7,1 is the last Mac Pro that run GPUs from Intel, AMD and Nvidia dGPUs via PCI-e slot

[Guest exoticSpice]

Sadly, the 7,1 will be the Mac Pro do so. I don't think Apple's dGPUs will be cost effective compared to other high-end cards

 

In the future maybe for the Druid line from Intel we may see competing with AMD and Nvidia and this givs 7,1 owners to try

those GPUs from Intel too.

 

what the 8,1 won't have is the GPU versatility that the 7,1 will have? Apple's GPUs don't even have Hardware based Ray-tracing yet and all major vendors (AMD, Intel and Nvidia) do.

 

Source: MacRumors