I love how no matter how awesome the news is, there are always a few people that give it negatives. lol
I love how no matter how awesome the news is, there are always a few people that give it negatives. lol
I hope this Gulftown processor rumor is true. Hopefully by spring, the 4GB DD3 cards will have bumped down in price, so we can get 8GB or 12GB of RAM for the base Mac Pro model. I would also like to see dual Graphics card as an option even though I know you can add one as you go.
I want the 6-core, with 12GB of RAM, powerful dual 1GB GPU's. And I will worry about the monitor at a latter date.![]()
That sounds cool, but I doubt it will be much faster than my Dual 1.42GHz G4 tower.
what exactly is the point of all these cores on a desktop machine with a crappy graphics card that won't be used for heavy video work?
I love how no matter how awesome the news is, there are always a few people that give it negatives. lol
WTF happened to the Nehalem-EX that was supposed be be out by now?
Nehalem-EX was supposed to be 8 cores with 24MB cache.
This obsession with the Mac Pro's looks must be a gamer / geek thing.![]()
That's a bit much, in my opinion.
We tried giving them away to staff and could rid of couple but it was a hard sell......
Still I thought it was a dog of a machine to work on compared to the 2Ghz MacBook which was subjectively 3to4 times faster
If I rated the news I'd rate this down for being inaccurate. The Core i7-980X will not be offered in the 2010 Mac Pros. Although it does give an idea of the release time and specification. This article is far more relevant: http://www.crn.com/white-box/222001806
I like the case as it is. Its a great combination of form and function. Its cool that it looks nice as it is, but to sacrifice function for form then you screw it up.
As a Tool & Die maker/designer for over 25 years there are tons of things that can be done to modify ones own case. Since its aluminum there are many things you can do with it easily. If you want people to know you have the latest then write the specs on the case. Some of these ideas will warrant you having to tape up and seal all gaps and holes and others you will need to strip out the guts. Yes it involves work.Want a shinny new mac? Alum is very easy to polish till it shines like chrome. Fine sandpaper then use alum wheel or other polish. Dont like the color? Get some vinyl and cover it, Or go to a sign shop and have them make a custom vinyl wrap for it. Don't like the sharp edges? Then get a file to it. Can even radius the edges or change the shape of the handles. Get or make some stencils and sandblast the case with a design, graphics/text you want on it. Get some paint or strip it out and have it powder coated. There are so many mods you can do to them Im really surprised that theres not a lot of people doing it or even reselling wrap kits etc for them. But then its a comp made for use as a workstation so not that many really care what it looks like only how it preforms and what can be connected to it or parts changed in it.
A question to the ones who don't like the design: what design would be better? bigger? make it look like a Dell? an HP? plastic?
More hardware inside. 5 HDD bays for RAID without having to jimmy a fifth HDD in there or take up the second optical slot.
More PCI card space/more IO ports.
Nothing too hard for Apple.
p.s. I'd really love it if Apple would allow me to buy a barebones Mac Pro, just mobo, processors, and maybe a GFX card of my choosing. Then I'd stick whatever HDDs, optical, and RAM in myself.
It's funny how HP, Dell, and Lenovo do the same thing but no one complains about them. Just Apple.
Or maybe you've never seen a Dell, HP, or Lenovo workstation before?
While Apple has traditionally stuck to the Xeon line, EEC support may not be as important to Apple as cheaper Westmere chips may be. The article even specifically mentions that the 980X is to be server/workstation processor, perfectly suitable for the Mac Pro.
I for one would be happy to see the boost in both multi and single threaded performance from the higher clock, coupled with a lower system price.![]()
Question for the experts, this new 6-core just threw a wrench in my upcoming purchase.
I've been waiting off buying a new machine until after the holidays, I've been debating on either a 3.33ghz quad or a 2.93ghz 8-core. Two different extremes I know, here's the reason. I work as a contract interactive designer, motion graphics designer, and film editor. So my key programs are PS / AE / FCP. All which I know doesnt take full advantage of the multi core I know, but seeing how my new system will last me for the next 3-5 yrs I'm willing to spend the extra cash now and hang on to this system while new software that will take advantage of the multicore to comes out.
And now I'm not too sure which system to get even more now that theres a new 6 core coming out. Is the 6core in between the 4 and 8 as far as performance goes? or is it more powerful than the current 2.93 8cores?!
Any help will greatly be appreciated.
Thanks for the help all.
Um, what? My i7 920 system uses a processor that, outside of ECC support, is identical to the Xeon X5550. I'd argue the manufacturer of nearly all of my components (ASUS) is superior to Foxconn (who Apple typically uses for many of their components). Self-enclosed water cooling, Intel SSDs, 12 GB Corsair DDR3 Dominator memory, the works. Total cost? Just under $1500. Entry model Mac Pro with inferior hardware (outside of its ECC memory)? $2500Building your own system from parts is often cheaper but you are usually pricing for the cheapest parts on the market which is not getting you an "equivalent" machine to a Mac Pro.
Uh, what? The Xeon X5550, the processor model used in the entry-model Mac Pro, is identical to the i7 920 except that the X5550 supports ECC memory and has its second QPI link enabled (which on the entry model Mac Pro goes to waste anyway).Apple's pricing has nothing to do with not using socket 1366 Core i7 processors as they are priced the same.
Uh, what? The Xeon X5550, the processor model used in the entry-model Mac Pro, is identical to the i7 920 except that the X5550 supports ECC memory and has its second QPI link enabled (which on the entry model Mac Pro goes to waste anyway).
A i7 920 retails for $200-$300. The Xeon X5550 retails for about $1000. So yes, pricing is definitely impacted by the use of Xeons vs. their i7 9XX series equivalents.
NPCs (aka moving objects) with high triangle count will kill your graphics card about 100x times earlier than they'd kill your CPU. That's what those people with weak computers are complaining about. Has nothing to do with n-core CPUs.
Probably because it will come with a graphic card from 2007.![]()