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C2D imac appearing faster than i5..?
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<blockquote data-quote="jackcharles" data-source="post: 1025113" data-attributes="member: 148222"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I have sitting on my desk two imacs, one of which I am sending back. I have both versions of the 27 inch, but something is puzzling me:</p><p></p><p>Why does my Core 2 Duo version seem to be faster than the i5 version? All I can think of is that the two extra cores in the i5 aren't being used, so it is basically running at 2.66Ghz, while the core 2 duo is running at 3.06Ghz. But then the i5 is supposed to have this TurboBoost technology, so that theory doesn't hold up. </p><p></p><p>Using the OS X UI seems to be smoother on the c2d than the i5, as does regular web browsing, word processing, other low level tasks etc.. As of yet I have no super resource intensive programs installed on either machine so I can't compare them there. Strangely, the graphics on the i5 seems to struggle when playing some online games, jumping a little. </p><p></p><p>The mouse seems to track across the screen faster on the c2d, even though both machines have identical settings for the mouse.</p><p></p><p>Could I be missing any drivers anywhere? Both imacs are pretty much straight out of the box..</p><p></p><p>Of course I could just be going mad..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jackcharles, post: 1025113, member: 148222"] Hi, I have sitting on my desk two imacs, one of which I am sending back. I have both versions of the 27 inch, but something is puzzling me: Why does my Core 2 Duo version seem to be faster than the i5 version? All I can think of is that the two extra cores in the i5 aren't being used, so it is basically running at 2.66Ghz, while the core 2 duo is running at 3.06Ghz. But then the i5 is supposed to have this TurboBoost technology, so that theory doesn't hold up. Using the OS X UI seems to be smoother on the c2d than the i5, as does regular web browsing, word processing, other low level tasks etc.. As of yet I have no super resource intensive programs installed on either machine so I can't compare them there. Strangely, the graphics on the i5 seems to struggle when playing some online games, jumping a little. The mouse seems to track across the screen faster on the c2d, even though both machines have identical settings for the mouse. Could I be missing any drivers anywhere? Both imacs are pretty much straight out of the box.. Of course I could just be going mad.. [/QUOTE]
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