M5 Max MacBook Pro paired with RTX 5090 in an eGPU dock runs Cyberpunk 2077 at over 100 FPS at max settings with frame generation

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News Source : Tom's Hardware UK

News Summary

  • Apple’s M5 Max SoC flagship is one of the fastest pieces of silicon around.
  • It can compete with flagship consumer desktop chips from AMD and Intel in at least some workloads.
  • Logically, this also makes it a great gaming CPU if paired with high-end GPU hardware.
  • Software engineer Scott J.
  • Goldman put this idea to the test and found a way to run Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 graphics card on a MacBook Pro using virtualization and an eGPU dock.
Apples M5 Max SoC flagship is one of the fastest pieces of silicon around and can compete with flagship consumer desktop chips from AMD and Intel in at least some workloads.

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