed with raw footage and it usually makes anything but the highest end computers choke up with some portal noise reduction added in resolve. Our WX 90 100 was close to three times faster than the 560 X and the timeline had very few dropped frames making it workable where the MacBook Pro's integrated graphics wasn't.

To finish off our testing, we used Blender to test 3D rendering capabilities here the WX 9100 is more than five times faster than the best internal graphics available on our MacBook pro. In conclusion, the WX 9100 is a very powerful card that can make some professional tasks go from previously unusable to a fairly good experience. On top of that, tasks that require do precision GPUs and ECC memory are now possible without purchasing a dedicated workstation computer.

We're an Apple Insider, and we're very excited about the possibilities that a GPU is now offering us, and we're looking forward to even better support and Mac OS Mohave if you enjoyed this video like it and hit that subscribe button. Also check out our price guide which makes it extremely easy to find the best deals and Apple products updated daily be sure to follow us on social media and we'll see you in the next video.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enafter a few years of custom scripts and hacking max2 semi-successful EU zgp use our long awaited promise of the easy to use eg PU is mostly here today we're taking a look at AMD's WX 9100 graphics card used inside of sonnets EG FX breakaway box this is a high-end professional workstation card that supports ECC memory and double precision computation which is a necessity for specific applications that have a very large or high amount of calculations and can't afford a single error that will end up compounding over time these workstation specs and features add up to a graphics card costing $1500 which definitely seems high if you're a gamer but to those buying workstation cards it's not about buy along with that the fact that you can now easily connect a professional workstation card to a MacBook Pro to do this type of computation is nothing short of impressive we'll be comparing this combo to the best GPU available in our I 9 macbook pro as well as our previously reviewed black magic a GPU i do want to mention that AMD did send out two of these cards but we had some issues getting both of them to work properly at the same time on our Mac so at this time we'll be focusing on just one I also had mentioned that we did use our set a GPU script that we found online and to enable all of our applications to use the external graphics cards starting off with Geekbench fors OpenCL test the WX 9100 scored more than double that of our MacBooks internal graphics and a bit higher than black magics unit doing a quick benchmark run in unit ins heaven the WX 9100 once again performs more than twice as well as a 560 X and about 45% faster than the black magic a GPU moving on to video editing tasks we first ran the Bruce X benchmark for Final Cut Pro which mostly taxes the graphics cards here once again we saw more than doubling a performance running the final cut on stabilization filter the WX 90/100 EGP you performed the task in just seven seconds compared to 13 seconds on others in DaVinci Resolve this task went from 28 seconds to 14 seconds rendering a five-minute 4k h.264 project we didn't see any improvement in Final Cut Pro and the Blackmagic EGP you actually slowed it down and resolved 15 both gpus made this task significantly slower we think this is because of two reasons first off the heist and graphics available in the 2018 15 inch MacBook Pro is already fast enough to keep up with the CPU on top of that there is some bottlenecking having to send the data through the Thunderbolt 3 port not only to the GPU to be rendered but also back to our software as we move on to much tougher codecs like Canon cinema raw light where our internal graphics card is a huge bottleneck we see some major improvements even with short one-minute projects not only did our render time go from almost four times as long than the project itself to less than half the time but our timeline performance went from an unusable 20 frames per second to 55 frames per second which is a massive improvement in DaVinci Resolve we went from 20 minutes to just 8 minutes with a WX 9100 testing read RAW files we don't see much change in Final Cut Pro mainly because our CPU is the bottleneck DaVinci Resolve puts a heavier load on graphics so we see about 60% faster speeds with a WX 9100 adding noise reduction is often needed with raw footage and it usually makes anything but the highest end computers choke up with some portal noise reduction added in resolve our WX 90 100 was close to three times faster than the 560 X and the timeline had very few dropped frames making it workable where the MacBook Pros integrated graphics wasn't to finish off our testing we used blender to test 3d rendering capabilities here the WX 9100 is more than five times faster than the best internal graphics available on our macbook pro in conclusion the WX 9100 is a very powerful card that can make some professional tasks go from previously unusable to a fairly good experience on top of that tasks that require do precision GPUs and ECC memory are now possible without purchasing a dedicated workstation computer we an Apple Insider are very excited about the possibilities that a GPU is now offer and are looking forward to even better support and Mac OS Mohave if you enjoyed this video like it and hit that subscribe button also check out our price guide which makes it extremely easy to find the best deals and Apple products updated daily be sure to follow us on social media and we'll see you in the next videoafter a few years of custom scripts and hacking max2 semi-successful EU zgp use our long awaited promise of the easy to use eg PU is mostly here today we're taking a look at AMD's WX 9100 graphics card used inside of sonnets EG FX breakaway box this is a high-end professional workstation card that supports ECC memory and double precision computation which is a necessity for specific applications that have a very large or high amount of calculations and can't afford a single error that will end up compounding over time these workstation specs and features add up to a graphics card costing $1500 which definitely seems high if you're a gamer but to those buying workstation cards it's not about buy along with that the fact that you can now easily connect a professional workstation card to a MacBook Pro to do this type of computation is nothing short of impressive we'll be comparing this combo to the best GPU available in our I 9 macbook pro as well as our previously reviewed black magic a GPU i do want to mention that AMD did send out two of these cards but we had some issues getting both of them to work properly at the same time on our Mac so at this time we'll be focusing on just one I also had mentioned that we did use our set a GPU script that we found online and to enable all of our applications to use the external graphics cards starting off with Geekbench fors OpenCL test the WX 9100 scored more than double that of our MacBooks internal graphics and a bit higher than black magics unit doing a quick benchmark run in unit ins heaven the WX 9100 once again performs more than twice as well as a 560 X and about 45% faster than the black magic a GPU moving on to video editing tasks we first ran the Bruce X benchmark for Final Cut Pro which mostly taxes the graphics cards here once again we saw more than doubling a performance running the final cut on stabilization filter the WX 90/100 EGP you performed the task in just seven seconds compared to 13 seconds on others in DaVinci Resolve this task went from 28 seconds to 14 seconds rendering a five-minute 4k h.264 project we didn't see any improvement in Final Cut Pro and the Blackmagic EGP you actually slowed it down and resolved 15 both gpus made this task significantly slower we think this is because of two reasons first off the heist and graphics available in the 2018 15 inch MacBook Pro is already fast enough to keep up with the CPU on top of that there is some bottlenecking having to send the data through the Thunderbolt 3 port not only to the GPU to be rendered but also back to our software as we move on to much tougher codecs like Canon cinema raw light where our internal graphics card is a huge bottleneck we see some major improvements even with short one-minute projects not only did our render time go from almost four times as long than the project itself to less than half the time but our timeline performance went from an unusable 20 frames per second to 55 frames per second which is a massive improvement in DaVinci Resolve we went from 20 minutes to just 8 minutes with a WX 9100 testing read RAW files we don't see much change in Final Cut Pro mainly because our CPU is the bottleneck DaVinci Resolve puts a heavier load on graphics so we see about 60% faster speeds with a WX 9100 adding noise reduction is often needed with raw footage and it usually makes anything but the highest end computers choke up with some portal noise reduction added in resolve our WX 90 100 was close to three times faster than the 560 X and the timeline had very few dropped frames making it workable where the MacBook Pros integrated graphics wasn't to finish off our testing we used blender to test 3d rendering capabilities here the WX 9100 is more than five times faster than the best internal graphics available on our macbook pro in conclusion the WX 9100 is a very powerful card that can make some professional tasks go from previously unusable to a fairly good experience on top of that tasks that require do precision GPUs and ECC memory are now possible without purchasing a dedicated workstation computer we an Apple Insider are very excited about the possibilities that a GPU is now offer and are looking forward to even better support and Mac OS Mohave if you enjoyed this video like it and hit that subscribe button also check out our price guide which makes it extremely easy to find the best deals and Apple products updated daily be sure to follow us on social media and we'll see you in the next video\n"