Apple's large desktop computer, the Mac Pro, got a major upgrade today in the form of three new graphics modules featuring AMD Radeon cards.

The new GPU options are significantly more powerful than the AMD Vega II cards they replace, which is great news for those who rely on the Mac Pro for compute-intensive tasks. Prices for the upgraded GPU modules range from $2,400 up to $11,600, which is on top of the Mac Pro's base asking price of $5,999. While the ongoing chip shortage and GPU scarcity may have you hungry for a new graphics card, Apple's new offering is probably not worth the price of admission.

But if you're a graphics card geek, this is exciting because the new Mac Pro module utilizes AMD's Radeon Pro W6000 series workstation GPU, which was just released in June. [Specifically, Apple customers can order the Mac Pro graphics module with a new Radeon Pro W6800X or Radeon Pro W6900X card and 32GB of DDR6 RAM. There is also a third option, the Radeon Pro W6800X Duo, which combines two Pro W6800X GPUs in the same module (bridged by AMD's Infinity Fabric Link technology) for even more power. If you really want to go all out, order two pairs of W6800X Duo modules (a $9,600 upgrade) and all four AMD cards will work together (via Infinity Fabric Link) to create high-resolution assets and support multiple 4K displays. support. [According to Apple, these new Mac Pro GPU options deliver up to 84% faster performance when using Octane X rendering software and up to 23% performance improvement when using Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve editing suite. [These new Radeon Pro W6000 series workstation GPU options are available now from Apple's website as configuration options for the new Mac Pro or as expansion modules for the Mac Pro you already own.