Upgrade 2.26 Octo?

If you can live with the lower maximum memory limit then it sounds like it'd be a better fit to you. The 2.26 Octo Mac Pro was underpowered in my opinion, the 2.8GHz Mac Pro from 2008 was faster on the whole and cheaper. The only thing the 2.26GHz Octo could win in was seriously well multithreaded code that could utilise Hyperthreading. It was an embarrassment that Apple went with the 2.26 instead of the 2.4 or 2.66GHz stock speeds in the Octo.

 

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Hi Mustard Chops,

I was wondering about the same thing myself...

Did you find out anything about the resale values and stuff? I use Aperture and photoshop as well, (freelance photographer) so it could be a good idea, although I can't say that the 2.26 eight core machine is slow by any means.. Not from my experience anyway. So, I'm kinda thorn to be honest. I mean would it really be worth the time and effort to sell and replace (a one year old machine)? .. Also, I was thinking of what I heard about the up coming CS6 which will be able to utilize all available cores apparently (I've no idea how true that is, considering it's adobe we're talking about, and I don't think they're very fond of our choice of platform at the moment plus I read it on here somewhere, so I think this particular information should be taken with a pinch of salt), and the fact that I'd lose four RAM slots..

Anywyas, it's an interesting thing to be thinking about, so let me know if you managed to find out more, or you could maybe post some thoughts on the six core machine if you went ahead with replacing the eight core.

Thanks for the attention, and have a nice day.

 

Are you actually noticing any slow down with your current workflow?

Or do you just have the upgrade bug?

 

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Personally I think it would be a waste of money to upgrade right now. Just buy a SSD for your boot drive and hold out for another year.

 

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An SSD is definitely a big upgrade. But chances are nothing new will be out in a year. Will probably have to wait til Q4 2011 or early 2012. My guess is 2012 considering it took so long for Apple to put hexa-cores in the MP.

 

You just want latest and the greatest Well if you can fetch a decent price for it, go for the hex

 

I know you are another member have done this before. Could you please kindly share how hard it is in reality to properly replace the 2xXeons in the 2009 MP. Is there video/guided steps for this? I am quite interested. Thanks much!

 

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Upgrade to the 6-core 3.33GHz is a fine choice. Will definitely be faster. The 8-core 2.4GHz isn't a good upgrade. The latter won't be any better.

 

Many thanks! I will do my readings for now. Thanks again!!