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Geekbench IMac?????

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I've been a MacRumors reader for the over 7 years nows... But this is my first post... ROCK ON! 🙂

Anyway, came across this iMac on geekbench today... Was wondering if anyone had any idea of what it was?

Thanks!

http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/256797
 

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Hellhammer said:
You obviously have never tried one. It's same as using a real Mac when you get things running
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300D is too opinionated to argue with – seems like he doesn't have the ability to accept that he can be wrong.

OP: No Mac as an i7-980x. 🙂
 
Well it wouldn't be the first time somebody had access to an apple computer before they were commercially available, and posted their geekbench results online-- the most recent macbook pros had this happen.

But it wouldn't make sense for apple to use a 1000usd cpu for their iMacs then limit its high memory bandwidth potential with lower clocked DDR2 ram. It more or less sounds like someone built their custom computer and decided to save some money on the ram front.

Hackintoshes are very powerful.
 
TMRaven said:
Well it wouldn't be the first time somebody had access to an apple computer before they were commercially available, and posted their geekbench results online-- the most recent macbook pros had this happen.

But it wouldn't make sense for apple to use a 1000usd cpu for their iMacs then limit its high memory bandwidth potential with lower clocked DDR2 ram. It more or less sounds like someone built their custom computer and decided to save some money on the ram front.

Hackintoshes are very powerful.
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Nehalem architecture doesn't even support DDR2 so that's a fake. You cant use X980 and DDR2, the system won't even boot so he has either modified his CPU model or somehow hacked GeekBench
 
Hellhammer said:
Nehalem architecture doesn't even support DDR2 so that's a fake. You cant use X980 and DDR2, the system won't even boot so he has either modified his CPU model or somehow hacked GeekBench
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With hackintoshes the RAM is occasionally reported incorrectly – I would imagine that's all that's going on. It's easily fixed, but I guess that guy didn't bother.
 
If that's a proper chip then very few people have 'proper' i7s. The one in the iMac is the i7-860 - hardly a 'bad' chip. It's the same as you would find in any PC equipped with an i7-860.
 
Mackilroy said:
If that's a proper chip then very few people have 'proper' i7s. The one in the iMac is the i7-860 - hardly a 'bad' chip. It's the same as you would find in any PC equipped with an i7-860.
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true...but

the i7 860 is now under $280 and the cheapest i7 you can currently buy.

not great in a machine costing what it does.
 
Misinformed

Firstly, hackintoshs most notably show the wrong CPU deviceID in profiler.
For example, my hackintosh which has a i5-750 overclocked to 3.8GHz comes up as a Xeon CPU.

See the following link for reported highest scores with GeekBench (official site):
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/top

Enjoy!

P.s. My GeekBench score on Hackintosh is 10,100.
 
300D said:
I don't commit crimes.

Not even close.


Prove where I'm wrong.
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Right here. If you've never used one, you have no clue. I could set up a Mac Pro and a hackintosh, hide them behind a wall, and then let you run the same programs, and without looking at the system profiler you would not be able to tell the difference.
 
Mackilroy said:
Right here. If you've never used one, you have no clue. I could set up a Mac Pro and a hackintosh, hide them behind a wall, and then let you run the same programs, and without looking at the system profiler you would not be able to tell the difference.
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I agree. If you don't have any experience, then keep your mouth shut. Nowadays they are even stabler than normal Macs and things have been made a lot easier.
 
300D said:
Not building a pile of junk doesn't mean I haven't used them.


Then why are you even here?
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The fact is, you are too stubborn to admit you could be wrong.
What's more is you are actually wrong in this situation.
Also, hackintoshes are incredible machines if set up correctly.
That will be all.
 
300D said:
Right, they're trash.
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hmm, do you use Windows OS, Linux OS, or just OSX? if the latter - you're basically stating that your G5 is going to be better then ANY PC on the market? im speaking strictly hardware here, and how the OS integrates with the hardware. because, from my experience - my hackintosh is just as stable (if not more so) then my iMac i7. uptime seems to be longer, and all that other junk.

the point is here, that the drivers are the ONLY thing that come into play WRT OS vs hardware. if you build a hackintosh with identical specs as a mac (i5 + P45 mobo + compatible GPU) then stability will be IDENTICAL. if you disagree, then your logic is flawed, it's as simple as that 🙂

Mackilroy said:
Right here. If you've never used one, you have no clue. I could set up a Mac Pro and a hackintosh, hide them behind a wall, and then let you run the same programs, and without looking at the system profiler you would not be able to tell the difference.
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that is 100% truth. i am in love with my hack 🙂

300D said:
Not building a pile of junk doesn't mean I haven't used them.
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again, why are PCs junk?
 
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