Dual 2.7 regrets?

[DeSnousa]

Dual 2.7 with only 512MB RAM? HAHA. I had a good laugh. Ok serious now. If you can afford a Dual 2.7, definitely put at least 4GB in there. You'll notice a massive speed up in GarageBand and other apps.

As for WoW, no idea, but I think a nice GE6800 might speed it up.

I agree a powerful computer like that with that price tag needs at least 2gb ram to complement. 4gb is i very sweet spot.

 

[Heb1228]

If you have A LOT of dissposible income you could possibly get some good stuff. MAX out your ram, first.

Since you're new to Macs, maxing out a G5 means 8 1GB sitcks. Too expensive and not enough performance gains. The benchmarks I've seen show only minimal performance gains when you get over 4 or 5 GB. But more memory is always good advice, and especially in this circumstance.

 

[Heb1228]

Wait.... I dont thinks macs have PCIe ports do they?

Again, since you are new to Macs, you may be forgiven. You'll be glad to know that PowerMacs have come with PCI-X slots for about 2 years now. Long before they were widely available for PCs.

EDIT: and on the new powermacs, all three PCI slots are PCI-X. Welcome to the school of Apple.

 

[Chundles]

Again, since you are new to Macs, you may be forgiven. You'll be glad to know that PowerMacs have come with PCI-X slots for about 2 years now. Long before they were widely available for PCs.

EDIT: and on the new powermacs, all three PCI slots are PCI-X. Welcome to the school of Apple.

Here's a free lesson:

PCI-X is not PCIe...your move.

 

[Heb1228]

The graphics card thats on the site he linked to is listed as a PCI-express ... that's different than PCI-X?! crap ok sorry. open mouth insert foot

EDIT: could you continue the free lesson and tell me the difference?

 

[Chundles]

The graphics card thats on the site he linked to is listed as a PCI-express ... that's different than PCI-X?! crap ok sorry. open mouth insert foot

No worries, just being a smart arse, no offense intended.

But yes, PCI-X is not the same as PCIe.

 

[Heb1228]

No worries, just being a smart arse, no offense intended.

I was being one too so I deserved it. whats the difference though? I searched the web it looks like PCIe is for video and PCI-X is for mass storage mainly, but whats the actual difference in the port? Aren't they the same speed? Is it a form-factor difference?

 

[Chundles]

I was being one too so I deserved it. whats the difference though? I searched the web it looks like PCIe is for video and PCI-X is for mass storage mainly, but whats the actual difference in the port? Aren't they the same speed? Is it a form-factor difference?

OK, I found something on emuforums in the discussion about the FX5600 graphics card,

"Basicaly PCI-X is a 64-bit version of PCI (IIRC), upping the throughput from a max of 133MB/sec to around a gig a sec
PCI Express is an entirely new thing, getting rid of the overall bandwidth limit to a per device bandwidth limit, by being point to point. It also is full rather than half-duplex (simoultaneous transfers to and from rather than just one at a time). It's serial rather than parrallel, making it cheaper to manufacture, board wise (less traces). It also is being implemented to replace PCMCIA.
It allows up to 4 Gb/sec each way in a 16x slot. 32x slots are on the way."

I'm no expert but it makes sense to me.

 

[Heb1228]

Sounds good, thanks for correcting me. I hate thinking I gave out bad info on these forums, I'm usually really careful, just got a little carried away. Its all good. As Duff man would say... oh yeah!

 

[Chundles]

Sounds good, thanks for correcting me. I hate thinking I gave out bad info on these forums, I'm usually really careful, just got a little carried away. Its all good. As Duff man would say... oh yeah!

No worries mate, we both learned something today.

Now we know!!

And knowing is half the battle....

GI JOOOOEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

 

[iGary]

Dang iGary, what do you do with that thing? Host the entire internet from your Power Mac?

Digital image editing for a cartographic company.

 

[highres]

4 GB makes all apps fly at light speed, GarageBand takes like 2 seconds to open....I can't even imagine 6 GB's, iGary...