Questions before picking up Mac Pro

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  1. camhabib, May 29, 2008

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    Thinking about picking up a 3.0 Mac Pro. I had a few questions before I do.

    A) Is it worth buying it now or is there a chance that they'll be updated at the WWDC?

    B) Hardware RAID vs software RAID. I plan to do a RAID 0 setup, and didn't know if there was any speed benefit to purchasing the RAID card and having that run the setup as opposed to running it via software implantation.

    C) I hear conflicting reports, 8800 or 2600 for the graphics card, which is superior for core imaging?

    Any help on any of these questions would be great.
     
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  2. Tallest Skil, May 29, 2008

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    They won't be updated. What can they update to?
     
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  3. camhabib, May 29, 2008

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    Thats what I figured. How about any word on the RAID setup or graphics card?
     
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  4. CWallace, May 29, 2008

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    As noted, their is nothing in terms of CPU, memory or systemboard they can upgrade to until Nehalem in late 2008/early 2009.

    For RAID 0, it's probably a wash. Hardware acceleration helps with RAID 5 in creating the parity checksums.


    If I am interpreting the consensus correctly, the x2600 seems to support core imaging better.
     
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