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Mac Pro refresh - how soon after Macworld?
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by Last revision i meant if we buy one NOW with firmware and everything fixed already.
Yeah, Intel is a giant. They make quite a few components (not just CPU's),... including boards. They're like a virus. Found everywhere.
Speaking of the X58 chipset, I'd like to see two of the Tylersburg 36D's go into the next Mac Pro. Other server/workstation boards as well. It would certainly be nice to have 4 PCIe x16 slots that actually work at full bandwidth.
(Yes, I know, I'm greedy!)
As a board with one 36D chipset would have less lanes than the 2008 Mac Pro I think it almost certain they will use one with two.
Definatly.
Everything except the power supply and motherboard. Don't bother with the GPU; there aren't any upgrades.
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You most certainly can upgrade the GPU in a Mac Pro if they come out with a new video card after its been released which is what they are asking -
Many added Radeon 3870's or 8800's to their older Mac Pro's that were bought when these were not available
When there is only one card to upgrade to, that's not much of an expandable part. Yes, there is an upgrade. There should be thirty or more.
They were asking what you CAN upgrade , not what YOU think should or shouldn't be upgraded or how many options -
Going from a 2600xt to an Nvidia 8800 or a Radeon 3870 is a huge upgrade for some applications
So I have this die hard PC fan that tells me macs sux and doesn't even know anything about em. He has a pretty good pc with 4gb of ram so i tell him just casually i dunno if ill get 32gb of ram or 16gb yet and he was so shocked to hear that hahaha stupid pc user
My only turn off is how come Apple is using such old graphics cards when i go to alienware they have 9600gt 512mb for same price as what apple is offering - 8800gt :S
Does this mean when the refreshed 2009 model comes out it will get 9600gt while pc goes up to 10k gt or something ahha why why why?
Does this mean when the refreshed 2009 model comes out it will get 9600gt while pc goes up to 10k gt or something ahha why why why?
Single 3Ghz Core i7
4Gb Standard
4870/GTX260
And I will be quite happy to buy one
(So I guess im declaring myself in the proverbial boat)
4Gb Standard
4870/GTX260
And I will be quite happy to buy one
(So I guess im declaring myself in the proverbial boat
)
Yes and not just one $2,500 model.
And the full range of ATI FirePros.http://ati.amd.com/products/workstation/AMDATI-038_FamilyBro_Final_Web.pdf
I'm thinking more that they'll offer the Quadro 5800. Four gigs of dedicated GPURAM. Four. Gigs. Apple would be forced to give us four gigs of standard RAM so as not to look bad.
I also doubt that they'd get away from dual processors. That's one hell of a marketing campaign that they can push (8 core, 16 logical cores [w/hyperthreading]). No doubt about the Tri-channel memory though, maybe well see the max support increase to 48gb (12x4gb)? All I want is more internal drive space, maybe a few 2.5 slots for some SSD's.
Well, I went for one of the dual 2.8 refurb machines last week and am absolutely delighted with it. Fantastic performance and it worked out a bit cheaper than getting a "new" one. Yes I could have waited and got an even faster machine next year, but this one is more than fast enough for what I need it for and I'm using it right now.
Won't having to make room for more RAM slots warrant a redesign, or will the new RAM not need leviathan heat sinks?
Tri-channel will likely be emphasised but I don't believe it is required allowing any combination of DIMMs in 12 slots. Max support should be 12x16GB but Apple will probably only offer 4GB DIMMS directly and price will probably rule out 8GB and 16GB for most people not to mention nessescity.
The new memory shouldn't need heatsinks, but that doesn't mean Apple won't go that path again in order to reduce heat.
