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Congrats xiovoix
I have a 2.8 Ghz 8 core machine I bought in Jan 2008 and I still love it. I also do 3d graphics and it's great for rendering, especially for multi threaded apps like modo.

What GPU did you get with yours?
 
Gomff said:
Congrats xiovoix
I have a 2.8 Ghz 8 core machine I bought in Jan 2008 and I still love it. I also do 3d graphics and it's great for rendering, especially for multi threaded apps like modo.

What GPU did you get with yours?
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Well this is the next area I will be focusing my attention on. I've secured the purchase of 8gig o'ram and a crucial m225 ssd but thus far i'm stuck with the stock radeon 2600xt that came with the machine. As I have no heavy work over the weekend I'm not too worried-just purring over the machine in my new setup and moving things around to suit but I'm open to suggestions! I like nvidia cards as opposed to others. Maybe a hangover/hangup from my pc days where they seemed to work more effeciently than ATI cards. Hear a lot about flashing 4870s and how good they are! I need to work with Maya, poser et al so need to get my ass into gear. Would never buy a quadro fx for obvious reasons so may have to decide between Radeon :eek:48** or GTX 2**:).
 
Yeah, you'll probably want to turn your attention to that GPU next. It's a potential weak spot for Macs.....Apple overcharges to a ridiculous degree.

Watch out with Nvidia cards....my 18 month 8800 GT went pop a couple of weeks ago and I got replacement from Apple due to having applecare. I hear that Nvdia aren't the company they once were reliability wise....Personally I'd go with ATI.

Whatever though, you got a good deal on your mac. They are still great machines and will be for some time to come.
 
Gomff said:
Yeah, you'll probably want to turn your attention to that GPU next. It's a potential weak spot for Macs.....Apple overcharges to a ridiculous degree.

Watch out with Nvidia cards....my 18 month 8800 GT went pop a couple of weeks ago and I got replacement from Apple due to having applecare. I hear that Nvdia aren't the company they once were reliability wise....Personally I'd go with ATI.

Whatever though, you got a good deal on your mac. They are still great machines and will be for some time to come.
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Great machines indeed! Didn't know how much though until I've futtered about with one. Don't think I will ever go back to a weaker machine, not unless :apple:make a monumental FU in the future with the MP where they may be heading now down a narrow path. Sure ATI is good advice but hope nvidia get their act together soon. ATI it is then. Fancy having a flash at a sapphire vapour x 2048mb:eek::D
 
Ram Just Arrived, yeha!

DPD just dropped these off 5 minutes ago! These things are huge and heavy whao! Now to see what this MP is all about with a decent amount of ram. Thing is I still have 4 slots empty. Can't wait till next month to get another 8gig lol. Any suggestions about fitting these in certain slots with the stock ram? I know to put the 4gig sticks in 1st slots. What about the stock? Will I notice a drop in performance with the other slots not filled?
Ah! Can't wait too see what 10gig is like aha!:D:)
 

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Congrats on the new machine. I have the same model which I bought a few months back and I love it.

I'm saving up right now for a new GPU and looking at the 4870

Enjoy
 
bobpensik said:
Congrats on the new machine. I have the same model which I bought a few months back and I love it.

I'm saving up right now for a new GPU and looking at the 4870

Enjoy
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I'm also now saving at the moment for :apple:4870. Haven't got the time to flash! Ooops:D

Is the stock ram in the 2008 MP made by Kingston?
 
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