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- Mac Pro 8x3.0ghz 12gb ram 8800GT , MBP 2.16 2GB Ram 17 inch.
why would you want a 300gb hd, when you can get a 400gb hard drive.
lil said:If anything the fact it runs much cooler means that heat generation is less of an issue, meaning less drastic cooling required, quieter computers and in the case of iMacs, Mac Minis, PowerBook etc. - less chances of overheating.
Vicky
A dual-core CPU has two complete processor cores, with shared access to on-chip caches. Performance should be about the same, possibly better, than two individual single-core processors.MadSkillzMan said:Honestly, i thought a dual CPU anything will outperform a Dual Core. I know for a fact HT is just a cheap imitation of SMP, you only get roughly 30% of a performance boost
Meyvn said:Oh, naturally it's a better processor than the P4. Incidentally, when they got rid of the PIII was when I lost my faith in Intel as a company in the first place. What I was getting at is, 'Is a dual-core M a better processor than a dual-core G5?' And although it's very efficient for its clock speed, can they push its clock speed much farther?
lil said:Does that make sense?
Vicky
technologist said:A dual-core CPU has two complete processor cores, with shared access to on-chip caches. Performance should be about the same, possibly better, than two individual single-core processors.
Murlyn said:I sure hope so, now that would be smooth
ghostrida said:to me it would seem that in order to maintain the price range of the current DP PowerMacs, Apple would have to release single dual-core chip PowerMacs in addition to the double dual-core (quad) setup. Otherwise they would totally lose the current price range market. There is no way a dual core is equivalant to a single core in price, we are talking about new chips here right?
lonerider said:That's not really true - depends on what you're doing.
Two individual CPUs have two paths to memory. A dual core chip means each individual core has to share the same bus to memory.
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