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2007 Harpertown Stoakley-Seaburg Motherboard With New Graphics Cards 8-Core Mac Pro

Are You Waiting For A Stoakley-Seaburg and 2007 Graphics Cards 8-Core Mac Pro

  • No. I bought the FrankenMac

    Votes: 30 7.1%

  • Yes I Will Wait 'Til Apple Gets It Right

    Votes: 246 58.0%

  • Not sure. Waiting for benchmarks on the 4.4.07 model.

    Votes: 27 6.4%

  • I'll stick with 4 cores, thank you very much.

    Votes: 121 28.5%
  • Total voters
    424
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Eidorian said:
I wonder who over in nVidia decided to produce such low quantities of the 8800GT before the revised 8800GTS was launched. People want to SLI the 8800GT and they're being pushed to the 8800GTS. :rolleyes:

ATi does hold the advantage here since many more 38xx Series can be produced from a wafer. Like I said they placed their bets on the 3850 in Crossfire and then the 3870 being priced lower relative to performance when compared to the 8800GT.

At $179 the 3850 has no current competition from other video cards.
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I strongly believe you are overemphasizing the current market of people who would even consider, or even know, SLI or Crossfire. The whole point was to introduce a capable card that would give reasonable performance in a mainstream segment. It's a know fact that the mid-range of cards have been sucky for the last year compared to the high-end. The performance-deficit between the Radeon HD 2600 or Geforce 8600 were sky-high compared to either the Radeon HD 2900 and Geforce 8800 series.

-Noodles said:
As far as i know it's not illegal to backup a dvd you own nor is it illegal to discuss how to do it - if that's what you mean.
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I am not saying that is the reason why he was banned.
 
Pressure said:
I strongly believe you are overemphasizing the current market of people who would even consider, or even know, SLI or Crossfire. The whole point was to introduce a capable card that would give reasonable performance in a mainstream segment. It's a know fact that the mid-range of cards have been sucky for the last year compared to the high-end. The performance-deficit between the Radeon HD 2600 or Geforce 8600 were sky-high compared to either the Radeon HD 2900 and Geforce 8800 series.
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I understand where you're trying to go with the lack of a decent performance midrange card but I don't see a consumer going out to buy a $180-300 video card unless they have a more technical background.
 
Eidorian said:
I don't see a consumer going out to buy a $180-300 video card unless they have a more technical background.
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I guess I'm different but I would spend a lot of money on an 8800 GTX or 8800 Ultra. I really envy PC users in that respect.
I am not overly elated with the 8800 GT.
 
Eidorian said:
I understand where you're trying to go with the lack of a decent performance midrange card but I don't see a consumer going out to buy a $180-300 video card unless they have a more technical background.
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I somewhat agree but the $179 to $200 is great segment that does shift a lot of cards. It's for the user demanding a bit more but still not comfortable by getting robbed in broad daylight ($250+).

In that aspect, the Radeon HD 3850 and Radeon HD 3870 are amazing, especially when looking at the added value such as power consumption (in it's performance ballpark) and noise output. But it is especially true if we look six months back and the same performance were $399 and 100 Watt more.

Still I'll agree that the Geforce 8800GT is a fantastic performing card to be had for $250 but not when looking at the current asking price.
 
Pressure said:
I somewhat agree but the $179 to $200 is great segment that does shift a lot of cards. It's for the user demanding a bit more but still not comfortable by getting robbed in broad daylight ($250+).

In that aspect, the Radeon HD 3850 and Radeon HD 3870 are amazing, especially when looking at the added value such as power consumption (in it's performance ballpark) and noise output. But it is especially true if we look six months back and the same performance were $399 and 100 Watt more.

Still I'll agree that the Geforce 8800GT is a fantastic performing card to be had for $250 but not when looking at the current asking price.
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I agree entirely.

I'm glad we could come to a consensus in the end.
 
Since Penryn has been out for a week now, are there any reviews/benchmark tests that compare it to woodcrest?
 
Soon to be outdated thread title.

2007??? Who would have thought that the mac pro update would take so long as to render this thread (title) outdated?
 
Right, time for a re-cap.

Who remembers some bloke called Steve Jobs saying that this would be the year of the Mac?

Yet again i'll say What a load of BS!.
 
darthraige said:
It's just being debuted in 2008. Right? lol
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Can't say whether you're "right" or not until the upgrade finally happens.

Most of us are assuming the MWSF'08 keynote, but that could just be another windmill that we're chasing.

Since it's a "pro" machine, maybe WWDC'08 will be the venue. :eek:
 
I am starting to think that maybe it will be a release a week before MW 08, they could open up saying that Mac sales have been great, as you all know we just released our fastest Mac ever the new Mac Pro and Xserves and blah-blah-blah.

Also, maybe they really are waiting for December until after all this Black Friday crap passes by.

Either way they will be shooting themselves in the foot big time if they wait until WWDC 08, I am sorry to say this but I will build my self a Penryn box it hat happens.
 
Come on.. you really think the Mac Pro will sit as is for 4-5 Months, while other companies are offering the new tech since January ?!

I understand the WWDC vs MWSF reasoning.. but.. but.. come on!
 
sdhollman said:
I am starting to think that maybe it will be a release a week before MW 08, they could open up saying that Mac sales have been great, as you all know we just released our fastest Mac ever the new Mac Pro and Xserves and blah-blah-blah.

Also, maybe they really are waiting for December until after all this Black Friday crap passes by.

Either way they will be shooting themselves in the foot big time if they wait until WWDC 08, I am sorry to say this but I will build my self a Penryn box it hat happens.
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Ya thats sounds much better..
Actually makes sense.. ;)
 
I doubt it will WWDC. Apple has released "Pro" stuff elsewhere over the years. They seem to do it when it is time.
 
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