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2.66 Quad vs 2.93 Quad Buyer's Guide (Includes Octos)

Mac Husky, you are my favorite person of the day (don't tell my girlfriend though :)

Did you make your decision yet? Did you end up with the 2.66 Quad you described?
 
Neliskens said:
Did you make your decision yet? Did you end up with the 2.66 Quad you described?
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I will go for the 2.66 quad. Going to order it in May or June. Still thinking about the disk question (RAID0 or not) and/or a SSD or two of them, that will probably bring me more speed benefit for my apps for less money than a higher clocked quad or an 8 core Mac Pro in my financial bounds.

Living in the USA I might have switched to the older 3.2 Octo concerning the presented B&H price :rolleyes:

The 2.66 quad seems to be the perfect Mac Pro for me so far, as I am going with Nikon Capture NX2 and Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Edition most of the time. All the office stuff is trivial and the few times I will use Final Cut Express later on does not convince me to go for the 8 core (2.26). Of course the 2.66 octo may be a nice one, but I don´t want to spend that much money (+ 85%) into a Mac Pro getting allmost no benefit for my daily apps so far.

Still thinking about the disk question (RAID0 or not) and/or a SSD or two of them, that will probably bring me more speed benefit for my apps for less money than a higher clocked quad or an 8 core Mac Pro in my financial bounds. Spending the quad 6 or 8 GB of RAM for the first months. If necessary, I can buy 4GB sticks later on. But I will see, if I have to. Right now I don´t think so.
 
Neliskens said:
What I am missing in this thread is discussions with types of workflow. Will the quad be more suited for gamers or video editers etc. I am a video editer and work on Final Cut Studio 2.

My workflow is mostly this:
I edit a project in FCP 6 and run it through compressor, while compressor is running I make the DVD-menu in DVD Studio Pro and make the DVD-cover in Photoshop.

What about this workflow, will I benefit from a 8-core but with a slower 2.26GHz?
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Hey Guys, I think this thread is worth bumping up again due to

a) The above dudes question not yet being answered - and I too am in the same boat as him :)

b) The release of Snow Leopard brings with it a new hope for the Octo 2.26 machine :)

c) The release of Final Cut Studio 3

So, in light of the above, do we now reckon that the Octo 2.26 machine will be the better option for video editors using the usual FCP 7, DSP and Motion?

Before I dive in I just want to make sure I make the right decision :)
 
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