Intel MacBookPro on GP5 - Updating to M chips?

Gig Performer on Mac OS X
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I finally have some “downtime”. I have stuck with GP4 running on an Intel MacBookPro on Monterey (now 12.7.5) to get through a string of dates, a move, etc. My current Mac:

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I want to now update to GP5. Casting a line out here. Is my Intel MacBookPro now a dinosaur (is GP5 optimized for the M chipsets?) I’m considering updating to a newer MacBookPro for the best performance. If my intel mac works fine, I’ll keep it for now, and figure out which current OS is best for my plugins. I use Cherry Hill, Arturia V, Korg Triton, Kontac, Sample Tank, more. Any advice from anyone using this intel macbookpro 2019 with GP5, and which OS you;re running is appreciated. AND… I have to get a new M3 Max for my video editing system, and it’s gonna be tough not to try GP5 with it… Anyone using the M3 Max with 48gb of ram seeing a big difference from their older Intel MacBookPro when updated? I use an RME UCX audio interface with it’s TotalMix ap which is cool.

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Gig Performer runs perfectly on both Intel and Apple Silicon chips.

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Ok, great! I was pretty sure of that. But wondering how much performance boost I will see from what I have now, to an M3 Max: (will Ram from 48 MB to 64 MB be a considerable difference to latency and performance for how many plugs I can layer before glitching?)

  • Apple M3 Max chip with 16‑core CPU, 40‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine
  • 64GB unified memory (or 48)
  • 1TB SSD storage
    How much increase in performance from my current system, to this new M3 max system? Any idea?
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Just to be clear, while we would of course love you to upgrade, GP4 does run natively under Apple Silicon

For live performance, I am still using Intel Macbook Pros from 2019 with macOS 10.15 (catalina) and I have not found ANY compelling reason to upgrade. I’m also using RME UFX - works great.

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Sure, thanks, I’m wondering if GP5 on my current MacBookPro (Intel 2019) would be faster, slower, or the same, running the same gig/setlist compared to GP4.

Good to know. I’m just wondering if upgrading to that fast MacBookPro M3 Max chip with 48 GB or 64GB ram with GP5, what % of performance increase will I see for layering more plugins… I’m also considering using GP for live vocal effects, instead of a TC Voicelive3X vocal fx pedal.

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I’m also using an intel machine. 2018 MacBook Pro with Ventura. I never got to downgrade any further…
My backup machine has Monterey and works exactly the same

I’m using Kontakt, Korg Triton and extreme, waves FX, Thu, ST4Max with 2 88 key controllers and an Akai mdp232… the machine works absolutely fine… idle CPU is always around 94%.

I can also say that after a 3h gig, I can’t fry an egg on the machine like i could before, doing exactly the same thing in mainstage… Haha

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