Hi Beppe,
My new employer will pay for my new setup, I am a motion graphics designer frequently in c4d & Octane. I was about to follow your recommendation and get 27inch i9 imac plus radeon pro 5700xt egpu (now that octane x uses amd, am I right in thinking I don't need the egpu now but if I do get one it will boost performance? I'm still running late 2017 imac with high sierra and Cuda titan 1080ti to run Octane), however I am now wondering what performance for c4d & octane is like on the new M1 imacs?
I can't find much information on their performance with octane.
Do you think this will perform as good or better than the recommended above setup? Because with the above I can add a 2nd egpu to boost performance further no?
Even with the top end new M1 imacs at 16gb unified memory, will that be able to serve my needs without the need (as they are unsupported) of an egpu?
The price difference is also massive (£2500 for top end M1 imac vs £5000 for recommended above setup imac with egpu?)
Which would you recommend?
Thank you in advance