with D300 for mobile dev?

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@jmorante;100524

Anyone using a current with the D300s? I have had negative experiences with Macs so far when using UE4. Just feels much too slow. My PC feels absolutely faster. However I would like to do all of my work at the desktop on a , if possible. On the other hand, I think paying 4-5k for the top end graphics is absurd, considering my PC would best it in that area for a fraction of the price.

So I would be willing to spring for the entry level if it would work well enough. This is basically for mobile development only so it doesn’t need to have killer desktop graphics or anything like that (I would go PC only if I were doing this anyway).

So that’s the gist…do the D300’s work well at this point with 4.3? Thanks!

I have a friend who tested the the engine/editor on the quad/D300 and he wasn’t impressed, but that was 4.1 and I haven’t seen any performance metrics for 4.3 on the new . I develop exclusively on the PC and remote build on a Mac Mini. I am sure there are performance improvements with 4.3 especially regarding the auto scalability, but Apple really needs to step up to the plate regarding their driver implementations and remaining years behind in their OpenGL implementation.

If I was a betting man I would say we will see Metal on the Mac before we see OpenGL updated again, and then this arbitrary performance wall (which has nothing to do with the hardware) might disappear, but that’s only a dream I have!

I think you will get more bang for your buck building a new or upgrading your current PC, buying a Mac Mini and building remotely. That is if your plans are purely to support iOS and not OS X in general as mine are. I would love to pickup the new , but I can’t justify the cost vs. the performance difference.