Woodcrest vs. Clovertown

[slicecom]

I just maxed my cinebench!

With Vista 64 and one SSD I got over 20.000. I knew these SSDs would make an improvement as the 64 bit is better than Leopard at the moment. Can't wait for SL for rendering.

I thought SL wouldn't run in 64 bit mode on a MacPro 1,1?

 

[gugucom]

No idea, I'm not a tester. But I expect them to find some improvements over Windows, or it would be rather crass.

 

[PurpleLogix]

cpu types

Quick question on x5365 upgrade.

Do they have to be active or passive type cpu's

Thanks

 

[bozz2006]

is there a difference between active & passive CPUs? I thought that all had to do with the heat sink.

 

[PurpleLogix]

Thats what I thought as well, just want to make sure before I rip open the beast and give it a heart transplant.

I guess it doen't matter?

 

[gugucom]

Make sure to get a good SSD. the 2.8 refurb is a sweet deal if you can find it.

Just as a point of interest. I learned the hard way that many Raid cards (like Highpoint RR2642) do not work with SSDs. I had Supertalent MEs which are same as some OCZ models. I switched to Intel X25 2nd Gen and all was smooth.

 

[bozz2006]

i would love to get my hands on a couple of those!