Mac Pro Arrived! Pics Included

Laslo Panaflex · 02:59 PM

My Mac Pro just arrived at my door.
Specs: 2x 2.6, 1 gb ram, 7300gt, 250gb seagate HD
Boot Time: about 28 seconds
Noise: Silent

EDIT: Adding benchmark results of tests already asked.

Photoshop Test

Test 1: 80% memory allocation, 20 history states = 3min 52secs

Test 2: 90% memory allocation, 1 histry state = 3min 4secs

Test 3: (more a test of raw CPU) Radial blur 100, best quality on Eagle Image in test
Mac Pro= 29 secs
Quad G5 = 42 secs

Compressor:
source: 5min HDV 1080i60 clip (export from FCP timeline)
output: Compressor default 16:9 120min fast encode

my old G5 2ghz 2.5gb ram: 34min
Mac Pro: 12min

Handbrake:
h.264 main profile
1000kbps Average Quality
2-pass encoding
128kbps AAC audio

Donnie Darko disc (not image on HD) 65fps average.

Geekbench:
297.9

Rosetta test: 194.8

I posted the results to the site and they can be found here:

http://www.geekpatrol.ca/browse/2006/?view&id=2925

ImNoSuperMan · Aug 8, 2006, 03:06 PM

Fantastic. Now how bout some shots of the the actual machine. Keep us posted.

Josias · Aug 8, 2006, 03:07 PM

Sweet! OMGr0oxxr! that's the most awesome box I ever saw!

nah, it's cool, how did you configure you most configurable and speedy mac ever?

Eidorian · Aug 8, 2006, 03:07 PM

Put in a non-Apple video card. We're dying to know!

mkrishnan · Aug 8, 2006, 03:09 PM

Congratulations and thank you for sharing!

I'm surprised they use the Quad Xeon terminology on the box, considering they use a different choice of words on the store site...

Laslo Panaflex · 03:01 PM

More Pics:

Laslo Panaflex · Aug 8, 2006, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eidorian

Put in a non-Apple video card. We're dying to know!

I don't have a PCI-E video card on hand or I would.

Cooknn · Aug 8, 2006, 03:18 PM

Dang that was QUICK

So, what's above the hard drives? Nice pics, BTW. Thanks!

Eidorian · Aug 8, 2006, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laslo Panaflex

I don't have a PCI-E video card on hand or I would.

Someone start a donation fund for this man! We only need $50-70.

Josias · Aug 8, 2006, 03:23 PM

Sweet! Thanks alot!

It's gonne be quite a speedbump from your Dual 2 GHz...

How did you spec your MP?

_Matt · Aug 8, 2006, 03:26 PM

HOLY CRAP! THAT WAS FAST!

specs? please?

Pressure · Aug 8, 2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josias

How did you spec your MP?

Second that!

How much did you burn on it?

And for the love of Mac freaks, please try out another PCI-Express graphic card . . .

mustard · Aug 8, 2006, 03:29 PM

You wouldn't by chance be able to let me know the Brand & Model number for the hard drive would ya?

WildCowboy · Aug 8, 2006, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cooknn

Dang that was QUICK

So, what's above the hard drives? Nice pics, BTW. Thanks!

Optical drives in front, power supply in back.

Laslo Panaflex · 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Matt

HOLY CRAP! THAT WAS FAST!

specs? please?

Stock nvidia 7300 video card, upgrading it later didn't want to deal with the delay.

liketom · Aug 8, 2006, 03:30 PM

Benchmarks please - Photoshop test / handbrake dvd ripping/encoding

_Matt · 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laslo Panaflex

Stock nvidia 7300 video card, upgrading it later didn't want to deal with the delay.

Nice! Congrats!

menziep · Aug 8, 2006, 03:38 PM

Very Nice

Do you have anymore new pics

EGT · Aug 8, 2006, 03:38 PM

Love those hard drive bays. Congrats with the new beast!

Laslo Panaflex · Aug 8, 2006, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mustard

You wouldn't by chance be able to let me know the Brand & Model number for the hard drive would ya?

Seagate Barracuda, didn't get the model #

I have to go to back to work, just came home at lunch on the chance that I would catch the FedEx guy and I did. I will mess around tonight.

Lincoln · Aug 8, 2006, 03:41 PM

I ordered one with the ATI1900XTX Graphics card another 1GB of extra memory (no third party memory available yet), wireless and a 500GB hard disk.

Seeing pictures of one makes the wait seem longer, but I wanted the better graphics card.

Congratulations on getting yours

mustard · Aug 8, 2006, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laslo Panaflex

Seagate Barracuda, didn't get the model #

I have to go to back to work, just came home at lunch on the chance that I would catch the FedEx guy and I did. I will mess around tonight.

Thank you very much kind sir

Spanky Deluxe · Aug 8, 2006, 03:42 PM

I can't see from the photos, do the 7300GT cards have the SLI bridge on them? Even if they don't, the nVidia Windows drivers support SLI without a bridge card which I've tried before to good success. Two 7300GTs >= one 7600GT which would be a good mid-range setup for gaming.

jrk07 · Aug 8, 2006, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laslo Panaflex

Stock nvidia 7300 video card, upgrading it later didn't want to deal with the delay.

How much of a delay would it have been?

From what I have read, the ATI card was vastly superior when compared to the stock nvidia it came with. I noticed that the ATI was a bit more money and the apple store did specifically say there would be a delay if you build to order with the better videocards, but I definitely would have waited it out to get the superior video card.

That is just me tho of course, and I am sure the system you configured will be just fine for your needs. Also, that seemed like some damn quick delivery! thanks for the pics!

weldon · Aug 8, 2006, 03:43 PM

Congratulations. Thanks for posting the pics - it looks great. Those drive sleds are sexy.

And yeah, find a friend with an x1900XT (or 7300GT) in their PC and see if it works. Enquiring minds want to know!

Aug 8, 2006, 03:00 PM	#1
Laslo Panaflex macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kaliforniah	Mac Pro Arrived! Pics Included My Mac Pro just arrived at my door. Specs: 2x 2.6, 1 gb ram, 7300gt, 250gb seagate HD Boot Time: about 28 seconds Noise: Silent EDIT: Adding benchmark results of tests already asked. Photoshop Test Test 1: 80% memory allocation, 20 history states = 3min 52secs Test 2: 90% memory allocation, 1 histry state = 3min 4secs Test 3: (more a test of raw CPU) Radial blur 100, best quality on Eagle Image in test Mac Pro= 29 secs Quad G5 = 42 secs Compressor: source: 5min HDV 1080i60 clip (export from FCP timeline) output: Compressor default 16:9 120min fast encode my old G5 2ghz 2.5gb ram: 34min Mac Pro: 12min Handbrake: h.264 main profile 1000kbps Average Quality 2-pass encoding 128kbps AAC audio Donnie Darko disc (not image on HD) 65fps average. Geekbench: 297.9 Rosetta test: 194.8 I posted the results to the site and they can be found here: http://www.geekpatrol.ca/browse/2006/?view&id=2925 __________________ Mac Pro 2.6ghz, 3GB RAM, ATI X1900xt Last edited by Laslo Panaflex : Aug 9, 2006 at 02:59 PM. Reason: Bandwidth exceeded on photobucket, moved to macrumorslive

Aug 8, 2006, 03:06 PM	#2
ImNoSuperMan macrumors 65816 Join Date: Dec 2005	Fantastic. Now how bout some shots of the the actual machine. Keep us posted. __________________ Luxor admits, it can't compete with StoneLoops Jurrassica's quality. Tries a low blow instead. Link

Aug 8, 2006, 03:07 PM	#3
Josias macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denmark	Sweet! OMGr0oxxr! that's the most awesome box I ever saw! nah, it's cool, how did you configure you most configurable and speedy mac ever? __________________ Use MRoogle. Listen to Ridin' Thumb

Aug 8, 2006, 03:07 PM	#4
Eidorian macrumors G3 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Indiana	Put in a non-Apple video card. We're dying to know! __________________ MRoogle it! hikari T7500 2.2 GHz / 4 GB / 320 GB / GMA X3100 / 10.5.8 chobimaru Core i5 750 2.66 GHz / 4 GB / 640 GB / 4830 / Windows 7

Aug 8, 2006, 03:09 PM	#5
mkrishnan Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA	Congratulations and thank you for sharing! I'm surprised they use the Quad Xeon terminology on the box, considering they use a different choice of words on the store site... __________________ Mohan

Aug 8, 2006, 03:17 PM	#6
Laslo Panaflex Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kaliforniah	More Pics: __________________ Mac Pro 2.6ghz, 3GB RAM, ATI X1900xt Last edited by Laslo Panaflex : Aug 9, 2006 at 03:01 PM. Reason: Bandwidth exceeded on photobucket, moved to macrumorslive

Aug 8, 2006, 03:18 PM	#8
Cooknn macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Fort Myers, FL	Dang that was QUICK So, what's above the hard drives? Nice pics, BTW. Thanks! __________________ Dave Cook \| Power Mac G5 Dual 2GHz \| 23-inch Cinema HD Display \| MacBook 2GHz Intel Core Duo

Aug 8, 2006, 03:23 PM	#10
Josias macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denmark	Sweet! Thanks alot! It's gonne be quite a speedbump from your Dual 2 GHz... How did you spec your MP? __________________ Use MRoogle. Listen to Ridin' Thumb

Aug 8, 2006, 03:26 PM	#11
_Matt macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Jersey	HOLY CRAP! THAT WAS FAST! specs? please? __________________ \| 15" PowerBook G4 \| Mac OS X 10.4.9 \|

Aug 8, 2006, 03:29 PM	#13
mustard macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NJ	You wouldn't by chance be able to let me know the Brand & Model number for the hard drive would ya?

Aug 8, 2006, 03:30 PM	#16
liketom macrumors 68040 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lincoln,UK	Benchmarks please - Photoshop test / handbrake dvd ripping/encoding

Aug 8, 2006, 03:38 PM	#18
menziep macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2006	Very Nice Do you have anymore new pics

Aug 8, 2006, 03:38 PM	#19
EGT macrumors 68000 Join Date: Sep 2003	Love those hard drive bays. Congrats with the new beast!

Aug 8, 2006, 03:41 PM	#21
Lincoln macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK	Waiting for mine I ordered one with the ATI1900XTX Graphics card another 1GB of extra memory (no third party memory available yet), wireless and a 500GB hard disk. Seeing pictures of one makes the wait seem longer, but I wanted the better graphics card. Congratulations on getting yours

Aug 8, 2006, 03:42 PM	#23
Spanky Deluxe macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London, UK	I can't see from the photos, do the 7300GT cards have the SLI bridge on them? Even if they don't, the nVidia Windows drivers support SLI without a bridge card which I've tried before to good success. Two 7300GTs >= one 7600GT which would be a good mid-range setup for gaming. __________________ "No, I'm from Iowa, I only work in outer space."

Aug 8, 2006, 03:43 PM	#25
weldon macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2004	Congratulations. Thanks for posting the pics - it looks great. Those drive sleds are sexy. And yeah, find a friend with an x1900XT (or 7300GT) in their PC and see if it works. Enquiring minds want to know!

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